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{{Infobox_Max_Payne_Characters|status = Killed by Max Payne|born = Unknown|death_date = 2003|relationships = [[Valerie Winterson]] (Love Interest)<br>
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[[Alfred Woden]] (Mentor)<br>
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[[Max Payne]] (Friend/Enemy)<br>
|name =Vladimir Lem
 
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[[Mona Sax]] (Enemy)<br>
|image =Vladimir_Lem.jpg
 
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[[Vinnie Gognitti]] (Rival)|affliations = [[Inner Circle]]<br>
|affiliation =[[Russian Mob]] <small>(boss)</small><br />[[Max Payne (character)|Max Payne]] <small>(ally/archenemy)</small><br />[[Inner Circle]] <small>(member; renegade group leader)</small><br />[[Squeaky Cleaning Company]] <small>(behind-the-scenes boss)</small>
 
|occupation = Mob boss, firearms dealer, businessman
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[[Russian Mob]]|occupation = Mob Boss<br>
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Firearms Dealer<br>
|location =[[Vodka]]<br>[[Vinnie Gognitti's apartment]]<br>[[Vlad's car|His car]]<br>[[Woden's manor]]
 
|voice_actor = [[Dominic Hawksley]] <sub>(''[[Max Payne (game)|Max Payne]]'')</sub><br>[[Jonathan Davis]] <sub>(''[[Max Payne 2]]'')</sub>
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Businessman|weapon = [[Desert Eagle]]|voice_actor = Dominic Hawksley (''[[Max Payne (game)|Max Payne]]'')<br>
|performer = [[Marko Saaresto]] <small>(''[[Max Payne (game)|Max Payne]]'')</small><br>[[Peter Giles]] <small>(''[[Max Payne 2]]'')</small>
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Jonathan Davis (''[[Max Payne 2]]'' and ''[[Max Payne 3]]'')|performer = [[Marko Saaresto]] (''[[Max Payne (game)|Max Payne]]'')<br>
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Peter Giles (''[[Max Payne 2]]'')|image1 = [[Image:Vladimir_Lem.jpg|250px]]}}{{quote|Have no fear, Vlad is here!|Vladimir Lem}}
|caption = Vlad, circa 2003
 
|relationships = [[Valerie Winterson]] <small>(Lover)</small>
 
|weapon = [[Desert Eagle]] <br /> [[M4 carbine]] <br/> [[Molotov cocktail]]s
 
|death = [[2003]] <small>(Killed by [[Max Payne]] at [[Woden's manor]])</small>}}
 
   
 
'''Vladimir "Vlad" Lem''' (Russian: '''Владимир Лем''') was a Russian mobster, arms-dealer, and the leader of the [[Russian Mob]] in [[New York City]]. He is engaged in a violent war with the [[Punchinello Crime Family]]. Fighting the mobsters, Vlad makes an alliance with [[Max Payne]] but, a few years later, he gets power hungry and ultimately becomes Max's enemy. He is the main antagonist of ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''.
{{quote|Have no fear, Vlad is here!|Vladimir Lem}}
 
 
'''Vladimir "Vlad" Lem''' is a Russian mobster, arms-dealer, and the leader of the [[Russian Mob]] in [[New York City]]. He is engaged in a violent war with the [[Punchinello crime family]]. Fighting the mobsters, Vlad makes an alliance with [[Max Payne]] but, a few years later, he gets power hungry and ultimately becomes Max's enemy.
 
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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Not much is known about Vlad's life. It is unknown if he was born in Russia or USA. At some point in his life, Vlad was exposed to the world of drugs and gangs. He became a weapons dealer sometime after.
 
Not much is known about Vlad's life. It is unknown if he was born in Russia or USA. At some point in his life, Vlad was exposed to the world of drugs and gangs. He became a weapons dealer sometime after.
   
In [[New York City]], Vlad started his own [[Russian Mob]]. The Mob's main enemies were the [[Punchinello mob family]].
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In [[New York City]], Vlad started his own [[Russian Mob]]. The Mob's main enemies were the [[Punchinello Crime Family]].
   
