Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Venom: The Last DanceMarvel’s Venom and Eddie Brock have had quite a wild ride throughout their movie trilogy, and there are a handful of scenes that most define their cinematic journey. In total, Marvel’s Lethal Protector has been seen in three movies (and a brief MCU appearance). That said, Eddie and Venom have only been bonded for about a single year. Likewise, it’s not difficult to extract Venom’s movie story down to a few key scenes.
Beginning in 2018, Sony’s Venom debuted Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock who finds himself bonded to an alien symbiote. Since that time, Venom and Brock have become The Lethal Protector, a dysfunctional duo trying to do the right thing in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (and beyond). To that end, here are 10 scenes that most define Venom’s Marvel movie story.
10 The Venom Symbiote Lands On Earth
Originally Planning To Take Over Earth
Opening 2018’s Venom, the Venom symbiote first lands on Earth with a collection of other captured symbiotes recovered by The Life Foundation, a genetics and research corporation run by Carlton Drake. While most of the symbiotes, including Venom, were recovered from the crash-landed shuttle by The Life Foundation, the symbiote that broke out and caused the crash ends up escaping (the symbiote who would later be known as Riot).
9 Venom Bonding With Eddie Brock
Some Major Growing Pains
After breaking into the Life Foundation’s labs shortly after he was fired from his job as an investigative journalist, Eddie Brock became the unwitting host of the Venom symbiote. As such, the hilarity of Eddie’s body trying to regulate and deal with the new alien organism in his body is very fun to watch. Likewise, no scene better defines how upside down Eddie’s life has become with Venom than when he jumps into a restaurant’s lobster tank to cool himself down before eating one of the lobsters in front of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.
The lobster tank scene in 2018’s Venom (and more sequences) perfectly show the willingness on Tom Hardy’s part to be completely unhinged as Venom. As such, it very much sets the tone for the entire franchise going forward. While there would naturally be more scenes where Eddie has to reconcile with the unique experiences of an alien using his body, it’s pretty hard to top Eddie’s first days with the Venom symbiote.
8 Eddie And Venom Fight The Life Foundation
Their Partnership Begins
On the run from the Life Foundation’s security teams, who want their symbiote back, Venom puts Eddie through a high-octane motorbike chase through the streets of San Francisco before the symbiote and Eddie fully becomes Venom for the first time. Shortly after eating one of the security heads whole, Venom also reveals himself to Eddie for the first time to have a proper conversation. To that end, Eddie agrees to help Venom get to Carlton Drake’s rocket ship in exchange for his own survival.
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Firstly, this scene is iconic for the entire franchise as it’s the first time Venom and Eddie truly come together as one as they do in the comics: teeth, long tongue, and all. Likewise, it’s also an important scene when looking at the entire trilogy as a whole and seeing just how far their relationship has come over Sony’s three Venom films. After all, Eddie was originally just meant to be Venom’s “ride” before the symbiote decided to make Earth his home and make Brock his ongoing host, rather than just another world to be conquered by his fellow symbiotes.
7 Venom vs Riot
Their First Big Symbiote Showdown
While Venom was originally just using Eddie as a host, the symbiote starts to enjoy both life on Earth and Eddie. To that end, this results in the duo deciding to stop Drake and destroy his rocket. To that end, Drake has also bonded with the Riot symbiote by the movie’s end, resulting in Venom’s first on-screen battle with another symbiote. Destroying both Riot and the rocket, it seemed as though Venom sacrificed himself to save Eddie. However, the symbiote was later revealed to be alive and well, with Eddie becoming its host once more.
6 Venom Creates Carnage With Cletus Kasady
Venom’s Evil Offspring
Sometime later, Venom inadvertently reproduces and transfers its offspring to Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) in 2021’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage, an incarcerated serial killer Eddie had been interviewing at San Quentin. During his imminent execution (with Kasady having earned the death penalty), the new Carnage symbiote emerges, saving Kasady’s life and helping him break out of prison to cause havoc once more. To that end, the breakout serves as the first live-action debut for Carnage, one of the most brutal and lethal Marvel Comics villains of all time.
As such, Carnage helping Kasady break out of San Quentin certainly ranks as one of the Venom franchise’s most definitive scenes. It’s also one of its most deadly. Killing security guards left and right, the only thing that would have made the scene even more worthy of Carnage’s live-action debut was if Venom 2 as a whole had received an R rating instead of being PG-13.
