Alison Willmore of Vulture is one of many critics who take direct aim at the multiversal nature of Knull as a villain — in a movie where Hardy's character says he's "done with that multiverse shit," no less — and how much his muddled exposition and one-note storyline rules detract from the mindless enjoyment that feels more like its true element.

Marvel and Sony’s Venom movies have always been buddy comedies masquerading as superhero spectaculars, and that’s even truer of Venom: The Last Dance, a threequel that cares infinitely less about story than scattershot ridiculousness.