Vlad re-started a brutal and bloody mob war with Punchinello family. Vlad, however, was not the instigator of this war as according to a letter written by [[Vinnie Gognitti]], the mob had made a hit on his weapons shipments which was believed to have left the Russians too weak to fight back. <ref>http://www.giantbomb.com/vladimir-lem/94-2933/</ref>
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Vlad restarted a brutal and bloody mob war with Punchinello family. Vlad, however, was not the instigator of this war as according to a letter written by [[Vinnie Gognitti]], the mob had made a hit on his weapons shipments which was believed to have left the Russians too weak to fight back. <ref>http://www.giantbomb.com/vladimir-lem/94-2933/</ref>
   
A side-conflict in the war was the rivalry between Lem and Gognitti; The two hated and wanted to kill each other.
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A side-conflict in the war was the rivalry between Vlad and Gognitti; the two hated and wanted to kill each other.
   
Vlad was also the protégé of [[Alfred Woden]], the central member of the [[Inner Circle]].
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Lem was also the protégé of [[Alfred Woden]], the central member of the [[Inner Circle]].
   
 
===2001===
 
===2001===
 
====First actions====
 
====First actions====
 
[[File:Vlad.jpg|thumb|119px|Vlad meeting Max, and offering him some help]]
 
[[File:Vlad.jpg|thumb|119px|Vlad meeting Max, and offering him some help]]
In [[2001]], Vladimir Lem is [[Let the Gun Do the Talking|first seen driving]] away from [[Jack Lupino]]'s bombed out apartment building, after setting a powerful bomb near the place, thus continuing the gang war between the Russian and Italian mobs.
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In 2001, Vladimir Lem is [[Let the Gun Do the Talking|first seen driving]] away from [[Jack Lupino]]'s bombed out apartment building, after setting a powerful bomb near the place, thus continuing the gang war between the Russian and Italian mobs.
   
 
===="An Offer You Can't Refuse"====
 
===="An Offer You Can't Refuse"====
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===2003===
 
===2003===
 
====Second Mob War====
 
====Second Mob War====
In [[2003]], the war has heated up some, but thanks to Max's help, the Russians were able to hit back at the Mafia harder than ever, leaving Vlad a very successful man, wearing expensive suits and running the old [[Ragna Rock (Location)|Ragna Rock]] nightclub, renamed "[[Vodka]]". But Vlad soon becomes greedy and decides to wipe out the entire mob completely. Moreover, Vlad decides to rid himself of Max Payne by placing a hit on him.
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In 2003, the war has heated up some, but thanks to Max Payne's help, the Russians were able to hit back at the mafia harder than ever, leaving Lem a very successful man, wearing expensive suits and running the old [[Ragna Rock (Location)|Ragna Rock]] nightclub, renamed "[[Vodka]]". But Lem soon becomes greedy and decides to wipe out the mob completely. Moreover, Lem decides to rid himself of Max by placing a hit on him.
   
[[Mona Sax]] is the one who shoots Vlad in the arm during one of their run-ins. That is why he is in an arm sling when Max saves him at Vodka.
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[[Mona Sax]] is the one who shot Lem in the arm during one of their run-ins. That is why he is in an arm sling when Max saves him at Vodka.
   
