Line #109 Characters/CloudAtlasHalfLivesTheFirstLuisaReyMystery


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!Half Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery (1975)
4
5	[[folder:Luisa]]
6	!!Luisa Rey
7	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rey_Luisa_3680.jpg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Just trying to understand why we keep making the same mistakes... over and over."'']]
9	->'''Played By:''' Creator/HalleBerry
10
11	-->''"My father braved booby-trapped marshes and the wrath of generals for his journalistic integrity. What kind of daughter would I be if I bailed when things got a little tough?"''
12
13	A Spyglass columnist who gets herself in trouble when she gets a little too close to a conspiracy that may well end in nuclear winter.
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15	* ActionSurvivor: Luisa is just a journalist, with no combat training and is an ActualPacifist. Nevertheless, she shows enough bravery and ingenuity to survive.
16	* ActualPacifist: She hardly ever resorts to violence.
17	* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Shares the comet-shaped birthmark.
18	%%DeadpanSnarker
19	* {{Determinator}}: She never gives up on getting her hands on a copy of Sixsmith's report, as this could save several lives. She claims she would go far for journalistic integrity.
20	%%DoesntLikeGuns
21	* FollowInMyFootsteps: She became a journalist like her father, Lester Rey, whom she aspires to be like.
22	* IntrepidReporter: She'll stop at nothing to get that report, even if it means risking her life.
23	* RaceLift: Almost certainly, given that Luisa receives no remarks about her race in the book despite the Civil Rights Movement having only just ended, and her father was a very well respected journalist and cop to whites, which would have been impossible in his lifetime.
24	* [[WhatWouldXDo What Would Dad Do?]]: She asks herself this at least once in the film.
25	* PastLifeMemories: Luisa remarks that she embers hearing the Cloud Atlas Sextet somewhere else before. Perhaps in a previous life, where she was Jocasta Ayrs.
26	[[/folder]]
27
28	[[folder:Isaac]]
29	!!Isaac Sachs
30	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sachs_Isaac_3136.jpg]]
31	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Do you ever think that the universe is against you?"'']]
32	->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomHanks
33	->'''Dubbed By:''' Creator/JeanPhilippePuymartin (European French)
34
35	-->''"Fear, belief, love, phenomena that determined the course of our lives. These forces begin long before we are born and continue after we perish."''
36
37	A nerdy scientist and co-worker of Sixsmith who falls in love with Luisa at first sight, feeling as though he's seen her before.
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39	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde, dorky, and ultimately decides to do the right thing.
40	* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:A bomb on the plane he's on is detonated to keep him quiet about the plant failing.]]
41	* LoveAtFirstSight: With Luisa.
42	-->''"Proposition: I have fallen in love with Luisa Rey. Is this possible? I just met her, and yet...I feel like something important has happened to me."''
43	* NerdGlasses: Wears them as a scientist.
44	%%NiceGuy
45	* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Admits he struggles with this -- getting Luisa a copy of the report would save thousands of lives, but at the cost of his job, or worse. [[spoiler:He chooses "good," but loses his life for it]].
46	[[/folder]]
47
48	[[folder:Smoke]]
49	!!Bill Smoke
50	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Smoke_Bill_2933.jpg]]
51	->'''Played By:''' Creator/HugoWeaving
52
53	An assassin hired to tie up a few loose ends.
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55	%%* AssholeVictim: See KarmicDeath.
56	%%* BadassLongcoat: Wears one.
57	%%* BadassInANiceSuit: Wears one too.
58	* CompositeCharacter: Merged with the other members of Smoke's hitsquad from the book, including his "stupid wetback" line and [[spoiler: his death scene at the hands of the Mexican woman]].
59	* DeadlyEuphemism: When he corners [[spoiler:Luisa and Joe]], he tells them to "enjoy your retirement".
60	* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler: In the book, the beating death is actually suffered by one of Smoke's accomplices; Smoke himself ends up getting killed by Joe in their final confrontation, though not before fatally wounding Joe.]]
61	%%* EvilSoundsDeep: Per Hugo Weaving.
62	%%* TheDragon: To [[spoiler: Lloyd Hooks]].
63	* TheHeavy: He may answer to Hooks, but it's Smoke's actions that drive the plot.
64	* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Kills Sixsmith and Isaac, with the ladder's death being outright overkill.]]
65	* ImplacableMan: He'll stop at nothing to get his target. Especially apparent when chasing [[spoiler: Luisa and Joe]] through the Mexican lady's establishment.
66	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Gets the crap beaten out of him by the Mexican Lady he insulted earlier. Thank you, Mexican Lady!]]
67	* KickTheDog: Shoots the Mexican woman's dog for no other reason than for annoying him.
68	* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[spoiler: He murders Sachs by blowing up the plane and everyone on it]].
69	* MadBomber: [[spoiler:He leaves a bomb on board the plane Isaac was on, which not only kills him but also everyone else in the process.]]
70	* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: How he disguises the murder of Rufus Sixsmith.]]
71	%%PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
72	* ProfessionalKiller: He is one.
73	* PsychoForHire: A much more restrained version than most, but he's definitely a cold-hearted psychopath - as is borne out by his chapters in the novel.
74	* TheStoic: He's always very calm and composed.
75	** NotSoStoic: Briefly when he's trying to find Luisa and [[spoiler: Joe]], he flips out on the Mexican woman.
