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Venom review: ‘it’s not Marvel-lous’

JL;DR SUMMARY The review dissects the weaknesses of the final film in Tom Hardy's Venom trilogy, noting how the series fails to fully deliver on its intriguing premise of duality between Eddie Brock and the symbiotic anti-hero. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HollywoodFilm ReviewComedyMarvelActionScreenplayTom HardyDualityVenomSymbiotes

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"He was first seen in the franchise as the heavily New York-accented journalist Eddie Brock before Marvels most dentally well-endowed anti-hero Venom invaded his body."
United States
"A bit like being in Vegas for too long."
Vegas, Nevada, United States
"Venom throws some shapes while dancing to Abbas Dancing Queen in a Vegas hotel room and Eddie says, I cannot unsee that."
Mexico
"The low bar is set when after chomping the heads off a gang of Mexican dog-nappers (that most morally moribund of career paths) Venom, who is voiced by Hardy, quips: You take me to all the best places."

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