5 Venom vs Carnage
Their Most Iconic Symbiote Showdown
Wanting revenge against Venom and having thought that he and Eddie could have been friends, Cletus and Carnage have a final showdown with Eddie and Venom in a church cathedral. However, Venom ends up eating Carnage whole by the end of their fight, killing one of his most dangerous rivals in the original Marvel Comics. While some have argued that it would have been better if the pair had had a more extended rivalry beyond their few encounters held within a single movie, the symbiote showdown between the two symbiotes is still one for the ages.
4 Venom Transported To The MCU
Thanks To Spider-Man: No Way Home
At the end of Let There Be Carnage, Venom and Eddie find themselves transported against their will to the MCU universe known as Earth-616. Seeing Tom Holland’s Spider-Man on television, the Venom symbiote teases familiarity with the Webslinger, which at the time seemingly teased a future showdown. However, the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home saw Eddie and Venom being sent back to Sony’s Spider-Man Universe thanks to Doctor Strange’s new spell, without ever encountering the MCU Spider-Man.
It’s easy to be disappointed by these teases, seeing as how a meeting between Tom Hardy’s Venom and Tom Holland’s Spider-Man has yet to come to fruition. Likewise, Venom: The Last Dance failed to offer any additional reveals regarding the piece of Venom’s symbiote that was left in the MCU. That said, the scene is still notable in its own right, and the potential for future symbiote encounters in the MCU could still be picked up later on down the line.
3 Eddie and Venom Become Fugitives
Debuting The Venom Horse
Having become fugitives because of the events of Let There Be Carnage while also being interstellar fugitives on the run from Knull’s symbiote-hunting xenophages, Eddie and Venom are faced with enemies from all sides in 2024’s Venom: The Last Dance. Seeing how the xenophages can instantly track them when Venom takes over Eddie’s body, the duo finds an alternate form of transportation in the desert with the Venom symbiote taking over a horse as its temporary host. As such, the debut of the “Venom Horse” is one of the most memorable scenes from the final chapter of the Venom trilogy.
2 Venom’s Sacrifice To Save Eddie
“Till The End…”
As seen at the end of Venom: The Last Dance, Venom and Eddie lure the xenophages to the section of Area 51 that was being demolished via tanks of acid. However, Venom then leaves Eddie to bind all the xenophages together, dragging them to the acid before having Commander Rex Strickland open the vats to melt them all together in an epic sacrifice. As such, it’s certainly one of the most tragic scenes in the entire Venom trilogy.
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That said, it’s also worth noting that one of the post-credits scenes for Venom: The Last Dance saw a piece of the Venom symbiote having survived in the rubble at Area 51. To that end, it’s certainly possible that Venom still lives and could one day be reunited with Eddie, despite The Last Dance having been marketed as the final Venom movie. After all, nothing says that The Lethal Protector of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe couldn’t return and make appearances in other connected movies (perhaps even in the MCU as well).
1 Knull The Symbiote God Is Coming
There Are Still Threats To Come
One of the post-credits scenes in Venom: The Last Dance is also quite memorable as it shows that there are still more dangers and threats to come with symbiotes in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. Despite showing Andy Serkis’ Knull still imprisoned on his throne, the Symbiote God makes it clear that he’ll soon be free to burn everything, wanting to restore the universe back to eternal darkness before it was “infected” by light and life. As such, the appearance of such a major Marvel villain is very exciting, while also teasing that the Venom symbiote and Eddie may one day return to face Knull directly.
Venom
The Venom franchise is a series of superhero films based on the Marvel Comics character Venom, produced by Sony Pictures as part of their Spider-Man Universe. The franchise began with the 2018 film Venom, which tells the story of Eddie Brock, a journalist who becomes the host for an alien symbiote, giving him superhuman abilities. Despite mixed reviews, the film was a commercial success, leading to a sequel and further expansion of the franchise.
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- Venom , Anne Weying , Carnage , Shriek , Riot , Dan Lewis , Patrick Mulligan
Summary
The Venom franchise is a series of superhero films based on the Marvel Comics character Venom, produced by Sony Pictures as part of their Spider-Man Universe. The franchise began with the 2018 film Venom, which tells the story of Eddie Brock, a journalist who becomes the host for an alien symbiote, giving him superhuman abilities. Despite mixed reviews, the film was a commercial success, leading to a sequel and further expansion of the franchise.
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- December 13, 2024