‘Venom: The Last Dance’ is “the best of the trilogy” according to early reviews

The final film in the series is out later this week

The first reviews of Venom: The Last Dance have hailed it as “the best of the trilogy”.

Starring Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach and Stephen Graham, the new sequel will open in cinemas this Friday (October 25). A trailer for the movie was shared last month with fans reacting positively to it.

A synopsis for the The Last Dance reads: “Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s last dance.”

Following its world premiere in New York last night (October 21), many critics praised the final film in the trilogy series.

Screen Rant’s Joseph Deckelmeier hailed the movie and said it “takes you on a wild and exhilarating journey from start to finish! It’s a fun popcorn movie that reminds me of the early 2000’s comic book movies. The action is great & is a tribute to action films from the 80’s. There’s a ton of funny moments.”

The Wrap’s Drew Taylor added: “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. Pretty nuts.”

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Digital Spy film editor Ian Sandwell agreed adding that it “is the most entertaining of the trilogy.”

Rotten Tomatoes critic Josh Wilding described the sequel as “the most cinematic, monumental Venom movie to date”, and continued: “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!”

You can read some more early reactions below:

Kelly Marcel, who wrote and produced the first two Venom movies, has stepped in the director’s seat for The Last Dance from a screenplay she wrote.

“V3N0M 3,” Hardy wrote previously in a post about the movie. “The Last dance – thankfully we are back to shooting; and I want to take a moment just to thank all the teams thus far on the ride from V1 to here all our fantastic Cast and crew – good friends and family – we’ve come a long way.

“It’s been and continues to be a lot of fun this journey, there’s always hard turns to burn when we work but doesn’t feel as hard when you love what you do and when you know you have great material and the support at all sides of a great team.”

Hardy last played the character in a post-credits scene in Spider-Man: No Way Home, where it was suggested that Venom had returned to his original universe.