Tom Hardy's Venom a weird but not-too-poisonous superhero

From the director of Zombieland comes a new comic book movie that, while part of the overall Marvel universe, is a distinct change of pace from the usual heroic exploit. And in the process, it takes a character from what's perhaps Marvel's worst outing to date (of the ones I've seen) – Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 – and turns him into an unlikely hero. I remember Venom vaguely from that other mostly forgettable movie (which was a shame, because Raimi's first two Spider-Man movies were terrific), where our friendly neighbourhood web slinger was forced to confront a guy named Eddie Brock, who'd been infected with some kind of space goo that turned him into, in this case, a super villain.