Venom: The Last Dance has hit theaters, marking the final chapter in Sony’s Venom trilogy. Starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, this last installment wraps up the story with the same chaotic energy the series began with—confusing tone shifts, wild action, and a version of Venom that never fully worked.
Across all three movies, Sony’s take on the iconic Marvel anti-hero never truly captured what made Venom special in the comics. The films had all the right ingredients: a dark backstory, decades of comic book lore, and a lead actor like Tom Hardy, known for diving deep into complex roles. But instead of going bold and dark, the Venom movies often chose a safer, funnier route—more buddy comedy than brutal anti-hero story.
One major issue with Venom: The Last Dance and the series overall is that it never embraced Venom’s darker side. In the comics, Venom is a character born from anger and violence. He operates in a gray area, where justice isn’t always clean. But in the films, Venom mostly argued with Eddie over snacks and silly problems. The creepy horror and intense drama that fans expected just weren’t there.
Tom Hardy had the talent to pull off a scarier, more dangerous version of Eddie Brock. His past roles in The Dark Knight Rises, Legend, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Warrior proved he could handle intensity and madness. But in the Venom movies, his Eddie Brock always seemed overwhelmed and awkward, never fully connecting with the alien symbiote inside him.
Even in The Last Dance, which was meant to show the final bond between Eddie and Venom, their relationship still felt like a sitcom. The “Lethal Protector” name was used, but never truly earned. In the comics, Eddie and Venom are a deadly team that fights enemies with ruthless power. In the films, they couldn’t even agree on what to eat for breakfast.
The villains were another weak spot. Venom: Let There Be Carnage introduced Carnage, one of Marvel’s most terrifying characters, but he was reduced to just another CGI monster. A key trait from the comics—Carnage referring to himself as “I” instead of “we”—was completely ignored. And important figures like Knull, the god of the symbiotes, barely got mentioned at all.
Sony had a real chance to make Venom something bold and unforgettable. Instead, they softened everything until the character lost what made him unique. Tom Hardy’s Venom had potential to become a legend, but ended up more like a cartoon than a comic book icon.
In the end, Venom: The Last Dance closes the trilogy without delivering the powerful, darker story fans hoped for. Venom didn’t evolve—he just flopped around in a lobster tank, lost in tone and identity. And with that, Sony’s Venom trilogy ends not with a roar, but a confused growl.
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