| NOTE: This page is only for Riot's characterization in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, considering the original comic counterpart was not voted Pure Evil. Therefore, only the film version's info and crimes should be listed here. |
| “ | Riot: There are more of us.... millions more. They will follow wherever I lead. Carlton Drake: Where WE lead. Riot: Yes... "we". |
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| ~ Riot. |
| “ | Riot: Venom.... get in the rocket! Venom: No! We won't let you destroy this world! Riot: Then DIE!! |
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| ~ Riot about to battle Venom. |
Riot is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Carlton Drake) of the 2018 superhero film Venom, the first installment in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
He is the destructive and sadistic leader of the symbiotes, who bonds with Carlton Drake in order to accomplish their shared goal of bringing his race to Earth to bond with humanity; although, unlike Drake, he does this in order to have the symbiotes destroy and devour the human race. This incarnation of Riot is also significantly stronger and more vicious than its original comic counterpart. He is also the arch-nemesis of Venom, as well as one of his brothers.
He was voiced by Riz Ahmed, who also played Drake in the same film.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- Before the film series he and the other symbitoes betrayed and locked Knull up (although Knull deserved it).
- It is implied through his dialogue with Venom that Riot bullied and abused him back on their homeworld.
- Upon arriving on Earth, he bonded with John Jameson, Corinne Wann, a Malaysian woman, and Suzy (who was a child no less). He used them as vessels for him and left them to die once successively until he made his way to Carlton Drake at the Life Foundation Headquarters, showing a total lack of care towards their families.
- While bonded to Corinne, brutally massacred multiple people in a marketplace before possessing the old lady.
- Threatened Eddie Brock to tell him where Venom was and then allowed Drake and Treece to kill him when he didn't tell them.
- He was completely apathetic to the deaths of the other symbiotes under Drake's care, due to having more on his homeworld.
- Planned along with Drake, whom he bonded with, to bring all the symbiotes to Earth aboard a rocket to devour all humans. This is the farthest any Spider-Man movie villain went. Not even Mysterio went that far.
- Killed Lloyd Emerson for trying to stop the launch of Drake's rocket, having had a change of heart after Drake killed Dr. Dora Skirth and murdered the members of Drake's staff in the room as well.
- Attempted to kill Venom when he refused to enter into the rocket and join him on his scheme to bring humanity's extinction.
- Fatally wounded Eddie Brock by stabbing him, an injury which Brock only survived due to Venom re-bonding with him. Even licked salt in the wound by telling him he was nothing.
- By almost killing Eddie, Venom was forced to revive him which awakened the Codex from its dormant state within Venom, which the symbiote creator Knull sensed and created symbiote hunters known as Xenophages to hunt down and take the codex from Venom, not caring that Riot endangered his entire species.
- This makes Riot the catalyst of most of the events in Venom: The Last Dance that would lead to deaths of many humans, his species, and the eventual presumed demise of Venom. And what makes it worse is that Riot also knew what could free Knull yet still killed Eddie.
- Before his death, Riot officially declared Venom as a traitor solely because he wanted to save Earth.
- Unlike Venom, Riot is never once indicated to have any moral agency issues at all; he is evil and proud of it. In fact, it's implied through dialogue that Riot would have betrayed Drake after their plans were enacted.
- Unlike the other symbiotes who came to Earth to escape Knull and live free with humans, Riot wanted to invade Earth and showed active aggression towards humans, making him no better than Knull and everything bad about Symbiotes.
- Despite being possibly abused by Knull like the other symbitoes it does not make him sympathetic due to the others being abused and not being violent sadists like him.
Trivia[]
- Riot is, alongside his host, Carlton Drake and the Carnage symbiote, and Knull, one of the 3 characters from Sony’s Marvel Universe to be Pure Evil.
External Links[]
- Riot on the Marvel Movies Wiki
- Riot on the Villains Wiki
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