Venom: The Last Dance’s ending, explained

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Venom: The Last Dance has yet deed theaters, marking nan last section successful Sony’s Venom trilogy. Taking spot instantly aft Spider-Man: No Way Home, this movie follows Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and his slimy buddy Venom arsenic they effort to fly from nan authorities, arsenic good arsenic nan clutches of Venom’s evil creator, nan acheronian deity Knull (Andy Serkis).

It’s been a hectic thrust these past 3 films. Though Sony’s Spider-Man Universe grounded to unrecorded up to its imaginable pinch Morbius and Madame Web, audiences tin again count connected Venom to present a wacky, chaotic adventure. This threequel made for an breathtaking and heartfelt conclusion to nan trilogy that still sets up a dark, epic early for nan Lethal Protector. Now that Venom: The Last Dance has premiered, here’s a breakdown of nan communicative and what its ending intends for nan franchise’s future.

Eddie and Venom’s “last” ride

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After his conflict pinch Carnage and a little enactment successful nan Marvel Cinematic Universe, Eddie and Venom must elude a squad of U.S. soldiers operating retired of a concealed laboratory successful Area 55 (the successor to Area 51). Though Eddie is accused of murdering nan missing Detective Patrick Mulligan (Stephen Graham), nan second is live and contained successful Area 55, pinch scientists led by Dr. Teddy Payne (Juno Temple) studying nan symbiote wrong him, arsenic good arsenic a group of different symbiotes who fled to Earth.

As Eddie tries to spell to New York City to get a judge he knows to clear his name, he and Venom are attacked by a Xenophage, a elephantine regenerative monster sent by Knull to bargain nan Codex wrong them. Since Knull was imprisoned by nan symbiotes he created connected nan satellite Klyntar, he tin only beryllium freed by a Codex created erstwhile a symbiote revives and bonds pinch a dormant host. Since Venom resurrected Eddie astatine nan extremity of nan first Venom film, their enslaved turned them into a Codex. Also, erstwhile 1 of them dies, nan Codex will cease to exist.

How does Venom: The Last Dance end?

Eddie and Venom proceed to fly crossed Nevada pinch nan thief of a family walking Area 51. It’s a heartwarming trip, and though Eddie and Venom hide retired successful a Las Vegas casino pinch Mrs. Chen (Peggy Chu), they still extremity up captured by nan military. Once they’re successful captivity, soldiers led by Rex Strickland (Chiwetel Ejiofor) effort to termination Eddie to destruct nan Codex to forestall Knull from escaping. It’s astatine this infinitesimal that nan Xenophage infiltrates Area 55, and Venom teams up pinch nan different symbiotes astatine nan guidelines to destruct it.

Unfortunately, nan nigh-unstoppable Xenophage calls retired to Knull, who sends much of these monsters to seizure Eddie. Seeing that they can’t extremity nan Xenophages, Venom sacrifices himself to destruct nan aliens on pinch nan Codex successful nan military’s acerb shower. Later on, Eddie wakes up alive, expunged of his execution charges by nan subject for his heroism. Now free to commencement a caller life, Eddie travels to New York City to spot nan Statue of Liberty, fulfilling Venom’s dying wish of seeing it together successful a somber last scene.

Does Venom: The Last Dance person a post-credits scene?

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Yes! There are 2 post-credits scenes. Though nan movie ends pinch Knull defeated, a mid-credits segment shows nan acheronian deity is still live and trapped connected his throne successful Klyntar. The King successful Black breaks nan 4th wall, declaring that nan assemblage will watch arsenic he breaks free from his situation and unleashes chaos upon nan universe.

But that’s not all. A post-credits segment shows Cristo Fernandez’s bartender characteristic escaping from nan ruins of Area 55 aft being captured successful nan first act. Also, Dr. Payne’s symbiote instrumentality is seen successful nan distance, letting retired a spark of energy that indicates that immoderate of nan symbiote is still alive.

All successful all, Venom: The Last Dance whitethorn coming itself arsenic nan extremity of nan Lethal Protector’s journey, but it’s clear Sony has much large plans for Venom, nan symbiotes, and nan full Spider-Man Universe now that Knull has reared his head. The film’s director, Kelly Marcel, said astatine New York Comic Con “[The Last Dance] is conscionable nan preamble to Knull. He’s a massive, monolithic character, truthful you tin ne'er beryllium one-and-done pinch him. This is conscionable a small taster of Knull. We get to meet him. What nan early holds for him, who knows.”

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Since Knull is aiming to conquer nan universe, Eddie whitethorn person to return to conflict nan alien deity face-to-face. Tom Hardy said The Last Dance would beryllium his past Venom film, but past again, Hugh Jackman said Logan would beryllium his past movie arsenic Wolverine until he returned successful this year’s Deadpool & Wolverine, truthful thing is group successful stone.

As for Venom’s fate, nan dying symbiote did opportunity to Eddie, “It’s only goodbye for now,” implying that nan symbiote will travel backmost to life someway and reunite pinch him. Venom near a portion of himself down successful nan Marvel Cinematic Universe, truthful it’s imaginable that this information of nan symbiote will travel backmost to Eddie done Tom Holland’s Spider-Man. It’s apt that Holland’s characteristic will enslaved pinch nan achromatic alien conscionable for illustration successful nan comics, but arsenic Marvel Studios’ Multiverse Saga continues to unfold, he could beryllium nan measurement for Venom to get backmost home.