Line #30 Characters/AWalkAmongTheTombstones


1	[[foldercontrol]]
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3	[[folder:Scudder]]
4	!!Matthew Scudder
5	->'''Played By:''' Creator/LiamNeeson
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7	* TheAlcoholic: Scudder had a serious drinking problem when he was a cop; following MyGreatestFailure, he puts the plug in the jug.
8	* AntiHero: Matt is a former dirty cop whose recklessness and alcoholism [[spoiler: got a young girl killed]] and he's still something of a shady character now, not afraid to use questionable tactics to achieve his goals. But he's still firmly on the side of good.
9	* BadassAndChildDuo: With TJ.
10	* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: When he was a cop, he accidentally killed a kid during a shootout.]]
11	* DirtyCop: He was corrupt while he was on the force. While he didn't love being on the take, he notes it was both necessary to support his family and keep the trust of colleagues.
12	%%* DontYouDarePityMe
13	* GuileHero: He regularly uses his wit and understanding of other to succeed rather than brute force.
14	%%* MetaphoricallyTrue
15	* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:When he was a cop and in the throes of delusional alcoholism, he got into a shoot-out with some criminals. Scudder takes a bad shot, and accidentally shoots a little girl in the head through the eye.]]
16	* NervesOfSteel: Played with. On the surface, Scudder is cool and unable to be intimidated. [[spoiler:He's seen psyching himself up and praying before his meet-up with the kidnappers, however, showing that he is concerned about the possible ways the meeting could go wrong.]]
17	%%* NothingUpMySleeve
18	%%* TheReveal
19	* TropaholicsAnonymous: As a recovering alcoholic, he attends AA meetings religiously.
20	%%* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame
21	[[/folder]]
22
23	!The Kristo Brothers
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25	[[folder:Kenny]]
26	!!Kenny Kristo
27	->'''Played By:''' Dan Stevens
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29	* CainAndAbel: Done in an interesting way. Neither of them are upstanding members of society, but Kenny is a successful man who has control of his life. Peter is a ne'er-do-well junkie.
30	* TheLostLenore: His wife, who is killed before the events of the film begin.
31	* {{Revenge}}: His driving motivation is to wreak vengeance on the kidnappers for the death of his wife.
32	[[/folder]]
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34	[[folder:Peter]]
35	!!Peter Kristo
36	->'''Played By:''' Creator/BoydHolbrook
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38	* CainAndAbel: Done in an interesting way. Neither of them are upstanding members of society, but Kenny is a successful man who has control of his life. Peter is a ne'er-do-well junkie.
39	* DeathbedConfession: [[spoiler:He attempts to confess to Kenny that he had an affair with his wife, but expires before he can get the words out.]]
40	%%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
41	[[/folder]]
42
43	!The Kidnappers
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45	[[folder:In General]]
46	!!Ray & Albert
47	->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidHarbour & Adam David Thompson
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49	* AdaptationalJerkass: While still horrifically monstrous characters in the book, when returning the dismembered bodies of their victims there, they didn't include audiotapes of them torturing the women to death.
50	* AxCrazy: Despite this side to themselves mostly been hidden by their mostly emotionless personalities, it's clear they share the same savage mindset of a rabid dog. Only difference is that they enjoy their savagery.
51	* AmbiguousSituation: Just what is their relation to each other? Brothers? Partners in crime? Lovers? It's never spelled out.
52	* BatmanGambit: Their plan revolves around the idea that kidnapping the loved ones of high-ranking criminals means that those criminals won't involve the police. Their plan works for the most part; the various drug lords/dealers are practitioners of PragmaticVillainy and assume they can be reasoned with. The money, however, is secondary to the enjoyment they get from their "work".
53	* BigBadDuumvirate: They work in conjunction.
54	* BullyingADragon: They purposefully target drug dealers who won't go to the police. Of course, these are dangerous men anyway. It seems likely they would have eventually stumbled onto a sociopath who just takes their kidnapping as an insult.
55	* CardCarryingVillain: Neither has any illusions whatsoever about what vile subhuman monsters they are and absolutely revel in their sadism and evil.
56	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: They specialize in giving their victims utterly horrific, agonizing deaths.
