Wednesday, October 03, 2018
Venom
A space mission returns to earth carrying 4 amorphous alien parasites. Investigating journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) unexpectedly is joined with one of these symbiotes to become a creature called Venom. The plot follows the go to Marvel formula of having this anti-hero battle the evil bad guy & his henchmen as well as a more powerful facsimile of itself. Michelle Williams plays Eddie’s girlfriend but there absolutely no chemistry between these two. The chase scenes through the streets of San Francisco seem to be over-the-top overkill just to make a big impact on screen. Mere mortal men don’t stand a chance against this powerful creature. Audiences will either be thrilled by this high energy action or bored by the repetition this gooey stretchy situation. It has buddy cop humor all rolled up into one character. Most likely due to any legal studio character ownership rights, don’t expect any friendly neighborhood web-slinging visitors, plus this venue is now on the west coast. But you can look for our Stan “The Man” Lee to make his trademark cameo appearance. It’s not a bad film but this Marvel character may fit better on the comic page than in live action. My logic just can’t buy into this symbiotic relationship as believable. This is “Upgrade” where the laws of nature & logical reasoning don’t count. So switch off your brain & enjoy the show. Look for a mid-credit clip with a reveal of the actor chosen to portray another Marvel character. At the end of the credits is an introduction to the Spider-Verse tease.
Alien gives it 2½ “voice in your head” stars out of 4.
A space mission returns to earth carrying 4 amorphous alien parasites. Investigating journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) unexpectedly is joined with one of these symbiotes to become a creature called Venom. The plot follows the go to Marvel formula of having this anti-hero battle the evil bad guy & his henchmen as well as a more powerful facsimile of itself. Michelle Williams plays Eddie’s girlfriend but there absolutely no chemistry between these two. The chase scenes through the streets of San Francisco seem to be over-the-top overkill just to make a big impact on screen. Mere mortal men don’t stand a chance against this powerful creature. Audiences will either be thrilled by this high energy action or bored by the repetition this gooey stretchy situation. It has buddy cop humor all rolled up into one character. Most likely due to any legal studio character ownership rights, don’t expect any friendly neighborhood web-slinging visitors, plus this venue is now on the west coast. But you can look for our Stan “The Man” Lee to make his trademark cameo appearance. It’s not a bad film but this Marvel character may fit better on the comic page than in live action. My logic just can’t buy into this symbiotic relationship as believable. This is “Upgrade” where the laws of nature & logical reasoning don’t count. So switch off your brain & enjoy the show. Look for a mid-credit clip with a reveal of the actor chosen to portray another Marvel character. At the end of the credits is an introduction to the Spider-Verse tease.
Alien gives it 2½ “voice in your head” stars out of 4.
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