Starring: Tom Hardy, Tom Holland, Juno Temple, Chiwetel Ejiofor
They said it was the last dance, but the music hasn’t stopped yet—it’s just gotten significantly louder and infinitely more terrifying. Venom 4: King in Black drags Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and his beloved, hungry alien half back from a self-imposed, multiversal exile for the event that fans have been demanding for years.
The film opens with the Symbiote Hive Mind screaming across all realities. The source of the terror is the reawakening of Knull, the primordial God of Symbiotes, the dark creator of the entire Klyntar species. Knull is not merely invading; he is coming to Earth—the nexus point of his rebellious “children”—to reclaim them and shroud the entire planet in the living darkness of his Necrosword, turning the planet into the next jewel in his galactic empire.
With the sky turning into an inky abyss and the ground beneath their feet corrupted by sentient darkness, Eddie and Venom realize they are catastrophically outmatched. Their signature chaotic energy and street-level brawling are useless against a cosmic entity. Their only chance for survival, and the survival of the planet, depends on forming an uneasy, highly volatile alliance with the one hero Venom has instinctively hated yet secretly feared: Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland).
The dynamic between the three is a masterclass in cosmic odd-couple comedy. Tom Hardy delivers his signature, brilliant chaos as he constantly bickers with his alien half, who views Spider-Man as both an object of envy and a deeply irritating moral compass. They must navigate a New York City choked by living darkness while dealing with a wary, yet professionally desperate, Spider-Man, who has his own history with the black suit.
The situation is further complicated by the emergence of new human players, including a tenacious scientist (Juno Temple) obsessed with exploiting the Symbiotes’ power, and a morally ambiguous government agent (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who views Knull’s arrival as a final, absolute justification for eradicating all alien life on Earth.
The action is visceral, the stakes are cosmic, and the internal banter is legendary. Venom 4: King in Black isn’t just a sequel; it’s the definitive cinematic crossover event of the decade, blending body horror, chaotic humor, and high-flying web-slinging action into a spectacular, unforgettable cinematic feast.