The idea of a Venom film has always been an exciting prospect. Add a good director, strong cast and on paper this film should tick the boxes. But it is let down by a painfully agonising script filled with cringey humour, flat characters, and an extremely underwhelming finale. Tom Hardy is pretty good as Eddie Brock, a few scenes are hit and miss but he shines as Vemom. The banter most of the time between Eddie and Venom hits. Michelle Williams is fine as the love interest but I feel she wasn't given a lot to work off which is a shame as she turns out to be someone who is just there. Riz Ahmed puts up a fine performance as the villain Carlton Drake but again it's the writing that holds him back from being an interesting antogonist. He ends up being an evil businessman fed up of human beings, nothing new there. Action scenes are fine, some cool moments in fact which usually lead to someone's head coming off which was bloody entertaining. Overall I can say I had fun with the film but for the wrong reasons. This film was a huge missed opportunity and although a sequel will probably happen I'm not that excited for it. I must say the end credit scene is pretty darn good except for that last line (again the writing). 5/10 seems a fair score for this blunder.