 
====Revelations====
 
====Revelations====
 
{{quote|Vlad had lied. The cleaning company commandos were his men.|Max Payne}}
 
{{quote|Vlad had lied. The cleaning company commandos were his men.|Max Payne}}
Vlad dates [[Valerie Winterson|Winterson]], Max's partner. She is in love with him, attracted by him due to his his attention to her and her blind child. When Vlad captures both Max and Vinnie at Mona's hideout, he shoots Max in the head for the "insults done to his lady;" aka Max killing Winterson. He then blows up Vinnie with his "Trojan Horse" - a giant [[Captain BaseBallBat-Boy]] costume with a bomb in it, thus ending the two men's rivalry. Before he shoots Max, he tells him [[Alfred Woden]] sent the [[Project Valhalla|Valhalla]] files to the D.A., which got [[Michelle Payne|Max's wife]] killed.
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Lem dates [[Valerie Winterson|Winterson]], Max's partner. She is in love with him, attracted by him due to his attention to her and her blind child. When Vlad captures both Max and Vinnie at Mona's hideout, he shoots Max in the head for the "insults done to his lady;" aka Max killing Winterson. He then blows up Vinnie with his "Trojan Horse" - a giant [[Captain BaseBallBat-Boy]] costume with a bomb in it, thus ending the two men's rivalry. Before he shoots Max, he tells him [[Alfred Woden]] sent the [[Project Valhalla|Valhalla]] files to the D.A., which, in return, had gotten [[Michelle Payne|Michelle]] Payne killed.
   
Eventually Max finds out the many truths about Vlad: he is an Inner Circle member, the [[Squeaky Cleaning Company|Cleaning commandos]] are his men, and he is leading the coup d'état against Woden.
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Eventually, Max finds out the many truths about Lem: he is an Inner Circle member, the [[Squeaky Cleaning Company|Cleaning Company commandos]] are his men, and he is leading the coup d'état against Woden.
   
====Final battle and death====
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====Final Battle and Death====
 
[[File:Lem&Woden.jpg|thumb|Vlad confronting [[Alfred Woden]]]]
 
[[File:Lem&Woden.jpg|thumb|Vlad confronting [[Alfred Woden]]]]
When Vlad arrives at [[Woden's manor]], he leads an attack against Woden; Woden's own bodyguards betray him and join Vlad. Max and [[Mona Sax]] go there as well to stop him and kill Vlad. Near Woden's panic room, Mona tries to kill Max (due to Woden's order) but realises that she can't. That's when Vlad shoots Mona in the back. Woden then comes out and tells Vlad to stop the killing, and himself tries to disarm Vlad, only to be shot to death. Max attacks Vlad and disarms him. During the fight with Max, Vlad blows up the bomb under them, causing the floor to colapse. Then he makes a run for it throwing what ever he has left at Max, but Max manages to get trough all the guards. In the end Vlad reaches the top part of the manor, a platform from where he throws explosives. Max shoots the weak points of the platform, causing Vlad to get closer to him enough so that Payne can get a shot at him. As the remains of the platform colapse down together with Lem and his Molotovs, his corpse falls down on the ground floor burning.
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When Lem arrives at [[Woden's Manor]], he leads an attack against Woden; Woden's own bodyguards betray him and join Lem. Max and [[Mona Sax]] go there as well to stop him and kill Lem. Near Woden's panic room, Mona tries to kill Max on Woden's orders, but realizes that she cannot. That's when Lem shoots Mona in the back. Woden then comes out and tells Lem to stop the killing, and tries to disarm the Russian himself, only to be shot and killed. Max then attacks Lem and disarms him. During the fight with Max, Lem detonates the bomb under them, causing the floor to collapse. Then he makes a run for it, throwing whatever he has left at Max, but Max manages to get through all the guards. In the end, Lem reaches the top part of the manor, a platform from where he throws explosives. Max shoots the weak points of the platform, causing Lem to get close enough to him so that the cop can get a shot at him. As the remains of the platform collapse down together with Lem and his Molotovs, his corpse falls down on the ground floor burning.
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
===Boss fight strategy===
 
See [[That Old Familiar Feeling]] for more information.
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Max Payne (game)|Max Payne]]''
 
*''[[Max Payne (game)|Max Payne]]''
 
**[[Let the Gun Do the Talking]]
 
**[[Let the Gun Do the Talking]]
**[[An Offer you can't Refuse]]
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**[[An Offer You Can't Refuse]]
 