76	--> '''Bill Smoke''': ''Shut up. '''SHUT THE FUCK UP!'''''
77	* TheUnfettered: Nothing will stop the guy from getting to his target. ''Nothing.''
78	[[/folder]]
79
80	[[folder:Joe]]
81	!!Joe Napier
82	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Joe_Napier_7042.jpg]]
83	->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeithDavid
84
85	A bodyguard of Lloyd Hooks's [[spoiler: as well as a war buddy of Luisa's father, hence why he saves her from Bill Smoke]].
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87
88	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Due to his friendship with Luisa's dad, he pretty much turns his back against Lloyd and help her out]].
89	* RevolversAreJustBetter: What he uses when facing off against Bill Smoke.
90	* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the book, he dies saving Luisa from Bill Smoke, killing the assassin in the process.
91	* ScaryBlackMan: Despite ultimately being a good guy, you know when you see him that you don't want to piss him off.
92	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He ultimately ditches Lloyd in order to help Luisa save several lives.
93	[[/folder]]
94
95	[[folder:Hooks]]
96	!!Lloyd Hooks
97	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hooks_Lloyd_5784.JPG]]
98	->'''Played By:''' Creator/HughGrant
99
100	The chief executive of Seaboard Corporation.
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102	* BigBad: He's the one pulling strings to ensure Sixsmith's report never goes public.
103	** NonActionBigBad: Prefers to sit back and let his [[TheDragon Dragon]], Bill Smoke, take care of the wet work.
104	* CompositeCharacter: Incorporates scenes and elements from both his novel counterpart and Alberto Grimaldi - the ''real'' head of Seaboard in he novel. For example, the film version of Hooks can be seen making a speech that Grimaldi makes in the novel, while masterminding a scheme that Grimaldi himself didn't sign off on.
105	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A smug, slimy personality? Check. Runs a large corporation? Check. Is masterminding a scheme that is guaranteed to kill innocent people for the sake of profit? Check. Yep. He's pretty much a textbook example.
106	%%TheChessmaster
107	%%EvilBrit
108	%%FauxAffablyEvil
109	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:His plan to make a profit at the deaths of dozens of people comes to a stop when he's exposed by Luisa and Rufus's niece]].
110	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: In the book, after getting arrested for his crimes and getting out on Bail, Lloyd Hooks flees the country. In the process, he ends up accidentally destroying Seaboard's attempts at damage control and damning them forever in the eyes of the public.]]
111	%%{{Slimeball}}
112	* SmugSnake: Even when he's trying to be charming, this trope shines right through his facade.
113	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Alberto Grimaldi - on which this version of Hooks is partially based - is blown up along with Adam Sachs by the bomb placed aboard their airplane. His film counterpart survives.
114	* StrawMisogynist: Claims that he doesn't take "the whole Women's Lib thing" seriously.
115	%%WalkingSpoiler
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	[[folder:Javier]]
119	!!Javier Gomez
120	[[quoteright:196:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JavierGomezCA_626.jpg]]
121	->'''Played By:''' Brody Nicholas Lee
122
123	A young neighbour of Luisa Rey's who frequently hops his way onto her balcony.
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125	* DeadpanSnarker: To Luisa.
126	* GenreSavvy: His extensive knowledge of crime mystery clichés helps Luisa figure out the truth. [[spoiler: In the film, he eventually submits Luisa's story to Cavendish as a novel manuscript]].
127	[[/folder]]
128
129	[[folder:The Mexican Woman]]
130	!!The Mexican Woman
131	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mexican_Woman_6618.jpg]]
132	[[caption-width-right:250:''"And don't call me a fuckin' wetback!"'']]
133	->'''Played by:''' Creator/BaeDoona
134
135	A lookout at a factory where illegal aliens make stuffed toys under sweatshop conditions. Luisa Rey and Joe Napier flee into the building to escape Bill Smoke.
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137	* BadLiar: Her paper-thin attempts to keep Smoke out of her building.
138	* BerserkButton: [[KickTheDog Shooting her dog]] and calling her a "wetback" wasn't a very wise move. [[spoiler: Bill Smoke learned it the hard way.]]
139	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Angering her was not a very wise move, as she does [[spoiler: off Bill Smokes for pissing her off]].
140	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Kicks Smoke's ass just as it looked like Luisa and Joe were done for]].
141	* BrownFace: The Korean Bae Doona as a Latina woman.
142	* TheIllegal: Heavily implied to be one.
143	* InnocentBystander: It just happened to be ''her'' establishment [[spoiler: Joe and Luisa]] ran into.
144	** BadassBystander / HeroicBystander: [[spoiler: Sneaks behind Bill Smoke and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown bloodily beats him to death]] with a wrench.]]
145	* NoNameGiven: We never find out her name.
146	[[/folder]]
147
148	[[folder:Record Store Clerk]]
149	!!Record Store Clerk
150	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/record_store_clerk_9.jpg]]
151	[[caption-width-right:350:''Honestly? I just can't stop listening to it.'']]
152	->'''Played by:''' Creator/BenWhishaw
153
154	The owner of the record store where Luisa goes to find the Cloud Atlas Sextet.
155
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157	* PastLifeMemories: He says that he can't stop listening to the "Cloud Atlas Sextet." This could be a result of him being Robert Frobisher in his past life, hence why he feels so drawn to it.
158	* SmokingIsCool He is often seen with a cigarette.
159	* NoNameGiven:His name isn't specified.
160	[[/folder]]

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