Venom: The Last Dance (Kelly Marcel, 2024)

Tom Hardy in Venom: The Last Dance

Cast: Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu, Clark Backo, Alanna Ubach, Carlos Fernández, Jared Abrahamson, Hala Finley, Dash McCloud, Andy Serkis. Screenplay: Kelly Marcel, Tom Hardy. Cinematography: Fabian Wagner. Production design: Chris Lowe. Film editing: Mark Sanger. Music: Dan Deacon. 

Even though he has himself to blame, having co-produced and -written Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy deserves better than this noisy, messy farrago of special effects and wisecracks. So do we, though it's pretty clear from the ending and from the mid- and post-credits sequences that we've not seen the last of Eddie Brock and his symbiotic sidekick. Try better next time, Tom.