Scarface (Predator)

Scarface
Predator character
A screenshot depicting Scarface's appearance in Predator: Concrete Jungle.
First appearance	Predator: Concrete Jungle (2005)
Created by	Greg Goodrich David Stalker
Voiced by	Aimée Leigh Sarah Brown
In-universe information
Nickname	The New Way Devil El Diablo invisible
Species	Yautja
Gender	Male
Occupation	Hunter Exile (formerly)
Affiliation	Dark Blade Clan Borgia crime family

Scarface is a fictional character in the video games Predator: Concrete Jungle (2005), who was voiced by actresses Aimée Leigh and Sarah Brown. The character is a disgraced Yautja who was banished from his tribe for failing a hunt, after having been defeated by gangsters in New Way City and having his weapons stolen from him. Returning to the city (now known as Neonopolis) one century later, he attempts to regain his honor by killing the humans who stole his technology after they have used it to extend their own lifespans and expand the range of their criminal empire.

Fictional biography[]

In 1930, a Yautja lands in New Way City with the intent of hunting "God of Gangsters" Bruno Borgia. Dubbed "the New Way Devil", he follow Bruno to a museum in the city, slaughter various members of his Mafia before killing Bruno himself in an honorable match, decapitating him before holding his head aloft in front of his wife Isabella and their newborn son Hunter, who watch in horror. Removing his mask in a moment of triumph and pity before Isabella, the Yautja is too late to prevent Isabella from shooting him in the face, destroying his left eye and spraying Isabella and Hunter with his blood. Fleeing as more of the Borgia Mafia arrive opening fire, the severely weakened Yautja is forced to flee, leaving his helmet and weapons behind. After then being caught in a Mexican standoff with Bruno's men, the police and the Irish mob, the Yautja is ultimately trapped in a burning building and decides to active the self-destruct device on his ship to commit honorable suicide, but survives the resulting explosion, which leaves the city in ruins. Awaiting execution before the elder of the Dark Blade clan for his failure, the Yautja, now dubbed "Scarface', is instead banished to a hostile world with only his wrist blades to defend himself as penance.

In 2030, Scarface is retrieved from the planet and offered a chance at redemption – the crime families of the rebuilt New Way City, now renamed Neonopolis, have developed new and powerful weaponry developed from the equipment Scarface had left behind (dubbed Prometheus Tech) and founded the Borgia Corporation, run by Isabella's granddaughter Lucretia, which has managed to capture several other members of his clan for experimentation purposes – Scarface is tasked with rescuing his brethren, retrieving his technology, and wiping the Borgia family off the face of the Earth. Accepting this task, Scarface acquires a ship and subsequently returns to Earth. After arriving in the city and flaying several members of Les Serviteurs, a Jamaican voodoo gang that was using copies of Yautja Cloak technology, and leaving their corpses hanging from various Borgia Industries billboards around the city, Scarface is caught in a battle with the city's police force and their advanced Ulysses cyborgs, before killing the Les Serviteurs gang leader and retrieving a hidden Dark Blade Clan ship that had been lost in the city from the Dead Men gang, which he then use to wipe out the Italian mob boss Don Giovanni and retrieve his weaponry lost a century prior.

After Lucretia is made aware of Scarface's presence, she sends augmented assassins Viktor the Chechen and The Machine Men to kill him, who Scarface easily slaughters before returning to destroying a depot containing various shipments of Borgia Industries hardware. After destroying the depot, Scarface is attacked by a large group of cyborgs from Lucretia's "Monster Squad"; after a long and trying battle, Scarface is eventually overwhelmed and captured.

