Jack Lupino (flashback)

Lore & Background

Jack Lupino is a former U.S. Army soldier and Mafia member who became a Valkyr addict. He experiences severe side effects from the drug, including hallucinations and paranoia. In the game, Max Payne confronts Lupino at his nightclub, The Ragna Rock, and kills him in a fight.

In Their Own Story

The warehouse was a cathedral of concrete and shadow, the air thick with the chemical stench of Valkyr. Max moved through the maze of crates, his gun held low, his breath a ghost in the cold. Then Lupino stepped out—a bull of a man, his eyes wild with the drug's fire. 'I feel invincible,' he had said in the video, and now he moved like a force of nature, fists swinging, laughter booming. Max fired, but Lupino shrugged off the bullets, his body a machine of rage and Valkyr. He slammed Max against a wall, the detective's vision swimming. Just as Lupino's hands closed around Max's throat, a shot rang out. B.B. Hensley stood in the doorway, smoking gun in hand. Lupino crumpled, his invincibility a lie, his reign of pain ended by a traitor's bullet.

Reader's Guide

Lupino appears in the film as a powerful gangster involved with trafficking Valkyr as a designer drug. He is killed by B.B. Hensley during the confrontation at the warehouse.

Did You Know?

• Jack Lupino is played by Amaury Nolasco.
• Lupino was a Valkyr addict who suffered severe side effects, including hallucinations and paranoia.