The Marvel character Venom is an alien symbiote, a creature that can only survive in the Earth's atmosphere by bonding to another host organism. Interestingly the movie Venom is also a symbiote of sorts (so it can survive in the box office atmosphere?), it is a standard, rather uninspired science fiction genera piece, married to a bizarre one person buddy comedy. Tom Hardy plays Eddie Brock, a down on his luck reporter who in the course of perusing a story ends up bonded to the alien life form known as Venom. Venom gives Brock special powers, takes control of his body at times, and speaks to him in his mind in a voice that is not unlike that of Cookie Monster, which is appropriate because Venom is often hungry.
The plot concerns an Evil billionaire named Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), who sounds and acts like a rejected Bond villain, and is trying to get Venom back to study. There is a story line involving Brock's ex fiancé Anne Wying (Michelle Williams) and his as yet unsuccessful efforts to get her back from nice guy doctor Dan Lewis (Reid Scott), I suppose they are saving that reunion for the sequel, and there will be a sequel. I was under the impression that the film hadn't done that well but its already made over $780 million at the world wide box office. I was also under the impression from the trailer that this film was going to be very bleak, instead its very dryly funny. I was not expecting much out of this film, but its enjoyably weird. **1/2
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