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| “ | Yeah. That's what the tourists pay to see. I don't think this cat's scary enough. I'm not paying top dollar for an animal that doesn't scare anyone and doesn't know any tricks. Now, maybe if I'm paying less, say, $5,000 less... | „ |
| ~ John Gavenue |
John Gavenue is the secondary antagonist of the 2010 thriller film Burning Bright.
He was portrayed by Garret Dillahunt, who also played Krug Stillo in the remake of The Last House On The Left, Steve Curtis in ER, Julian Pruese in Law & Order, Kevin O'Donnell in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Ty Walker in Justified.
Biography[]
In a period just before the events of the film, John Gavenue killed his wife because she wanted to leave him, causing her to take on a large quantity of antidepressants and pass this murder as suicide. Having discovered that Kelly and Tom, the children of the woman born from a previous marriage, are the only recipients of his wife's inheritance, he plans to kill them too to get his hands on the inheritance. In this regard, with the excuse of creating a "Safari Ranch", he decides to buy a ferocious animal to be freed inside their home, so that he will kill the two boys and then pass a premeditated murder for an accident. The vendor to whom he addresses offers to sell a Bengal tiger, but John is doubtful and does not believe that the tiger seems dangerous enough. At this point the vendor tells him a gruesome story of how the tiger attacked a horse during a circus show, terrifying the audience to death, and claims that the tiger "is evil" because he aimed one horse while completely ignoring the other engaged horses in the show. This convinces John to purchase the tiger. Back home, John has a fight with Kelly, who after taking Tom - suffering from autism - and having been refused the payment, called his bank, was informed that John had withdrawn all the money from his account. (to buy the tiger) and closed it. Kelly begs John to give her the rest of the money, but he explains that he spent everything on the tiger. Kelly is angry at him, telling him that his mother wanted the money to go to Tom and Kelly. However, there was no official will, so John took the funds for himself. Then John frees the tiger - who had been fasting for several days, and therefore hungry and furious - and leaves, after leaving a note in which he warns Kelly that he has gone out.
Kelly and Tom are therefore forced to fight all night to survive the tiger's fury, and they manage to arrive alive the next day with difficulty. Believing them to be dead, John returns home armed with a rifle with the intent to kill the tiger, which he no longer needs, but with surprise, finds the two stepchildren still alive. Kelly asks John to let them go, and that's when John reveals to Kelly that he killed his mother and passed the murder for suicide, he removed Kelly and Tom from life insurance and then confesses that he was responsible sending the tiger home to kill them. Suddenly, the tiger attacks John, breaking his back with one paw and, while the man is still alive, he drags him inside the corridor and devours him while Kelly and Tom leave the house in one piece as the tiger itself spares them, despite wanting to attack them once more.
Trivia[]
- Though he is the secondary antagonist, his villainy isn't revealed until the end of the film, moments before the tiger kills him. In addition, the tiger appears for most of the film attempting to devour Kelly and Tom, making the tiger the main antagonist.
External Links[]
- John Gavenue on the Pure Evil Wiki