After awaking inside a high-tech facility, Scarface manages to free himself, recover his weaponry, and kill several guards and scientists before freeing other members of his clan that had also been captured and put under experimentation. As Scarface proceeds to escape the complex, Lucretia dispatches three brainwashed, cybernetically-enhanced Yautja and former comrades of Scarface – Swift Knife, Long Spear, and Stone Heart – against him. Scarface reluctantly grants Swift Knife and Long Spear a mercy killing, but Stone Heart escapes. Finally, Scarface heads to Lucretia's penthouse apartment to confront her, fighting her personal rōnin bodyguards and a new prototype Ulysses while en route. Finding Lucretia absent, Scarface's pursuit of her ultimately brings him to the MOTHER building, where the computer that runs the city Neonopolis is held. After defeating several Ulysses robots and security guards and making trophies of the heads of four more Monster Squad members, Scarface enters into a final battle with Stone Heart in a replica of the church where Scarface had been shot in the eye 100 years before, ending his brother's life with honor and dignity. MOTHER then reveals herself to be Isabella Borgia, kept alive since 1930 by the blood of Scarface that had spilled on her when he had been shot. Before he can finish her, MOTHER activates a shield in front of her releases a large group of xenomorphs to kill Scarface. After venturing into the Hive beneath MOTHER's chamber and succeeding in disabling the cooling systems and destroying the main generator, shutting down the power to the building, and forcing the facility to switch to backup power, Scarface is able to kill her.

After finally killing Isabella, Scarface discovers that Hunter Borgia had gone through genetic manipulation and had become a hybrid of Human and Yautja traits. After Hunter apparently kills Lucretia, Scarface allies with her three remaining rōnin bodyguards, convincing them to avenge their master's death by helping to defeat Hunter. Scarface and the rōnin fight Hunter in a battle that took place on the roof, once the tide of the battle changed, Hunter fled and started to climb up a giant statue of his father, which was built on the roof of the Borgia Industries headquarters. Scarface again faces Hunter in a final showdown, ultimately defeating him. Playing a recording of Bruno declaring "I'm the boss of this city!" in 1930, Scarface decapitates Hunter and holds his head aloft in triumph. Having single-handedly ended the Borgia dynasty, and his honor finally redeemed, Scarface is collected by his clan, leaving a painting of their symbol on the face of the statue of Bruno with Hunter's artificial Yautja blood, as the rōnin see them off.

Creation and concept[]

Scarface was designed to resemble an amalgamation of the Yautja from the Predator and Alien vs. Predator film series, but still feature some unique features of his own, including as his scarred visage, tribal ornaments, and a human skull embedded in his shoulder. His helmet bears resemblance to that of the Celtic helmet featured in Alien vs. Predator and one briefly glimpsed in Predator 2, which was originally designed for that film's main Yautja, with the addition of a blood-stripe covering the left eye and a line of spikes running down the forehead.^[1] Scarface, along with his clan, are the largest Yautja species featured in the overall franchise, including in the 2018 film The Predator.^[2] The character was portrayed as an experienced warrior, described by Eurocom as "a veteran of battles we cannot imagine".^[3] Reviewing their characterization as a whole, Vandal described Scarface's character arc as "an argument that trie[s] to give coherence to the dimes and diretes of the megacorporations of the Alien saga."^[4]

Etymology[]

Scarface's name is a reference to the nickname of Antonio "Tony" Camonte from the 1932 film Scarface as well as its 1983 remake, starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana, but unlike the human characters with whom he shares his name, the Predator is called Scarface after he loses an eye to a gunshot wound. The film is referenced throughout Concrete Jungle, with main antagonist MOTHER declaring "Say hello to my little friends" when she unleashes her secret army of xenomorphs against the character.^[5] The character is additionally given the moniker of "New Way Devil" in the missions set in New Way City in 1930. The character El Hongo often refers to Scarface as El Diablo invisible, translating as "The Invisible Devil". The technology stolen from Scarface and the weaponry derived from it is referred to as "Prometheus Tech" in the game; the story of Prometheus would be referenced again in the film Prometheus. Vivendi Games and Sierra Entertainment, who published Predator: Concrete Jungle, would also go on to make Scarface: The World Is Yours, a video game based on the 1983 film and set after an imagined alternate ending.^[6]

Merchandise[]

In November 2015, NCE announced a new 7-inch mini-figure line as part of a scale action figure crate via the “Ultimate Predator” figure – created in partnership with PhatMojo – which spotlighted how even armed with stolen Yautja technology, the gangs of Neonopolis will be no match for Scarface. The series ultimately debuted in 2016.^[7][8][9]

Appearances[]

• Predator: Concrete Jungle (2005)

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