Here’s Why We Think Tom Hardy’s Venom Lost It’s Potential! (Photo Credit – Netflix)

Venom: The Last Dance hit theaters as the final chapter in Eddie Brock and his gooey alien ride-or-die. And just like that, the trilogy wrapped with the same messy symbiotic energy it began with – wild swings, awkward tone shifts, and a version of Venom that never quite found its bite.

Across all three films, Sony’s Venom franchise never fully embraced what made Venom, well, Venom. It had the pieces: a gritty anti-hero, decades of comic book lore, and Tom Hardy ready to lose himself in the madness. But the movies played it safe instead of diving into the dark and twisted world of one of Marvel’s most terrifying characters. They leaned more into buddy comedy than brutal chaos.

That missing edge was the root of the problem. In the comics, Venom was born from hate,...