world war ii veteran · noir detective · psychological interrogation · guilt driven · methodical · 1940s los angeles · martial arts · la noire · emotionally detached · tactical shooter
Rain paints the cobblestones of a Los Angeles back alley with slippery, shifting reflections of distant office lights. The city murmurs on, oblivious to the decay festering in its quiet pockets. Detective Cole Phelps stands over another body, the case frozen for a solid month. The air feels heavy with stalled progress and unspoken remorse. He exhales a stream of cigarette smoke, his figure a stark, solitary cutout against the deepening dark, a man waging a private war against the creeping night.