12 Most Divisive Movies Of 2018

12. Venom

While it might not be the best superhero film of the year, Venom is certainly the weirdest. Before release there were rumours that the project was going to be an R-rated horror, with the titular symbiote struggling as a troubled anti-hero. The trailers played this up as well, focusing on the body horror of Eddie Brock's transformation and keeping the alien mostly in the shadows.

That's not what the end result was at all though - and it was all the better for it. Instead, Venom's high points came from Tom Hardy's utterly out-there performance as both halves of the superhero, creating this weird, buddy-cop dynamic that played out exclusively in his mind. Every scene where Eddie and Venom were at each other's throats was gold - it's just a shame that energy and humour didn't make its way over to Riz Ahmed's villain or Michelle Williams' love interest.

This divide made for a movie clearly torn between two identities - and audiences were equally split down the middle on whether what they were watching was a trainwreck, or a mad spark of creative genius.