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| “ | There’s this chap, Detective Chief Inspector Luther. And he’s in charge of finding this poor young lad Callum, and I can’t allow that to happen, I’m afraid. Now, listen, listen. From what I hear, DCI Luther’s a bit of a bad apple. Trouble is, he’s a very analog bad apple. Doesn’t have what you might call an online presence, which is why I’m calling you. I want everything on him. Every furtive little secret, every intimate disgrace. I want his corruption. I want evidence of any misstep. Any wrongdoing. Any line he’s crossed. I want… his shame. | „ |
| ~ Robey telling his assistant to incriminate John Luther.
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| “ | Ha ha ha! Hello again, John. Do you know who that was? Oh, I'll bet you do. Oh, poor Callum. You know, I had him. Yeah, I had him tucked away, and I stood next to you at a bus stop. Offered you a mint, and you took it. I looked you right in the eye because I was curious. I wanted to know if you’d see it in me. Because, that is who you are, isn’t it? The man who knows all about people, like me. | „ |
| ~ Robey hinting at his sadism to Luther, and his most famous quote.
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David Robey is the main antagonist of the 2023 British crime-thriller film Luther: The Fallen Sun, which served as a film continuation of the television series of the same name.
He is a tech billionaire moonlighting as a serial killer who uses surveillance technology to manipulate and kill civilians as well as being the archenemy of John Luther.
He was portrayed by Andy Serkis, who also played Gollum, Mauhúr, Snaga and the Witch-king of Angmar in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Mr. Grin in Stormbreaker, Spike in Flushed Away, King Bohan in Heavenly Sword, Capricorn in Inkheart, Pyramid in Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, William Hare in Burke & Hare, Ulysses Klaue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Kertasnikir in Netflix's Hilda, George Clements in SAS: Red Notice and Knull in Venom: The Last Dance.
Biography[]
David Robey is a wealthy cyber-tech genius and sadistic psychopath who uses people's internet presence to find incriminating information in their past and blackmail them into obeying him by threatening to expose their shameful secrets. He is introduced abducting a young man named Callum Aldrich whom he has blackmailed into meeting him by threatening to expose his "screenshots". Using Callum's phone, he lures his mother, Corrine and various other relatives of people he has abducted to the opulent mansion of a Saudi Prince where they find the corpses of their loved ones hanging from the ceiling, only to be immediately cremated in front of them. They flee the mansion as the flames consume it whilst Robey watches from outside.
He later sends a recording of Callum's dying pleas to disgraced former police officer John Luther who is in prison. He taunts Luther for his failure to save Callum and says that they met at a bus stop years ago and Robey offered Luther a mint, just to see if Luther realised from looking into his eyes that he was a psychopath. After a visit from Corrine Aldrich in which she reams him for failing to save her son having promised to do so, Luther breaks out of prison in order to pursue Robey.
A few days later, Luther traces Robey to Piccadilly Circus, where Raine deploys armed police SCO19. The two confront him there, but some people he has blackmailed cause a distraction by killing themselves jumping from buildings and crashing cars. Robey escapes into the London Underground after fighting Luther and murdering an armed policeman.
Anya, Raine's daughter, is abducted by Robey, who then phones Raine to threaten to deal with Luther unless she wants to have Anya put to death. Robey then blackmails Archie Woodward, Raine's assistant, into killing Georgette, his wife whom he incapicated years before, but Schenk, who was sent by Luther to defend Georgette, stops him. Archie ends his life. When Luther and Raine visit Robey's home in rural Norway, they learn that he tortures and kills abducted people on a livestream channel dubbed "The Red Bunker" for his fans. Robey tries to coerce the two, who are outmatched, into harming each other in order to save Anya. Luther says that Georgette told the police where to go and that they are on their way. The three are able to leave the bunker following a bloody struggle, and Luther pursues Robey into a frozen lake, where Robey drowns.
Personality[]
A sadist in the extreme, Robey revels in death and violence, hosting his own chatroom for sick individuals to watch him torture, rape, and kill his victims. A vindictive and controlling man, Robey relishes the power he exerts over his victims and the people he controls through blackmail, as much or perhaps even more than the violent murders he commits.
Having burned and scarred his wife for attempting to leave him after he was convicted of a sexual assault, there appear to be few, if any depths to which Robey will not sink. He is also an arrogant egotist, loving hearing himself talk, basking in the power and attention that his depraved live stream brings him and wanting, in Luther's words, for people to think of him as "a bad dream come true".
Robey takes delight in maliciously taunting his victims and opponents, even going so far as to wear a mask with a screen that displays the faces of his victims while tormenting their relatives. His smug composure will crack surprisingly quickly however if he is ever mocked or taunted himself.
Robey also had a truly twisted and warped sense of humour, bringing his scarred wife flowers in hospital and singing the 1980 Diana Ross pop song, "I'm Coming Out" whilst describing his upcoming scheme to her. Robey was also a man of culture, wearing a stylish silk dressing gown and sipping Scotch in his extremely elegant London apartment which he relished with statuary, sculpture and classical art.
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Trivia[]
- Andy Serkis says he was drawn to the role because he thought Robey's weaponization of the internet served as a dark reflection of the Age of Information.
- The creepy face presented on David’s mask is an infamous image called the “Soul Mongler”.
External Links[]
- David Robey on the Pure Evil Wiki
- David Robey on the Luther Wiki
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