‘Venom: There will be slaughter’ bets on self-parodic humor and digital scattering even if that means overshadowing the villain that Woody Harrelson embodies
‘Venom’ fell sympathetic three years ago for moving away from the transcendence of other Marvel characters. Tom Hardy, an actor already prone to excesses, played a reporter who ends up harboring an alien symbiote, an almost indestructible villain who at the end of the film was more horny than perfidious. The conversations between the two put a humorous counterpoint to the action festival, which in its final credits already anticipated the guest of this sequel: Cletus Kasady, a serial killer imprisoned in San Quentin, whose body also houses another alien with very bad milk, Matanza, also known as Carnage.
If Tom Hardy has made over-acting and histrionics a mark of style –there is his charging ‘Capone’–, Woody Harrelson also tends to be wild in a funny way when he doesn’t have a director holding him down. ‘Venom: There will be a carnage’ shattered the record for ‘Black Widow’ in its US premiere, with $ 90 million. Director Andy Serkis, the actor who has taken motion capture the furthest thanks to his character Gollum in ‘The Lord of the Rings’, is aware that he has to enhance everything that worked in the original film, as well that bets on a clearly comedy tone with a self-parodic humor. The dialogues between Hardy’s character and Venom are already straightforward, to the point that they overshadow the role’s true villain, which Harrelson energetically embodies but is portrayed as little more than a dangerous madman. There are fights, bloodbaths, chases and a spectacular digital display, but the best special effect is still Tom Hardy.
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