I'm a huge Marvel fan even if Disney now owns them. I gave this three stars for a couple of reasons. 1. You really need to have seen the first Venom to understand what was going on in terms of the symbiote so it doesn't work well as a stand alone watch. 2 at 1 hour 37 and the main action doesn't kick in till after an hour it feels longer than it should. Effects are good the action when it happens is great and it's nicely comical in places. I sort of expected a little more from Andy Serkis as director though.