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In the 1st trailer for the Tom Hardy-starring superhero threequel, Venom: The Last Dance becomes the ridiculous love story it was always meant to be.
On a dark gloomy night, reporter Eddie Brock (Hardy) and alien symbiote Venom (also Hardy, in a double role) have finally found their groove as skull-crunching vigilantes patrolling San Francisco.
However, one day, the two find themselves the target of a dangerous US soldier (Chiwetel Ejiofor) intent on capturing the symbiote for good. And as the two flee from the soldier’s hunt, an even more dangerous threat emerges: a wild beast from Venom’s home planet.
Pursued on all ends, Eddie and Venom’s chase leads them from a Vegas casino to the remote mountains, and the two realize this may be their last adventure together.
Venom: The Last Dance (2024) – source: Sony Pictures Entertainment
At its core, the Venom franchise has shined brightest as the love story between an awkward human and a snarky alien. In a world where Marvel have superhero films on lockdown, the Venom franchise found success by simply focusing on its own cheesy identity.
And, by god, the 1st trailer for Venom: The Last Dance learns that lesson. The bond between Eddie and Venom is front-and-center, showcasing a surprisingly heartfelt relationship fueled by Hardy’s boundless charisma.
Director Kelly Marcel brings a newfound visual style to the trailer, trading the first films’ murky CGI with sweeping vistas and clean action. And of course, the trademark goofiness is still here, with a Venom-horse being the kind of bizarre visual only these films could dream up. If the Venom franchise truly ends here, The Last Dance looks set to go out in a blaze of insane glory.
Venom: The Last Dance will be released theatrically in the US on October 25th 2024, with Tom Hardy reprising his role as the titular antihero.
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