Character Relationship Map: Jiu Jitsu

Characters

• Jake (played by Alain Moussi) — protagonist

  Jake is an American soldier and secretly a Jiu Jitsu fighter whose amnesia hides his connection to the ancient order. Rescued after fleeing Brax, he is pursued by the military and repeatedly reunited...

• Wylie (played by Nicolas Cage) — protagonist

  Wylie is a crazed Jiu Jitsu veteran who rescues Jake and lives in a cave near the battlefield. He reveals that Jake fled from Brax during their first encounter and that he is Jake's father. Seeking at...

• Carmen (played by JuJu Chan) — supporting

  Carmen is a Jiu Jitsu fighter and Jake's former lover, a relationship he discovers only after losing his memory. She survives Brax's attacks when the other remaining fighters are defeated, later tells...

• Fisherman's Wife (played by Mary Makariou) — minor
• Fisherman (played by Raymond Pinharry) — minor

  Fisherman is one of the Burmese villagers who finds Jake after he falls from the oceanside cliff. Believing Jake came from a nearby military post, he and another fisherman take him there after caring...

• Brax (played by Ryan Tarran) — minor

  Brax is the leader of the alien invaders and the principal enemy of Jake and the Jiu Jitsu order. He attacks the military and fighters, kills Wylie during their duel, and nearly destroys the remaining...

• Myra (played by Marie Avgeropoulos) — supporting

  Myra is an intelligence officer who interrogates Jake after the military finds him and investigates the villagers' reports about the comet and temple portal. She recaptures Jake after his escape, but...

• Harrigan (played by Frank Grillo) — supporting

  Harrigan leads the band of Jiu Jitsu fighters who reunite with Jake after Kueng rescues him. The group knows Jake even though his amnesia prevents recognition, and Harrigan's fighters defend their mis...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Fisherman's Wife → Fisherman (wife)
• Myra → Jake (Professional Interrogator) — Myra investigates Jake as a military intelligence officer.

  Myra interrogates Jake at the military base and questions him about the comet, the temple, and his amnesia.

• Jake → Carmen (Romantic Former Lovers) — Carmen and Jake share a past romantic relationship disrupted by Jake's memory loss.

  Jake discovers that Carmen used to be his lover before his amnesia.

• Wylie → Jake (Family Father) — Wylie is Jake's estranged father, a connection revealed late in the story.

  After Wylie dies, Carmen reveals that Wylie was Jake's father and that he had hidden the truth out of shame.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Harrigan → Jake (Alliance Teammate) — Harrigan and Jake belong to the same Jiu Jitsu resistance group.

  Jake reunites with the Jiu Jitsu fighters led by Harrigan, who recognize Jake as one of their own.

• Harrigan → Brax (Conflict Enemy) — Harrigan leads a resistance against Brax's alien forces.

  Harrigan leads the Jiu Jitsu fighters who confront Brax, and the group is defeated by him.

• Carmen → Brax (Conflict Opponent) — Carmen is a surviving human combatant opposing Brax and his invasion.

  Carmen is the only Jiu Jitsu fighter who survives the fighters' second confrontation with Brax.

• Wylie → Brax (Conflict Enemy) — Wylie confronts Brax as an act of personal atonement.

  Wylie fights Brax to atone for his past mistake, but Brax kills him.

• Jake → Brax (Conflict Arch Enemy) — Jake is the principal human opponent of the alien leader Brax.

  Brax repeatedly hunts Jake, defeats the Jiu Jitsu fighters, and ultimately faces Jake in the final battle.

Story Analysis

An amnesiac martial artist confronts an alien invader, his buried past, and the cost of abandoning an earlier battle.

Plot Progression

1. The Amnesiac Arrival — Jake escapes an alien pursuit and is rescued after falling from an oceanside cliff. At a military post, Myra finds him unable to explain his identity or the strange events surrounding the temple.
2. Warriors In The Shadows — A Jiu Jitsu fighter breaks Jake out of military custody, revealing Jake's own extraordinary combat abilities. Jake reunites with Harrigan's group but remains separated from his forgotten identity.
3. The Portal And The Hunter — Brax destroys the military unit pursuing Jake, while Jake discovers Wylie's cave and the Jiu Jitsu temple. The fighters explain that the temple contains the portal used by the invaders.
4. Bloodline And Atonement — Brax overwhelms the Jiu Jitsu fighters, leaving Jake to confront his past with Wylie's help. Wylie fights Brax and dies, after which Carmen reveals Wylie's fatherhood.
5. The Last Challenge — Supported by villagers and surviving soldiers, Jake chooses to face Brax. He identifies Brax's weakness, defeats him with fire and a grenade, and sends him through the portal.