Film guide · 2024

Venom: The Last DanceComplete Guide

The parts that are hard to follow from the film alone, explained with a story summary, a character map and key terms.

Released
2024
Runtime
109 min
Set in
Alternate universe

Good to know before watchingNo spoilers

The trilogy finale

It concludes the story from Venom and Let There Be Carnage.

After No Way Home

Eddie and Venom briefly visited the MCU in No Way Home and have returned to their own world.

Watch through the credits

There are two extra scenes.

Character mapSpoilers

Who's who in Venom: The Last Dance (2024), with Eddie at the center.

Because of copyright, we can't use stills, posters or any other images of the characters as they appear in the film. All face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors themselves (non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site; people without a photo are shown with initials).

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All characters

About the images

Face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors from Wikimedia Commons, cropped to a square and resized. Non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site, and people without a photo are shown with a placeholder (initials).

StorySpoilers

Read the story (spoilers up to the ending)

1. On the run

Hunted by police and soldiers, Eddie and Venom head for New York.

2. The monster

A monster hunting the Codex comes after them.

3. A family road trip

They hitch a ride with a family hoping to see aliens.

4. Area 51

They're taken to the secret base.

5. The last dance

Venom and Eddie make a final choice.

Read the detailed scene-by-scene story

Key terms

Knull
The creator of the symbiotes, imprisoned deep in space.
The Codex
The key to freeing Knull, which formed inside Eddie and Venom.
Xenophages
Monsters Knull sends to hunt for the Codex.
Area 51
A secret US military base that studies alien life.

Confusing parts, explainedSpoilers

Contains spoilers about the ending.

Why do they have the Codex?

A Codex forms when a symbiote brings its host back from death, which Venom once did for Eddie.

How can the Codex be destroyed?

If either Eddie or Venom dies, it disappears.

What happened to Mulligan?

The last film hinted something had happened to him. This one shows what.

Easy-to-miss details

Dancing with Mrs. Chen

In Las Vegas, Venom and Mrs. Chen dance together.

Venom the horse

Venom bonds with a horse and other animals to get around.

The Statue of Liberty

At the end, Eddie visits the Statue of Liberty, which Venom always wanted to see.

The ending and post-creditsSpoilers

After the end credits

Nothing related to Doomsday.

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