Director Andy Serkis, takes over for Ruben Fleischer, and makes it a fast and blustery ride. Eddie’s struggle with his own literal and figurative demons makes up much of the narrative here. Hardy, in fact, shares screenwriting credits with returning screenwriter Kelly Marcel and there’s quite a bit of absurd humour floating around as a result.

Eddie secures an interview with convicted killer Cletus Kasady (Harrelson), who’s about to be executed at San Quentin State Prison. Eddie’s physical clash with Kasady transfers a few drops of symbiote material into Kasady’s system and together with the lethal injection transforms him into Carnage a bigger, redder, meaner, weaponised version of Venom.

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The action in this sequel is an incoherent mess, the CGI feels indistinct and the overall design feels terribly sloppy. This one feels more like an inadvertent comedy show than an action caper. The problem really is that the good versus evil clash like in all comic action capers is lost in the haze of Eddie and Venom’s fight for supremacy. The story is a mess and the narrative spiel fails to develop coherence along the way. Even Andy Serkis seems hampered by the source material and is unable to make this experience either thrilling or meaningful. And the tone achieved here is so bizarre and vacuous that it’s more than likely to put you to sleep!