**[[With Rats and Oily Water]]
 
**[[With Rats and Oily Water]]
 
**[[Put Out My Flames With Gasoline]]
 
**[[Put Out My Flames With Gasoline]]
 
*''[[Max Payne 2]]''
 
*''[[Max Payne 2]]''
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**[[A Criminal Mastermind]]
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**[[Prologue (A Binary Choice)]]
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**[[Dearest of All My Friends]]
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**[[A Losing Game]]
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**[[There Are No Happy Endings]]
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**[[Love Hurts]]
 
**[[That Old Familiar Feeling]] (Killed)
 
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
 
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
**Multiplayer via [[Classic Character Pack]]<ref name ="SE">[http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/19661/announcing-the-max-payne-3-special-edition.html "Announcing the ''Max Payne 3'' Special Edition" on the Rockstar Newswire] Retrieved November 21, 2011</ref>
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**Multiplayer via [[Classic Character Pack]]<ref name="SE">[http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/19661/announcing-the-max-payne-3-special-edition.html "Announcing the ''Max Payne 3'' Special Edition" on the Rockstar Newswire] Retrieved November 21, 2011</ref>
 
*[[Max Payne 3 comics]]
 
*[[Max Payne 3 comics]]
 
**"[[Hoboken Blues]]" {{Mo}}
 
**"[[Hoboken Blues]]" {{Mo}}
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{{Quote|Dearest of all my friends!|One of Vladimir's catchphrases}}
 
{{Quote|Dearest of all my friends!|One of Vladimir's catchphrases}}
   
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{{Quote|You should be glad, Max. I did you a favor, finished off your revenge for you. The murderer of your loved ones is dead.|When Vlad is attacking Max near the top of [[Woden's Manor]]}}
{{Quote|Ha ha ha, that must...Max, dearest of all my friends, I was supposed to be the hero...|Vlad's last words}}
 
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{{Quote|Ha ha ha, that was...Max, dearest of all my friends, I was supposed to be the hero...|Vlad's last words}}
   
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{{Quote|Annie was a princess. [[Squeaky Cleaning Company|They]] killed her for no reason.|Vlad talking about [[Annie Finn]]}}
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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<gallery spacing="large" position="center" captionalign="center" captionsize="small" bordercolor="#8e8e8e" widths="286" orientation="none" columns="1">
 
maxclassic_vlad.jpg|Vlad as a multiplayer avatar for ''Max Payne 3''.
 
maxclassic_vlad.jpg|Vlad as a multiplayer avatar for ''Max Payne 3''.
 
</gallery>
 
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==References==
 
==References==
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==External links==
 
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[[Category:Bosses|Lem, Vladimir]]
 
[[Category:Antagonists|Lem, Vladimir]]
 
[[Category:Antagonists|Lem, Vladimir]]
[[Category:Characters in Max Payne 1|Lem, Vladimir]]
 
[[Category:Characters in Max Payne 2]]
 
 
[[Category:Gangsters]]
 
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[[Category:Deceased Characters]]
 
[[Category:Max Payne 1 Characters]]
 
[[Category:Max Payne 2 Characters]]

Revision as of 21:23, 27 March 2020

"Have no fear, Vlad is here!"
―Vladimir Lem

Vladimir "Vlad" Lem (Russian: Владимир Лем) was a Russian mobster, arms-dealer, and the leader of the Russian Mob in New York City. He is engaged in a violent war with the Punchinello Crime Family. Fighting the mobsters, Vlad makes an alliance with Max Payne but, a few years later, he gets power hungry and ultimately becomes Max's enemy. He is the main antagonist of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.

Biography

Background

Not much is known about Vlad's life. It is unknown if he was born in Russia or USA. At some point in his life, Vlad was exposed to the world of drugs and gangs. He became a weapons dealer sometime after.

In New York City, Vlad started his own Russian Mob. The Mob's main enemies were the Punchinello Crime Family.

