Character Relationship Map: The Doorman

Characters

• Ali (played by Ruby Rose) — protagonist

  Ali is a former U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant who returns to New York after failing to protect an ambassador's family during an ambush. Working as a hotel doorman, she battles the invading mercenaries,...

• Victor Dubois (played by Jean Reno) — protagonist

  Victor Dubois is the leader of the mercenary takeover at the Carrington Hotel. He holds Jon and Lily hostage while searching for hidden paintings, manipulates Ali into helping open the safe, and threa...

• Borz (played by Aksel Hennie) — supporting

  Borz is a disguised doorman who murders Uncle Pat and helps lead the search for valuable paintings hidden in the hotel. He repeatedly kills allies to increase his share, betrays Victor Dubois, frames...

• Jon Stanton (played by Rupert Evans) — supporting

  Jon Stanton is a professor living in the hotel with Max and Lily. He was once married to Ali's late sister and had an affair with Ali, creating a complicated connection between them. During the siege,...

• Max (played by Julian Feder) — supporting

  Max is one of Jon Stanton's children and becomes a hostage target during the hotel invasion. He initially escapes after seeing the intruders, then works with Ali to trigger the fire alarm. After being...

• Leo (played by Hideaki Ito) — supporting

  Leo is one of the men involved in the hotel takeover. While attempting to restore the water supply after Ali disables the main valve, he is killed by a nail bomb that Ali has set. His death helps prev...

• Martinez (played by Louis Mandylor) — minor

  Martinez is one of the mercenaries working with Victor Dubois and Borz during the hotel siege. He operates the water-cooled drill to break into the safe containing the paintings, later faces Ali as a...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Victor Dubois → Leo (Professional Mercenary Commander) — Leo functions as an operative within Dubois's mercenary group.

  Leo operates as one of Dubois's men during the hotel assault and attempts to restore the water supply.

• Victor Dubois → Martinez (Power Leader And Subordinate) — Martinez carries out a specialized operation under Dubois's command.

  Dubois orders Martinez to use a water-cooled drill to bypass the safe's combination.

• Ali → Borz (Professional Coworker) — They initially appear to share the same hotel security job.

  Ali is hired as a doorman at The Carrington Hotel and works alongside another doorman, Borz.

• Jon Stanton → Max (Family Father) — Jon's paternal relationship with Max makes the hostage crisis personal and urgent.

  Jon Stanton lives in the hotel with his two children, including Max.

• Ali → Jon Stanton (Romantic Former Lover) — Their past affair creates emotional tension when Ali encounters Jon again at the hotel.

  The plot states that Jon and Ali had an affair during Jon's marriage, after which Ali fled by joining the Marines.

Story Dynamics

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

• Victor Dubois → Jon Stanton (Conflict Hostage Taker) — Dubois controls Jon through armed coercion.

  Dubois holds Jon hostage in apartment 10C and uses the family's safety to force Ali to restore the water supply.

• Ali → Leo (Conflict Combat Opponents) — Leo becomes a direct casualty of Ali's defensive sabotage.

  Ali sets a nail bomb that kills Leo while he is attempting to turn the water supply back on.

• Ali → Martinez (Conflict Hostile Opponents) — Ali uses Martinez as leverage during the rescue operation.

  Ali rushes to apartment 10C and holds Martinez hostage, after which Borz kills Martinez.

• Borz → Martinez (Alliance Criminal Associate) — They are fellow participants in the robbery and its profit dispute.

  After the safe is opened, Borz and Martinez are included among the men negotiating shares of the painting proceeds.

• Borz → Victor Dubois (Alliance Criminal Partner) — Borz and Dubois initially cooperate in the hotel robbery.

  Borz reveals that he was disguised as a doorman to locate the paintings, then works with Dubois and his mercenaries during the lockdown.

• Ali → Victor Dubois (Conflict Arch Enemy) — Ali's defense of the hostages directly opposes Dubois's robbery and coercion.

  Dubois leads the mercenary takeover of the hotel, while Ali fights his men, resists his demands, and confronts him through the siege.

• Ali → Max (Alliance Protective Ally) — Ali becomes Max's principal protector during the siege.

  Ali finds Max after he escapes the mercenaries, works with him to activate the fire alarm, and repeatedly tries to protect him.

Story Analysis

A traumatized former Marine must defend a hotel family from mercenaries whose robbery collapses into betrayal and violence.

Plot Progression

1. A Soldier Without a Mission — Ali fails to protect a diplomatic family during an ambush in Bucharest and leaves the Marines. Back in New York, she accepts a doorman job at The Carrington Hotel.
2. Old Feelings at Carrington — Ali begins working with Borz and discovers that Jon Stanton and his children live in the hotel. The Easter invitation reconnects Ali with Jon and her unresolved past.
3. The Hotel Lockdown — Borz kills Pat and exposes his search for hidden paintings. Victor Dubois and his mercenaries seize the hotel and begin searching apartments for the artwork.
4. A Desperate Counterattack — Ali discovers the consequences of Borz's betrayal and joins Max in attempts to summon outside help. Morse code and a nail bomb allow them to disrupt the mercenaries' water-powered drill.
5. Greed in the Final Assault — Ali is forced to restore the water supply, allowing the safe to open and revealing paintings worth far more than expected. The criminals turn on one another before Ali pursues Borz into the sewer.