Life: 7 Reasons It Should've Been A Secret Venom Origin Story
5. It Nailed The Tone That A Venom Movie Should Have
Recently, it was reported that Sony are aiming for Venom's movie to gain that now-coveted R-rating.
You can see their train of thought; Deadpool and Logan were both terrific and their mature content did not hold them back at the box-office in the slightest, so why not nab a slice of that pie?
But even if Deadpool and Logan never existed, an R-rating would still be the right avenue for a Venom movie to take. The character is scary and violent, assuming control of people's bodies and making them do terrible things, and that doesn't exactly scream 'PG'.
Life succeeds here, with aplomb; it absolutely nails both its scares and its violence. Swap out Calvin for Venom and that sense of dread, that feeling of not knowing where the creature is lurking, is everything that a Venom movie should be.
Overall, Life would have handled the character in the right way. The gruesome kills, the feeling of helplessness against a smart alien life form. Tonally, it's everything a modern Venom movie should be, and now the proper, official Venom movie will have to replicate that all over again.