![]() ![]() The Girl is a young woman Jacket seems to grow a soft spot for after a merciful side of him decides to save her and nurse her back to health after killing the perverted Producer, who kept her captive and likely sexually assaulted her. ![]() ![]() On top of seemingly being driven to avenge Nicke, Jacket appears to be grateful towards Nicke for saving his life keeps a photograph of him and Nicke as a memento seeking his comfort when he endures a recent breakup and frequently sees Nicke in his dreams while he is comatose. He genuinely cares for a small amount of people present in his life: his best friend Nicke and the Girl. Once he finally slaughters the Russian Mafia's leadership, Jacket seems to find some solace in his victory, tossing the photo of him and Nicke in Hawaii from the mansion's balcony as a sign of avenging the deaths of Nicke and his girlfriend, and, following his arrest, seems to give up on fighting.īrutal nature aside, Jacket does possess human qualities outside of being a destructive killing machine. However, as time goes on, Jacket seems to lose his reluctance to kill non-Russians when he starts butchering police officers in cold blood for merely standing in his way.Īlthough Richard warns Jacket that he will be the only one to blame for his own actions and will never learn the truth behind the phone calls, Jacket's motives seem to be entirely driven by revenge: he wipes out the Russian Mafia to avenge the death of Nicke he sought out Richter as payback for killing his girlfriend, indifferent towards the amount of police officers he kills just to corner Richter and tries to seek out those he felt were responsible for the phone calls and the murder of his girlfriend, despite getting evidence mixed up and never truly punishing the ones who were really behind his woes: The Janitors. Furthermore, Jacket is disgusted with himself to the point of vomiting when he kills the Bum: a homeless man unaffiliated with Russian targets, who was otherwise trying to defend himself in an alleyway from Jacket. He also signs up to 50 Blessings' newsletter, perhaps harboring a form of prejudice towards Russia. Much of his more violent behavior may stem from his views on Russians: not only did he fight against the Russians during the Hawaii Conflict as a special forces operative, but the man who saved his life in the war, Nicke, perished in the nuclear bombing of San Francisco carried out by the Soviet Union. By ceasing his habit of collecting newspaper clippings of his crimes, Jacket even seems to take his mind off of figuring out the truth behind the phone calls once he gets used to being sent on killing sprees, until his girlfriend is killed by those responsible for the phone calls. Judging by Richard's commentary, it is heavily implied that deep down, Jacket is a man who enjoys "hurting other people" on an instinctive level and never shakes away this bloodlust until he finally decides to stop fighting. Through his killing sprees, Jacket is shown to be shockingly brutal and uncompromising when murdering Russian mobsters or those who have wronged him. One thing for certain though is that Jacket is mentally disturbed, dangerous, and an all-around homicidal maniac who brings bloodshed wherever he goes. ![]() Soon after, through strange phone calls left on his answering machine, Jacket takes on several jobs which involve killing many criminals tied to the Russian Mafia and donning several animal masks along the way, all while seemingly losing his grip on reality.Īs a silent protagonist, much of Jacket's character is either up to player interpretation through the series' events, or simply a mystery most of the time. Originally part of a US special forces unit known as the Ghost Wolves during the Hawaiian Conflict, Jacket eventually signs up for a patriotic movement known as 50 Blessings three years after the death of his best friend and comrade, Nicke. Throughout the series, Jacket does not speak a single line of dialogue. He serves as the main protagonist of Hotline Miami and a recurring character in its sequel Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, as well as returning as a playable character in the game's Level Editor. Jacket, also known as The Mask Maniac, is one of the main characters of the indie top-down shooter video game series Hotline Miami. ~ Jacket's inner thoughts after wiping out the Russian Mafia in the digital comic. So this is what the end looks like.Beautiful. ~ Richard questioning Jacket's capacity for violence. ![]()
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