There’s a plot device in play which leaves Eddie and Venom especially vulnerable to the Xenophage when they’re fully transformed, which could’ve opened up some interesting opportunities to ...

bellows Venom) to escape not just the Xenophage but Strickland and all of his heavily armed, tech-aided goons. A series of largely uninspired, uninvolving set-pieces unfurl in the air (a Xenophage vs.