Hotline Miami - Russian Mafia (Son and Henchman)

in the late 1980s the Russian mafia held enormous power in the criminal underground of Miami they trafficked guns and drugs throughout the city and eliminated anyone that stood in their way however in 1989 it began being attacked by masked assailants the Mafia was able to fight off a number of them but they just kept coming eventually the masked assailants were able to destroy most of their organization and killed the leader of the Mafia it took two whole years until someone was able to rise up and restore the former prestige as a Russian mafia let's take a look at the hotline Miami games to see the fall and subsequent rise of the Russian mafia the Russian mafia in Miami gets his beginnings from the aftermath of the Russo American war after Americans implied defeat and the establishment of the Russo American coalition a massive influx of Russian immigrants entered the u.s. members of the Russian mafia entered the country during this emigration and establish themselves in Miami they are led by a man nicknamed father who seems to have connections with the Russian military he manages to get military weapons smuggled into the city for his gangsters and using these weapons the Russian gangsters quickly carve out their own place in the city begin a drug trade and even managed to coerce local politicians to cooperate with them within months the Russians have a criminal monopoly in Miami financed by their drug trade and policed by their weaponry additionally they seem untouchable by the local authorities thanks to their connections in the local government this period of dominance raises the Russian mafia to new heights and for several years they have a chokehold on the city of Miami however at the same time anti-russian sentiments in America have been rising and suddenly in the spring of 1989 masked individuals began attacking the Russian mafia the gangsters are able to fend off the masked attackers but they keep coming back while they initially seems like random vigilantes the masked assailants keep striking areas of importance to the Mafia such as weapon caches and drugged in it seems they have some sort of insight into their inner workings or have some sort of leader guiding their attacks but any attackers they capture never give up any information even after torture the Russians tried their hardest but cannot repel the masked attackers eventually after months of fighting an attacker wearing a letterman jacket confronts father in his lavish villa after a fierce battle father realizes there's no way he's getting out of this fight alive instead of giving jacket the satisfaction of killing him he loves a gun in his head and fights taking his own life soon after a phone rings and jacket realizes there's one more person left to kill he heads upstairs to find an old man in a wheelchair the old man knows jackets here to kill him and faced with his death contemplates the futility of life saying nothing seems to really matter anymore does it jacket loves the gun in his head and fights killing the patriarch of the Russian mafia he attacks by the masked assailants have devastated the Russian mafia the weapon caches have been raided their drug dens destroyed their political connections assassinated and now it's it's leaderless this dismemberment of the Mafia has left a huge void in the criminal underground of Miami and in the years that follow the territory previously held by the Russians fall into other hands in particular the Colombian cartel takes over much of the former operations of the Russian mafia and over the years they've begun to reach the prestige formerly held by the Russians the Russian mafia isn't dead however it's led by the son of father but as the shadow of its former self and seeing his father's Empire crumble around him builds son with rage the fiery passion burning within him can't be contained and in November of 1991 two years after father's death he decides to emerge from the dark depths of obscurity and reclaim the lost pride of the Russian mafia he begins his plan by creating a new drug encased in a green and purple pill which will reestablish the Russian mafia is presence in the drug trade however they still operate in the shadow of the Colombian cartel something son can't stand one day he calls his most loyal henchmen into his office and reveals that his frustrations have boiled over he tells the henchmen that they're going to attack the Colombians and therefore start a gang war the henchman is hesitant with the idea saying the Colombians have a lot more men than they do but son comes back saying the Colombians stole from them and he's not going to let that slide the henchmen still has doubts saying this may not be the best time for a war but Sonny explains that if they continue waiting the Colombians will just get stronger and continue expanding think of the henchmans reluctance he puts an end to the discussion by asking him who his bosses the henchmen gives in and says he'll do whatever son tells them to the duo then make their way to Suns extravagant car where they attack the newly open strip club owned by the Colombians and Massacre all of the Colombians inside afterwards they return the sons office where son is lavishly surrounded by women with drugs and money prominently displayed on the table in front of them he wants to start a celebration but the henchman isn't nearly as excited to party he says that he's going to go home to his girlfriend instead and son realizes why