Venom: Let There Be Carnage rating officially PG-13

Last Updated on September 2, 2021

The Venom 2 rating is in! Sony’s upcoming Marvel sequel, Let There Be Carnage, has officially been rated by the MPAA and those hoping for an R-rating are about to be disappointed.

The MPAA has officially granted Venom: Let There Be Carnage with a PG-13 rating, according to their weekly ratings bulletin, and confirmed on Sony’s official website for the movie. The film earned the PG-13 rating “for intense sequences of violence and action, some strong language, disturbing material, and suggestive references.” In a similar fashion, 2018’s Venom was rated PG-13 “for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for language”. While a PG-13 rating makes sense for financial purposes, since it opens the film up more to be seen by the target demographic, a lot of fans were hoping for a more adult-oriented, R-rated film. Given the fact that the movie fully introduces Cletus Kasady, aka Carnage, there was a belief that his serial killer origins would lend itself more to an R-rating. It makes sense that Sony wants to reach a broader audience with a PG-13 rating but that hasn’t stopped some fans from being disappointed about the rating. You can check out some of their responses below!

Directed by Andy Serkis with a screenplay from Kelly Marcel, Tom Hardy returns as Eddie Brock/Venom alongside Woody Harrelson, who is bringing one of Venom’s biggest adversaries, Cletus Kasady/Carnage, to life. Kasady is a psychotic serial killer who also becomes the host of an alien symbiote known as Carnage. Also new to the franchise is Naomie Harris, playing the role of Shriek, Kasady’s love interest. Michelle Williams returns as Eddie’s ex-fiancee, district attorney Anne Weying, while Reid Scott rounds out the cast as Anne’s boyfriend. 

What were you hoping the Venom 2 rating would be? Were YOU hoping for an R-rating? The Venom sequel hits screens on October 15, 2021.