| NOTE: This page is only about his film incarnation as the comic incarnation of John Doe was not voted Pure Evil, and thus only the film version of John Doe's info and crimes should be put here. |
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| “ | I visited your home this morning, after you'd left. I tried to play husband. I tried to taste the life of a simple man. It didn't work out. So I took a souvenir: her pretty head. | „ |
| ~ John Doe bragging about murdering Tracy Mills. |
| “ | We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home... and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, because it's... trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example, and what I've done will be studied... and puzzled over... and followed. Forever. | „ |
| ~ John Doe's speech to Detectives Mills and Somerset. |
| “ | Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer. And then you'll notice you've got their strict attention. | „ |
| ~ John Doe about modern society. |
John Doe is the main antagonist of the 1995 dark psychological mystery-thriller film Se7en. He is a serial killer who murders people he believes are guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins.
He was portrayed by Kevin Spacey, who also portrayed King Richard III in a 2011 production play of The Tower of London at the Old Vic Theatre, and Frank Underwood in House of Cards.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- Tortured five people to death for his seven deadly sins serial killing project:
- Gluttony: Overfed a man to near death and then finally kicked his stomach to make it burst.
- Greed: Forced a lawyer at gunpoint to remove a pound of flesh. While he deserved it for letting killers and rapists back on the streets, it’s still an act of murder.
- Pride: Drove a woman to overdose after cutting her nose off.
- Sloth: Strapped a man to his bed, malnourished him for a whole year, and cut off his hand. While he certainly deserved some of it as he was a drug-dealing pedophile, the sheer level of cruelty and suffering the man was put through makes it hard to justify overall.
- Lust: Forced a man at gunpoint to rape a woman to death with a dildo made from a knife.
- Although he spared David Mills' life, he only did it so he could torment him later.
- Murdered pregnant Tracy Mills out of Envy and putting her decapitated head in a box for her husband David to see, which is low even for John as she wasn't sinful in the slightest. He also corrupted Mills by letting him avenge Tracy's death, thus causing him to get arrested for Wrath as well as putting him in a near catatonic state.
- It's implied that he raped her too, judging from his "I tried to play husband" line.
- Overall, he is way too sadistic and hypocritical to be the extremist he claims to be, as he despises people who commit deadly sins despite himself displaying a fair amount of wrath (being a serial killer), pride (enjoying being one), lust, and envy (raping and murdering Tracy out of jealousy for David's normal life). Even Mills points out John's hypocrisy when he scorns the Greed victim for keeping murderers and rapists on the streets despite being one of each.
Trivia[]
- Only the film version is Pure Evil, since his comic version is Near Pure Evil due to having a tragic backstory that explains why he does what he does, and both works are separate canons.
External links[]
- John Doe on the Villains Wiki
- John Doe on the Unpublished Villains Wiki
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