All 3 Venom movies ranked from worst to best

2. Venom: The Last Dance

Venom: The Last Dance is the final installment in the Venom trilogy and its main focus is on bringing the story of Eddie Brock and Venom's unusual bond to a satisfying conclusion. It struggles with that on occasion, losing focus at times, but I'll be damned if the final act of the movie isn't one of the most bonkers showdowns I've ever seen in a movie. It's wild, and it's wild in such a way that only Venom could be.

The film sees Knull, a.k.a. The King In Black, send a bunch of Xenophages to track down the unlikely pair, kickstarting a chain of events that makes Venom realize that his home world has begun to catch up with him. And those Xenophages are large, violent creatures designed to destroy anything that gets in their way, making them the most ambitious threat that Venom and Eddie have ever faced - which is saying something considering that they literally just got finished battling Carnage.

The truth is that Venom: The Last Dance is a tale of two halves. The first is slow, drawn out, and not really capable of making the most of its intriguing storyline, while the second is outrageously larger-than-life, ridiculously entertaining, and insane to the end; everything that we've come to know and love from the Venom franchise. It's also quite emotional, which is a reminder that this franchise is capable of moments of depth whenever it wants to be. Some more of those wouldn't have gone amiss throughout the three movies, but there is no denying this one hits here.

The film does throw a lot of opportunities away, particularly the handling of Knull - which just feels like a bit of a letdown - but all in all, Venom: The Last Dance is a mostly satisfying way to end one of cinema's most unique trilogies. If the rest of the movie had been as strong as the final act, it would have been the best of the three.

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