Venom: The Last Dance Receives High Praise After Premiere, Fans Call It 'Epic'

The wait is over! Venom: The Last Dance, directed by Kelly Marcel, finally swung its way onto the big screen during its world premiere in New York on Monday night. And just like that, the internet lit up with fans sharing their early reactions. Spoiler alert: it’s looking like an epic finale! In the third and final installment of the Tom Hardy-led Venom series, we see Hardy return as the ever-grumpy Eddie Brock, still trying to keep his life together while sharing his body with a ravenous, head-chomping alien symbiote named Venom.

Picking up after the chaos of Venom: Let There Be Carnage, the duo is now running from pretty much everyone, from the authorities on Earth to alien enemies from Venom’s home planet.

But Eddie and Venom aren’t alone in this wild ride. The movie features an exciting cast that includes Juno Temple (Ted Lasso), Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach and Stephen Graham, who plays Patrick Mulligan, a character entwined with the symbiote Toxin.

Not only did Marcel direct the film, but she also co-wrote the script with Hardy and they both served as producers, alongside Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal and Hutch Parker.

While the full reviews aren’t dropping until Wednesday, here’s a sneak peek of what fans and critics are saying on X (formerly Twitter) after Monday night’s premiere:

One user hyped it up saying, “Venom The Last Dance REVIEW: A huge EPIC & EMOTIONAL finale!! Tom Hardy gives EVERYTHING & Sony has never been better. Stunning action satisfies all nineteen inches. Not just another Venom movie, it’s one of the BEST comic book films ever! A fitting end setting up what’s next.”

Another one kept it real and wrote, “Venom The Last Dance sees Tom Hardy go all in for a fun finale befitting the franchise. With stacks of set pieces ranging from kooky to crazy, this doesn’t hold back with the Venomenal action. Take it for what it is. Grab some popcorn and go with the flow of this raging road movie.”

“I’ve seen Venom The Last Dance and it’s the most cinematic, monumental Venom movie to date. Eddie Brock and Venom’s dynamic is at its strongest in this one and the stakes are so much higher. I had a lot of fun with this one…the final act is BONKERS! Is it perfect? Nah, far from it. However, it’s leaps and bounds ahead of Venom and has a way meatier plot than Venom Let There Be Carnage,” added another moviegoer.

A fan jumper in saying, “Venom The Last Dance is the best of the ‘Venom’ movies — the insanity has been ramped up significantly but so has the heart. It’s not perfect but it’s super entertaining and there’s a giant monster that chews people up and sprays blood out of the back of its head.”

It looks like Venom: The Last Dance is shaping up to be a wild ride from start to finish, with plenty of symbiote action, quirky humour and emotional moments. Fans are ready to sink their teeth into this one on October 25.