the henchmen was unwilling to start the war with the Colombians he's let himself get attached to this girlfriend of his and now he's reluctant to continue his work in the Mafia he tries telling his friend that he doesn't need a woman to live his life that worked he gets attached to somebody that'll be the end for him then warns that this girlfriend of his is too good for him and one day she'll realize it he sits in silence for a moment then tells the henchman that he can leave if that's what he wants but gives him some money before he goes telling him to get his girlfriend something nice the henchman takes the handout and heads home in his plane via a few days later comes a day son was expecting the henchmen approached his son and tells him that he wants out of the Mafia he gives son excuses saying he's feeling too old and has been having strange dreams but son knows the truth he tells the henchmen that he'll let him out but first wants him to clear out a chop shop that is defected to the Colombians after he's done that he'll be out he tells the henchmen that he's invited back into the Mafia anytime he likes and gives him a sample of the new product which is finished production the henchman grabs a sample of the pills and makes his way to the Chop Shop he pulls his gun out for what he hopes is the last time and slaughters all the thugs inside fulfilling his obligation to son and leaving the Mafia behind him the war between the Russians and Colombians continues in about two weeks later on December 7th Sun gathers some men and prepares for an upcoming attack he says that after this the Colombians will come to fear of the Russians and toast their new lives as kings of the street they attack a bank which is controlled by the Colombians in an effort to destroy their finances after disabling some security son makes his way to the vault where he finds one of his men dead among the money in gold in the back of the vault are some ghostly figures it's his grandfather the bodyguard and his father and wide-eyed amazement son asks his father what they're doing here his father simply answers that he's not here and that son knows that which he acknowledges his father then asked what he's doing here son can only answer that he wants to make father proud father says that doesn't matter then mentions that son hasn't changed and is just like him vaguely mentioning he won't understand until it's too late The Bodyguard then puts a rooster mask on grandfather there's a bright flash of white his grandfather began speaking but strangely the voice he hears isn't his grandfather's voice it's almost as if someone else is speaking they reiterate what father said then add that it doesn't matter since it's all the same in the end and there's nothing the son can do about it son tries reaching out to his father again but the man of the rooster mask cuts him off saying he's not hearing and neither his son the scene of briefly fades to black a few days after the attack on the banks the Colombians operation at the docks is raided by the police with the Colombians reeling from the recent defeats son ready to take over of the Colombian cartel he single-handedly attacks the Colombian headquarters massacring all inside he enters the Colombian leaders office where he's outnumbered and outgunned but claims he has the upper hand and gives the Colombians 10 seconds to surrender as he begins counting his men creep to the windows on the side of the office and upon reaching 10 gunfire fills the room killing all the Colombians son has done it he has eliminated the Colombians and reestablished the Russians as the de facto criminal leaders of Miami Sun celebrates with his men and during the celebration he thinks of his old friend the henchman he decides to reach out to him and gives him a call before the henchmen could say anything some says he still respects his decision to leave but wanted to offer him a chance to come back now that the Russians are calling the shots he gives him the address to his new place and invites him to come check it out however there's only silence on the other end it seems the henchman is refusing his offer and son throws his phone across the room and anger he takes handfuls of the new Russian product to swallow his disappointment however what son doesn't know is that it wasn't the henchmen on the other end of the phone the henchmen did comply with sons last wish clearing out the Chop Shop he was ordered to but during his massacre he finds that one of the gangsters was readying a payment to the Colombians living in the shadow of son the henchman has never had a life of luxury but has always seemed someone live extravagantly seeing so much money before his eyes fills him with greed and envious of a rich lifestyle he grabs the bag and exits the shop outside his young man that escaped the bloodbath inside instead of finishing off the last hoodlum however the henchmen let's the man escape saying the bag of money just saved his life he gets in his car and leaves he heads home where his girlfriend Mary greets him when he walks in the henchman says he's had a rough day mentioning he quit his job he says he has a surprise for her but doesn't reveal his newfound wealth saying he'll tell her tomorrow he heads off the bed sliding the bag under the bed before drifting off to sleep we next see the henchman speeding down an interstate blaring the radio a new fancy car was his money bag in the backseat it seems he's making use of his newfound well ominously the radio warns