I liked the charm of Venom's first two outings. This garbled plot is not on a par with its predecessors. The film manages the usual bad action movie trick of being overly long and rushing its insubstantial plot to the point of incoherence. Very much in the category of, 'only watch if there is nothing else on and I can't get off the sofa'.
The novelty of Tom Hardy verbally sparring with the alien, Venom, that resides inside him has finally worn out here in this third film of their adventures together. The title and much of the story suggest this its the final chapter but a post end credits (and it is right at the very end!) suggests further films are possible. Like much of the comic book/superhero genre and especially in the Marvel Comics Universe it always seems that there's one film too many. And like all these films and despite whatever superpowers are on offer the action always descends into a giant punch up. This is no exception and watching this gives you that vague feeling you've seen it all before. Here Eddie (Hardy) and his alien 'symbiote' are wanted for murder and find themselves chased by hard assed military man Strickland played by Chiwetel Ejiofor in another of his bad guy but ultimately good guy roles. They're also pursued by some giant alien creatures commanded by the big dark baddie for the film's MacGuffin, here called a codex. The action ends up at Area 51 which cues shooting, lots of aliens, dicing and slicing and fisticuffs. It's all so so familiar and whilst well done it doesn't offer anything new or particularly interesting.