A hidden gem. I came for Benicio del Toro because, well, we don’t get enough of him, and stayed for the very well acted scenes. Was pleasantly surprised to see AS, I probably haven’t seen her since my adolescence. Yea it’s a bit long, but there are enough details to make the journey interesting. Not something I could watch again, but 100% happy to have seen it!

The good: incredibly well acted and directed. This oozed modern neo-noir. The music and vibe were great although at times overzealous. The bad: convoluted and complicated plot. Far too long. Instead of a slow burn, it's just a slog. A lot of irrelevant pseudo-plotting to fill air. This could have been a lot better with a better editor and writer. Give a little more narrative meat worthy of the scene chewing.

Good movie. Over long, dragged for a while, but good ending. Well worth a watch :thumbsup_tone1:

A little too complicated for it’s own good, and basically a similar vibe to The Departed but no where near as good. Seemed a little stop-and-go with short scenes and weird flow, but it was still enjoyable.

Decent enough movie but, as has been mentioned a number of times, way too long, quite a lot of padding for the sake of increasing the run time but adding no value. Odd choice of title too, I was half expecting some 'creature feature' like Venom but it's just a name a I guess, bit like calling the Fast series Coffee instead, like huh? Good cast though and great cinematography, very atmospheric but 90 minutes with a tighter script and better editing would have made it less of a slog in parts.