[Guyver Spawn]

Venom was an average movie. Not good or bad, just okay. I think this movie is nowhere as bad as Catwoman as some people make it out to be. I still won't call this movie a good movie though.

The best thing about this movie was the really solid performance from Tom Hardy. He did a great job on playing the role and I'm glad that they pick him for the role. I also didn't mind the CG for the movie and I thought it looks fine for the most part. Anyone who says this movie has CG from 1995 is being too harsh. It's no Avatar CG, but it's hardly the worst CG ever.

Everything else in the movie falls flat sadly. The characters and story are pretty generic and boring. You can tell how the movie is going to start and end from the very start of the movie. I didn't care for anyone except for anyone except for Eddie. Carlton Drake had a cool plan for his evil ideas, but they are not freshened out very well.

Another thing I did not like about the movie is the inconsistent tone. This movie feels like a serious horror movie then it becomes a comedy. People thought the humor in The Predator was bad when this is worse if you ask me. You can tell that Sony did step in and changed a lot of things to make it feel more friendly.

While the movie is a bit darker and violent than the MCU movies, that's not saying much. I do agree with most critics that the action and violence in the movie did felt water down. It has a similar issue that other comic book superhero movies had like Ghost Rider, Daredevil, Spawn and Jonah Hex where they took characters who are known to be dark and violent than water them down to be PG-13. I know Venom has been in many comics aim towards all ages, but Venom has solo comics aim towards to adults.

If X-Men can get R rated movies while the main series be PG-13, why can't Venom? Even if the movie sucks with an R rating, at least having some over the top death and gore scenes would be fun to watch.

Overall, Venom is average at best with good acting and wasted potential. This movie could have been so much more, but didn't. I would recommend renting this movie at your local Red Box or wait for a possible streaming option later. I give it a 6/10.