Is Venom: The Last Dance truly that bad? The film receives a record low rating for its trilogy on CinemaScore, lining up with a slate of poor reviews.
Venom: The Last Dance was set to be the climactic end of Tom Hardy’s time as the Lethal Protector. However, it seems it’s done nothing but come up short. The film made a respectable $175 million at the worldwide box office opening weekend. While certainly nothing to sneeze at, it did ultimately underperform expectations to end up as the lowest opening weekend gross of the trilogy.
Reviews haven’t fared much better for Venom: The Last Dance, barely missing the bar set by the rest of its trilogy. The best example of this is the film’s CinemaScore. While the last two installments both received a B+, Tom Hardy’s finale as the symbiote earned a B-. Still respectable, and sitting head-and-shoulders above many other superhero films released this year, but it also can’t be said that it’s the most satisfying outcome.
Venom: The Last Dance Is A Disappointing End
The CinemaScore for Venom: The Last Dance lines up with the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics saw the film as a massive step down from the last installment of the trilogy, dropping to a 37% from Let There Be Carnage‘s 57%. While fans have always been more positive on Tom Hardy’s hero, the film ties for the lowest audience rating at an 80% alongside the first Venom film.
In truth, there’s not much analysis that can be squeezed from the stone of Venom: The Last Dance. In many ways, it’s a perfect encapsulation of Sony Pictures’ attempt at a Spider-Man trilogy without Spider-Man. Tom Hardy tries his best to elevate a character he seems to truly care for, while a studio beats down every installment with world-building and misdirection to the point of it all stewing together in an outcome just short of what fans were hoping.
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