Vlad restarted a brutal and bloody mob war with Punchinello family. Vlad, however, was not the instigator of this war as according to a letter written by Vinnie Gognitti, the mob had made a hit on his weapons shipments which was believed to have left the Russians too weak to fight back. [1]

A side-conflict in the war was the rivalry between Vlad and Gognitti; the two hated and wanted to kill each other.

Lem was also the protégé of Alfred Woden, the central member of the Inner Circle.

2001

First actions

Vlad

Vlad meeting Max, and offering him some help

In 2001, Vladimir Lem is first seen driving away from Jack Lupino's bombed out apartment building, after setting a powerful bomb near the place, thus continuing the gang war between the Russian and Italian mobs.

"An Offer You Can't Refuse"

Vladimir returns to help Max out. After hearing about him killing so many mobsters, Vlad arrives back at the hotel to give Max a lift, to propose a truce and to make him "an offer he couldn't refuse:" Sending Max to kill one of his former lieutenants, Boris Dime, who has crossed over to Punchinello's side.

Max complies and, following with Vlad's apparent code of ethics, he allows Max to use some of his heavy weaponry and promises to help whenever he wants.

2003

Second Mob War

In 2003, the war has heated up some, but thanks to Max Payne's help, the Russians were able to hit back at the mafia harder than ever, leaving Lem a very successful man, wearing expensive suits and running the old Ragna Rock nightclub, renamed "Vodka". But Lem soon becomes greedy and decides to wipe out the mob completely. Moreover, Lem decides to rid himself of Max by placing a hit on him.

Mona Sax is the one who shot Lem in the arm during one of their run-ins. That is why he is in an arm sling when Max saves him at Vodka.

Revelations

"Vlad had lied. The cleaning company commandos were his men."
―Max Payne

Lem dates Winterson, Max's partner. She is in love with him, attracted by him due to his attention to her and her blind child. When Vlad captures both Max and Vinnie at Mona's hideout, he shoots Max in the head for the "insults done to his lady;" aka Max killing Winterson. He then blows up Vinnie with his "Trojan Horse" - a giant Captain BaseBallBat-Boy costume with a bomb in it, thus ending the two men's rivalry. Before he shoots Max, he tells him Alfred Woden sent the Valhalla files to the D.A., which, in return, had gotten Michelle Payne killed.

Eventually, Max finds out the many truths about Lem: he is an Inner Circle member, the Cleaning Company commandos are his men, and he is leading the coup d'état against Woden.

Final Battle and Death

Lem&Woden

Vlad confronting Alfred Woden

When Lem arrives at Woden's Manor, he leads an attack against Woden; Woden's own bodyguards betray him and join Lem. Max and Mona Sax go there as well to stop him and kill Lem. Near Woden's panic room, Mona tries to kill Max on Woden's orders, but realizes that she cannot. That's when Lem shoots Mona in the back. Woden then comes out and tells Lem to stop the killing, and tries to disarm the Russian himself, only to be shot and killed. Max then attacks Lem and disarms him. During the fight with Max, Lem detonates the bomb under them, causing the floor to collapse. Then he makes a run for it, throwing whatever he has left at Max, but Max manages to get through all the guards. In the end, Lem reaches the top part of the manor, a platform from where he throws explosives. Max shoots the weak points of the platform, causing Lem to get close enough to him so that the cop can get a shot at him. As the remains of the platform collapse down together with Lem and his Molotovs, his corpse falls down on the ground floor burning.

Appearances

Quotes

"Bang. You're dead, Max Payne."
―Seeing Max Payne
"Have no fear, Vlad is here!"
―One of Vladimir's catchphrases
"Dearest of all my friends!"
―One of Vladimir's catchphrases
"You should be glad, Max. I did you a favor, finished off your revenge for you. The murderer of your loved ones is dead."
―When Vlad is attacking Max near the top of Woden's Manor
"Ha ha ha, that was...Max, dearest of all my friends, I was supposed to be the hero..."
―Vlad's last words
"Annie was a princess. They killed her for no reason."
―Vlad talking about Annie Finn

Gallery

See also

References

External links