What a shame they lost their way making this one. I find it hard to quantify why this one has none of the charm or the high stakes of the first one ... I suspect it's because they spend so much time trying to lay down for us the character of Carnage that they forget to actually tell a story. OK, so, Carnage will drill a dog to death, but he still is able to love his GF to the ends of time? Seriously movie-makers, you have to make your character believable.