of an impending storm due to hit Miami and suddenly there's a flash of white scenery change the road is littered with bones and ruined cars and the henchmans money is missing to the back teeth replaced by what looks to be son except he's wearing a rooster mask he asked where they're going and the henchman replies that he's going far away it doesn't matter where the man asks to be sure saying that without directions a lot of people end up going in circles ending up back where they started adding that this road doesn't look promising the henchman replies that he didn't ask him and the man wonders if the henchmen would want to know if the road he's on doesn't lead to where he wants but to a dead end he ominously warns that he's closing in on in fact what the man in the mask is trying to get across is of the henchmans recent decision to pursue material wealth will not turn out well for and hints and something the henchmen already knows the henchman claims ignorant and the man simply says he'll see soon enough then notices something is missing smugly he turns to the henchman and asks him did you forget to bring your girlfriend the henchman suddenly wakes up indicating he was just dreaming however the masked man's weren't among Easton and he checks under the bed to find the money bag missing he calls for Mary who he finds his also missing in the kitchen he finds an apology note broker saying he'd do the same thing which if his dream is any indication is right he exits the house to find his car missing Mary took the money and left the henchmen behind son was right dejected by Mary's abandonment the henchman makes his way to a local bar and gets high on the pill son gamer he tries calling her but miss dials and throws the phone against the wall in frustration suddenly people wearing masks enter the room they were sent by the young man who the henchmen spared outside the chop shop the same young man that was spared by the bag of money under the henchmen arm while the henchmen rambles erratically in his high the people wearing masks pulling from the couch and one of them smacks him in the head with a pipe numb to the pain the henchman continues rambling until finally saying he wants to go home that's all he wants to do is go home he's then beaten to death by the people in the mask the man in the rooster mask was right the henchman has lust for wealth led to his death after killing the henchman one of the masked attackers picked up his cellphone and they're the ones that answered when son calls several weeks later although they don't say it they take son up on its invitation to see his new place but they're not interested in celebrating with the Russian instead they begin slaughtering them in their new headquarters one of the russians russian his son's room to see he's flooded the sink they try explaining the situation to him but son feeling the effects of the pills doesn't understand there's a flash of white as the full effect of the pills his son the man in front of them is disappeared but there's a trail of blood leading out of the room when Sun follows the trail of blood he finds the man being eaten by a demon he fights his way through this drug-fueled nightmare even defeating monstrous animals that have appeared as well he caved a bear's head in with a club shoots a nimble zebra and a threatening tiger and destroys a giant twin headed swamp after defeating the Swan he finds a golden gate with a rainbow bridge the gate opens and Sun steps onto the Rainbow Bridge eventually being engulfed by the neon void his drug-filled mind suddenly gives him a moment of enlightenment and he understands what father's ghost was saying in the bank phone it was an echo of grandfather's dying sensitive death is an inevitability meaning nothing we do in life matters because it all gets wiped away when we die as son realizes this he's created by cold hard pavement in his high Sun stumbled off the roof of his building and fell to his death and with his death so too dies the Russian market ending its story it's an interesting in the first game the Mafia are faceless thugs that are only there to be murdered but in the second playing as the henchman and son they're humanized and we get to see their motivations in his eyes an interesting idea that comes up with the Russian characters is the thought that everything we do has no meaning since its eventually wiped away when we die it begs the question why should we do the things we do well in those are things we've done will be wiped away when we die they do leave an effect on others these lasting effects whether positive or negative are our legacy which stands long after we've died and something that will influence people for years to come but that's the end of this video do you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer them thank you for watching and see you later [Music] 1989 Miami the humid air hangs heavy it's a large man wearing a pig mask approaches the home

Channel: Squatch Gaming Official

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Keywords: Lore, Theory, explanation, guide, Son, Henchman, Jacket, Phone, Calls, Messages, Masks, Masked, criminal, gangster, thug, hoodlum, hitman, killer, Richard, Rooster, Chicken, ambition, spirit, fight, end, how, why, when, what, who, swaggie, Squatch, movie, Take Over, Blood Money, Fatalism, legacy, Beard, Biker, Father, Grandfather, Blue Lips, Mary, sad, tragic, Fans, Execution

Id: N8wYSSXfhcc

Length: 16min 18sec (978 seconds)

Published: Thu May 11 2017