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!Danny Archer
->'''Played By:''' Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio

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!Danny !!Danny Archer
->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio



!Solomon Vandy
->'''Played By:''' Creator/DjimonHounsou

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!Solomon !!Solomon Vandy
->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DjimonHounsou



!Maddy Bowen
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JenniferConnelly

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!Maddy !!Maddy Bowen
->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JenniferConnelly



!Dia Vandy
->'''Played By:''' Kagiso Kuypers

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!Dia !!Dia Vandy
->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Kagiso Kuypers



!Colonel Coetzee
->'''Played By:''' Creator/ArnoldVosloo

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!Colonel !!Colonel Coetzee
->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ArnoldVosloo



!Cordell Brown
->'''Played By:''' Antony Coleman

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!Cordell !!Cordell Brown
->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Antony Coleman



!Jassie Vandy
->'''Played By:''' Benu Mabhena

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!Jassie !!Jassie Vandy
->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Benu Mabhena



!N'Yanda Vandy
->'''Played By:''' Anointing Lukola

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!N'Yanda !!N'Yanda Vandy
->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Anointing Lukola



!Captain Poison
->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidHarewood

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!Captain !!Captain Poison
->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidHarewood






!Rudolf van de Kaap
->'''Played By:''' Marius Weyers

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!Rudolf !!Rudolf van de Kaap
->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Marius Weyers
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* FriendlyEnemy: He and Archer are about as friendly as two people doing their damnedest to kill each other can be.

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%%* ButtMonkey



* CantBelieveISaidThat: Name-dropped and PlayedForDrama as Maddy realizes how cynical she's become.
-->''"The entire country's at war. Why should I help this one person? (beat) I can't believe I just said that."''



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: More of a 'What have I said', but Maddy is very disturbed when she realizes how cynical she's become.
-->''"The entire country's at war. Why should I help this one person? (beat) I can't believe I just said that."''



%%* DeadpanSnarker

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* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Fought in the Zimbabwe Civil War[[note]] Though he'd probably prefer to call it the Rhodesian Bush War[[/note]], then as a mercenary before becoming a smuggler dealing in weapons and diamonds.



%%* PrivateMilitaryContractors

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%%* PrivateMilitaryContractors* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Implied to have spent some time as one under Coetzee



%%* LargeHam: Normally he's stone-faced and placid, but he becomes absolutely livid when [[spoiler: he bludgeons Poison to death with a spade.]]

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%%* * LargeHam: Normally he's stone-faced and placid, but he becomes absolutely livid when [[spoiler: he bludgeons Poison to death with a spade.]]
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%%* Berserk Button

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%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * Berserk Button: Being called "kaffir". Threatening his family. [[spoiler: Poison learns this the hard way.]]

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%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * Berserk Button: BerserkButton: Being called "kaffir". Threatening his family. [[spoiler: Poison learns this the hard way.]]
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%%* BerserkButton

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%%* BerserkButtonBerserk Button



* BerserkButton: Being called "kaffir". Threatening his family. [[spoiler: Poison learns this the hard way.]]

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%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Berserk Button: Being called "kaffir". Threatening his family. [[spoiler: Poison learns this the hard way.]]
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%%* BaldOfAwesome
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Appears to treat Dia Vandy with kindness occasionally but this is undermined by the fact that he is giving him drugs and training him to be a killer, with the implicit idea that this is being done as revenge against Dia's father Solomon. Also [[as director Edward Zwick notes in the commentary there is a sexual undercurrent in the way he touches Dia which suggests that Poison may be grooming or abusing him]].

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Appears to treat Dia Vandy with kindness occasionally but this is undermined by the fact that he is giving him drugs and training him to be a killer, with the implicit idea that this is being done as revenge against Dia's father Solomon. Also [[as [[spoiler: as director Edward Zwick notes in the commentary there is a sexual undercurrent in the way he touches Dia which suggests that Poison may be grooming or abusing him]].
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* BerserkButton: Threatening his family. [[spoiler: Poison learns this the hard way.]]

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* BerserkButton: Being called "kaffir". Threatening his family. [[spoiler: Poison learns this the hard way.]]



* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Ends up getting beaten to death by the man whose son he kidnapped.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Ends up getting beaten to death by the man whose son he kidnapped.kidnapped, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard with the same shovel he forced him to dig with]].]]

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* NotSoDifferent: From Captain Poison; both are amoral men (albeit Poison is ten times worse than Danny is) who want to use Solomon Vandy and the diamond he found to escape Africa.



* NotSoDifferent: From Danny Archer; both are amoral men (albeit Poison is ten times worse than Danny is) who want to use Solomon Vandy and the diamond he found to escape Africa.

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* NotSoDifferent: From Danny Archer; both are amoral men (albeit Poison is ten times worse than Danny is) who want to use Solomon Vandy and the diamond he found to escape Africa.

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%%* CharacterDeath



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Danny manages to get the upper hand on him, shooting him in the chest and then in the head.]]



* DoubleTap: [[spoiler:Danny manages to get the upper hand on him, shooting him in the chest and then in the head.]]



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Danny uses him as a human shield, and Coetzee subsequently shoots him.]]

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* CharacterDeath: HumanShield: [[spoiler:Danny uses him as a human shield, and Coetzee subsequently shoots him.]]

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