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| “ | They're gonna be screaming your name, boy. Mark my words. | „ |
| ~ Lionel Starkweather to Cash. |
| “ | Cash! I made you! | „ |
| ~ Lionel Starkweather's last words, pointing out that making Cash star in his snuff films made him a celebrity, mere moments before his death by the hands of Cash. |
Lionel Starkweather, also known as "The Director", is the main antagonist of the 2003 controversial Rockstar video game Manhunt.
Starkweather is a famous former movie director, who began filming pornography and snuff films after his career ended, creating a new filming company, the Valiant Video Enterprises. He abducts James Earl Cash, the game's protagonist, and forces him to star in one of his movies by killing various dangerous and mentally unstable gangs, before eventually betraying him, ordering his family's murder, and attempting to have him killed. He is ultimately killed by Cash and his crimes are exposed.
He was voiced by Brian Cox.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He started off as a promising film director, but his career eventually died, so he began making snuff films and targeting innocents after getting revenge on those that killed his career.
- While Cash has most likely killed in the past, Lionel is far worse because he takes pleasure in watching people die.
- Numerous dialogues in the game even imply he's masturbating to Cash's killing spree in some occasions, showing the absolute (and sickly) joy he has in watching the executions.
- Running a snuff film ring where innocent people are killed by his gangs in Carcer City. Alternatively, they are killed by Ramirez or Piggsy.
- While he keeps order in Carcer City (in his own twisted way) by giving the gangs their own territory to stop them from fighting each other by giving them something enjoyable for them to do, this is because it makes making his snuff movies easier.
- Directed Cash through Carcer City, making him kill gang members along the way.
- While he helped Cash battle the gangs, he only did so to make his film more entertaining.
- Had at least one member of Cash's family murdered shortly after Cash rescued them from the Wardogs. He justifies this by reminding Cash that none of them showed up to his execution but it doesn't truly excuse his actions.
- Drove Piggsy to murderous insanity by keeping him locked up for a long time, and making him repeatedly star in his movies. He then shows no remorse when Piggsy escapes and kills many of his men.
- Additionally, he fed Piggsy with the flesh of the snuff films' victims as a means of getting rid of the corpses.
- Betrayed Cash and tried to have him killed after having him chase the White Rabbit.
- When Cash was breaking into his office to kill him, he had his Cerberus guards kill Cash to save his skin and attempted to kill him personally after the latter murdered the last remaining Cerberus guards.
- Before his death, he tried point out to Cash that all of his snuff films have made him a celebrity, despite that fact that he was trying to set up Cash to die and that he was attempting to profit off of the snuff film after Cash's death, showing his complete cowardice and denial that he only "made" Cash kill hundreds of men in cold blood in order to survive, all whom were hired by Starkweather to kill Cash.
- Though he can be considered a parody of the player character and his comments can be kind of funny, his actions overall are not played for laughs.
- He makes it clear that he hates the Smileys because they're psychotic and as such encourages Cash to kill them violently.
- While he despises the Skinz, this is pure hypocrisy due to his hatred of the mentally ill.
- It doesn't help the fact that he hates The Skinz for blaming other races, yet in one of his interactions towards Cash where he insults not only him, but The Skullyz (who are Latinos) as he said a xenophobic comments like "You're started to bore me more than these Mexican assholes", or similarly said to Skinz as his own race, "What are you hiding for? Are you scared of these white boys?!" for simply wasting his time.
- He had some of his old Vinewood cinema associates kidnapped and murdered for snuff films after blaming them for his "tragedy", which in reality was just his career as a director going downhill and him being petty about it.
Trivia[]
- Lionel Starkweather is one of three Pure Evils in the Manhunt franchise, along with Dr. Pickman and Leo Kasper. Out of these three, however, Lionel is the only one to originate from the original Manhunt.
External Links[]
- Lionel Starkweather on the Villains Wiki.
- Lionel Starkweather on the Hate Sink Wiki.
- Lionel Starkweather on the Wikihunt.
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