| “ | I am the one who told her to convince Tobey to kill his dad! To destroy this sick family, in the name of my father! | „ |
| ~ Juan Carlos' reveal |
| “ | I go fast! | „ |
| ~ Juan Carlos Rivera’s catchphrase. |
Juan Carlos Rivera is the main antagonist of the 2019 film Murder Mystery.
He is a Formula 1 Racer who is revealed to be the mastermind behind the murders.
He is portrayed by Luis Gerardo Mendez.
Biography[]
Rivera is first seen on the yacht speaking to the Maharajah. Also on the Yacht are Cavendish's ex-fiancé Suzi, his cousin Tobey, Colonel Ulenga, his bodyguard Sergei, the Maharaja Vikram of Mumbai, actress Grace Ballard, and their host Malcolm Quince, Cavendish’s uncle. Also joining them as last minute invites of Cavendish are New York police officer Nick Spitz and his wife Audrey, a hairdresser. At Dinner Qince announces that his soon-to-be-wife Suzi will be the only one to receive his inheritance, believing the others only feign interest in him because of his money. Before he can sign his new will, the lights go out and come back on to reveal Quince dead, stabbed by his own dagger.
Nick orders the room locked and the guests return to their rooms. Later that night, the guests find Tobey, Quince’s only son, dead from an apparent suicide. Upon arriving in Monte Carlo, the guests are questioned by Inspector Laurent Delacroix, who believes Nick and Audrey are guilty of the murders.
At the Monaco Grand Prix, Nick and Audrey question the guests. That night, Sergei summons them to his room, where he reveals Quince had married the Colonel’s fianceé while the Colonel was in a coma, which ended with her death and an allegedly stillborn baby. The couple hide when someone knocks on the door, and come out to find Sergei has been murdered.
Nick follows Suzi to a library where he finds Audrey, who reveals Cavendish is in the building as well. They realize Cavendish and Suzi are still in love and, presumably, the murderers. The couple are forced to flee from a hidden gunman and meet Rivera and are confronted by Suzi, who is killed by the masked killer. Nick and Audrey go to Quince’s mansion to confront Cavendish, but find him dead by poisoning.
The couple summon Delacroix and the remaining guests Ulenga, Grace, Vikram, and Rivera, who all have alibis. Nick reveals that he called his partner at NYPD to look up the death certificates of Quince's late wife and son, only for there to be one for just the wife. Nick had realized that there was no death certificate for that child because there was no death. The Colonel reveals that Quince would never abandon a son. Audrey realizes that the supposed son was an unwanted daughter that Quince disowned as he only wanted boys. Audrey deduces that Grace is the murderer; she was helped by Tobey, who she then killed, attempted to frame the Spintzs by killing Sergei, attempted to seduce Vikram as an alibi, attempted to kill Nick and Audrey, only to get Suzi and Poisoned Cavendish, knowing he wouldn't rest until he found out who Suzi's killer was.
Grace reveals that she is Quince’s child that “died” and that his money truly belongs to her but denies being the killer. Delacroix asks what other proof they have and says they need evidence to make an arrest, much to the Spitzs' dismay. As Ballard leaves, Audrey demands she take off her hat. Ballard refuses as Vikram bought it for her. Audrey remembers that Nick hit the masked killer in the head with a plate which would've left a bruise. She also asks Ballard why she'd be wearing a hat after getting her hair done.
When Ballard asks Audrey how she knows, Nick responds it's because she's a hairdresser. Delacroix demands that Ballard remove her hat. When she refuses, he takes it off and upon turning around to try and get it back, everyone sees the red Blood mark on her head. Ballard takes out a gun and threatens to shoot everyone. Juan Carlos attempts to stop her only for her to hit him with her gun. Ballard takes Audrey hostage, but Nick grabs the Colonel's gun and shoot's Ballard in her right arm, killing her as she releases Audrey and falls down, even though he was trying to aim for Ballard's foot.
Rivera then asks the inspector if he can leave as it seemed at the time the case was closed. But when he made the mistake to respond to Audrey’s English he was stopped by Delacroix but not for long. Juan Carlos then holds the inspector at gunpoint where he confesses to the crimes as spoken English and more language the whole time. As Vikram mentioned earlier, Juan Carlos' father raced for Quince, but lost his legs in a horrific accident when Quince neglected aafety precautions in one race. He then forces the inspector into a police car where Nick and Audrey chase after him. Juan Carlos eventually crashes into a statue where Nick attempts to pull him out but Rivera holds him at gunpoint. Thanks to him stepping in the middle of the road he is then run over by a tour bus that kills him.
