Venom: The Last Dance

Venom has always leaned heavily on Tom Hardy's performance as Eddie Brock and the voice of Venom, the wise-cracking alien symbiote that has become his inseparable sidekick. Their banter has been the franchise's backbone, without which these films might have been formulaic at best. Curiously, though, The Last Dance, the trilogy's final installment and Hardy's swan song, sidelines its star in favour of a crowded ensemble and an overloaded plot that diminishes his presence. Kelly Marcel, who wrote the first two Venom movies, directs this final chapter but ultimately steers it into disappointing t....