Film Preview: Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

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Page Revisions:

(May 16, 2021) Original
(August 8, 2021) New Trailer (#2)
(September 26, 2021) New Posters (#3-#11) — Revised Plot Summary

Release Date:

September 24, 2021

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Eddie Brock struggles to adjust to his new life as the host of the alien symbiote Venom, which grants him super-human abilities in order to be a lethal vigilante. Brock attempts to reignite his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage and escapes prison after a failed execution.”

Poster Rating: C+ / C / C / C- / C+ / C / C- (4) / C-

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Review: (#1) A ravenous maw approaching a ravenous maw. Not a particularly inspired design. (#2) Strangely less interesting with a weak backdrop and an unappealing foreground.

(#3) Two halves of the same coin, a concept that will only be familiar to fans of the comic, thus isn’t very appealing otherwise. (#4) This battle design will appeal to some, but will turn off many others. (#5) We’ve seen this concept done before, so it feels a bit pat, but it’s the best design they’ve come up with so far. Though, Harrelson’s haircut is a travesty to itself. (#6) An interesting design compared to the other efforts, one that looks more like something that might grace an alternate cover of a comic book, not for a theatrical release. (#7-#10) This series of character posters has little variance and minimal appeal. (#11) Like the comic characters, the chaotic nature of the symbiotes is fitting, but not terribly appealing.

Trailer Rating: C / B-

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Review: (#1) The attempts at humor in the trailer fall flat, the stakes are suitably set up, but don’t seem particularly compelling.

(#2) There’s a lot to process here and while it does a good job of avoiding giving away the final conflict, it sometimes difficult to see everything that’s going on and that can be difficult to assess.