57	* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In the book, [[spoiler: Albert gets shot and Ray kills him to avoid treating his wound, then Ray is captured by Kenan and brutally tortured to death in retaliation for his wife's murder. In the film, Albert and Ray's fates are reversed with Ray getting shot by Scudder and then garroted by Albert, while Albert is shot dead by Scudder not long afterwards]].
58	* DisposingOfABody: They cut their victims into pieces for disposal...while they're alive.
59	* EvilIsBigger: They both stand at around 6'3, towering over everyone but Scudder.
60	* EvilerThanThou: These guys make drug lords who could be generic villains in any other film look downright sympathetic and reasonable in comparison.
61	* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:They slice off fingers, and do so to Yuri Landau's daughter before a deal is made.]]
62	* ForTheEvulz: They barely seem to care about money, only getting as much pleasure as they can from their vile actions.
63	* HateSink: There's absolutely ''nothing'' good or redeemable about these two and they may well be two of the most repulsive killers ever put on screen.
64	* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: A downplayed version once Scudder starts after them, although they get off easy compared to the NightmareFuel PayEvilUntoEvil /LaserGuidedKarma that Ray gets in the book.
65	* KickTheDog: Their whole MO is to kill their victims regardless of wheter they get paid and to make sure to do so in the most sadistic manner possible.
66	* LackOfEmpathy: They are utterly remorseless psychopaths who get their pleasure from the pain of others.
67	* NoHonorAmongThieves: Despite being a partnership, they show little concern for each other. After [[spoiler:Ray is badly wounded, Albert casually goes to the bathroom before seemingly attending to his wounds...only to kill Ray]] and go upstairs to eat dinner.
68	* ThePerfectCrime: Their MO is to kidnap the family members of powerful drug lords and demand high ransoms, knowing they won't go to the police, and then murder the victims anyway.
69	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: They rape the women they have captured before murdering them.
70	* RazorFloss: One of their preferred torture devices is a loop of razor wire.
71	* RedOniBlueOni: Ray is the red, being much more emotive and talkative, while Albert is the blue, being reserved and quiet.
72	* {{Sadist}}: They get their kicks from torture, rape and murder.
73	* SerialKiller: Money seems to be a secondary goal to their urge to kill. They take pleasure in their work.
74	* SerialRapist: They're both rapists.
75	* TheSociopath: Ray and Albert are ruthless sadists of the highest order. Albert comes across as slightly creepier than Ray, due to him being so cold, humourless and silent.
76	* SoftSpokenSadist: They are always quiet and speak calmly, especially Albert, and are motivated solely by sheer cruelty.
77	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: The issue with working with another sadistic sociopath is that they are very likely to turn on you if they have to or just for fun. Ray finds this out the hard way when Albert kills him the second he becomes an inconvenience.]]
78	* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: They're both fairly ordinary looking guys with nothing about either of them that hints at their true nature.
79	* WouldHarmAChild: Neither of them has any compunction about murdering young children.
80	* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: They enjoy tricking their victims' loved ones into believing they will let them go after getting the ransom money. They set everything up...only to show off what's left of the bodies.
81	[[/folder]]
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83	[[folder:Ray]]
84	!!Ray
85	->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidHarbour
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87	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: No one sheds any tears when Albert murders him out of sheer petulance.]]
88	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Being violently strangled to death with razor wire is a pretty bad way to die. Though it's not like he didn't deserve every second of it.]]
89	* DeadpanSnarker: When Scudder remarks that the duo [[spoiler:cut Yuri's daughter's fingers]], he dryly and mockingly responds they did so before a deal had been reached.
90	* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:After he's shot by Scudder, he flees in terror and he cries and whines about his wound to an uncaring Albert, bitching that he's never been wounded before. He's also noticeably uneasy when his intimidation doesn't work on Matt, showing he's not used to actual opposition. It's also telling that his main victims are smaller women and a young girl he could easily overpower.]]
91	* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He's fond of making exceptionally dark jokes about his actions, such as the above mentioned moment with Yuri's daughter.
92	* FauxAffablyEvil: He has a very jovial and exuberant personality, but it does nothing to disguise the fact that he's a subhuman sadist. [[spoiler:He's angered when Scudder gives him a ShutUpHannibal.]]
