I Just Watched - Venom: The Last Dance
Published on 15 November 2025
The billion-dollar, brain-eating trilogy is finally over. Venom: The Last Dance is here to cap off Tom Hardy's chaotic double-act that critics hated and audiences paid to see. I just watched it.
I finally got around to watching Venom: The Last Dance after putting it off since its release last year. For context, I’m a fan of the first two. They’re dumb fun, properly anti-hero, and don’t take themselves seriously, which obviously sent the critics into a meltdown. But then, how many billion-dollar-plus franchises can you name where the hero’s main superpower is eating brains?
On the comics side, I dip into Marvel when the mood strikes. Coincidentally, the last Venom story I read was that godawful Knull crossover from a few years back where he rips Sentry in half for pointless shock value, mainly because Marvel has zero clue what to do with that character. Anyway...
No spoilers, but the third film pretty much ghosts the narrative threads from the last film. Remember the whole thing with Eddie's ex? Neither does this movie. It just dives into a brand new plot with a fresh set of disposable characters built specifically for this story. The vibe is still big, comical, and R-rated, but it’s more slapstick odd-couple chaos than the full-on, wall-breaking sexual innuendo of the Deadpool films.
The highlight, as always, is watching Tom Hardy act as a symbiote-possessed human. It’s the kind of unhinged physical comedy we need more of, and Venom's big goofball energy is the perfect complement. The CGI action is plentiful and mostly solid; I caught a few dodgy-looking shots, but that’s almost unavoidable in a film like this. The ending itself feels a bit weak, almost like they couldn't fully commit to the "Last Dance" part of the title and had to leave the door slightly ajar, just in case.
✅ The Verdict
It was a genuinely fun trilogy, though I was half-hoping for a cheeky cameo from the other Eddie Brock somewhere. After Hardy’s definitive performance, I can’t see anyone else nailing this specific brand of chaos, especially with Marvel now wanting to do its own symbiote thing.
Ultimately, it’s a fun, entertaining, and gory R-rated 'hero' movie for the whole family, well, as long as you're an American family, since it's packed with brutal violence but is completely terrified of anything sexual.