93	* HannibalLecture: He absolutely ''loves'' this trope, talking at length about the awful stuff he's done or will do to victims and lording what he believes to be his intellect over everyone. He becomes noticeably uneasy when it doesn't work on Scudder and Matt makes makes clear that he sees Ray for what he is, a depraved, sadistic lowlife who isn't anywhere near as intelligent or impressive as he thinks he is.
94	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Throttled with the razor wire he used to torture his victims and is regarded with the same indifference by Albert as their victims were.]]
95	* MotorMouth: Ray loves the sound of his own voice, particularly when taunting victims.
96	* PaedoHunt: Given the way he looks at the fourteen-year old Lucia, it's all but outright stated he's a paedophile.
97	* SmugSnake: Ray thinks he's a lot smarter and untouchable than he actually is and is noticeably uneasy when Matt shoots down his delusions of genius and shows he isn't afraid of him.
98	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:He starts freaking out after he's shot by Scudder, panicking in terror on the ride home.]]
99	[[/folder]]
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101	[[folder:Albert]]
102	!!Albert
103	->'''Played By:''' Adam David Thompson
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105	* BeardOfEvil: He has a trimmed goatee, and he's pure evil, raping and murdering people with no remorse. Of course, Ray is also evil to the core and doesn't have a beard.
106	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How Scudder kills him.]]
107	* CreepyMonotone: His voice is very flat and emotionless.
108	* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:He murders Ray largely because it would be simply too much effort to keep him alive.]]
109	* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:By Scudder. Just as Albert is about to get started on what is presumably going to be a MotiveRant, Scudder shuts him up because he doesn't care what this psychotic piece of shit has to say.]]
110	* LeanAndMean: He's much more wiry than Ray, who has a broad build.
111	* NoHonorAmongThieves: [[spoiler: Murders Ray as soon as he becomes a burden without a second's hesitation.]]
112	* TheQuietOne: Albert says almost nothing, in contrast to the more talkative Ray.
113	* SuddenlyVoiced: He's silent for most of the film, never speaking unless he absolutely has to.
114	* VillainousWidowsPeak: He's a sadistic monster with a noticeably receding hairline.
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116	[[/folder]]
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118	!Other Characters
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120	[[folder:Jonas]]
121	!!Jonas Loogan
122	->'''Played By:''' Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
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124	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Jonas throws himself off the roof of his building after Scudder tries to enlist his help in finding Ray and Albert.]]
125	%%* FatBastard
126	* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:He might be a sleazy pervert with bizarre fantasies, but he's not nearly on the level of Ray and Albert. He's horrified by their antics.]]
127	* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler:To one of Ray and Albert's victims. He became obsessed with her from a distance, and even wrote a book about how himself "rescuing" her from her drug dealer boyfriend.]]
128	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Jonas fantasized extensively about being a hero for the woman he was stalking, rescuing her from her boyfriend. When Ray and Albert actually do kidnap her and get ready to torture her, he's not evil enough to actually harm her but also not brave enough to save her. He runs away.]]
129	[[/folder]]
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131	[[folder:TJ]]
132	!!TJ
133	->'''Played By:''' Brian "Astro" Bradley
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135	%%* TheArtfulDodger
136	%%* BadassAndChildDuo
137	%%* DisabilityImmunity
138	%%* DontYouDarePityMe
139	%%* EstablishingCharacterMoment
140	%%* GangstaStyle
141	%%* HiddenDepths
142	%%* LittleStowaway
143	%%* ParentalAbandonment
144	[[/folder]]
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146	[[folder:Yuri]]
147	!!Yuri Landau
148	->'''Played By:''' [[Creator/SebastianRoche Sebastian Roché]]
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150	* AffablyEvil: More affable than evil even.
151	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He might be a drug dealer, but he has an ill wife he cares for and dearly loves his daughter.
152	* EvilVersusEvil: Yuri and Kenny team up to try and take down Ray and Albert. Possibly averted somewhat as Yuro is not even in the same ''ballpark'' as Ray and Albert [[BlackAndGreyMorality in terms of evilness]].
153	* PapaWolf: For his daughter.

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