| “ | Show your head... | ” |
— Vinnie, Sift Heads 2
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Vinnie is the main protagonist of the Sift Heads game series. He is a legendary bounty hunter and veteran assassin, the primary target of various criminals and mafia organizations. He first appears in Sift Heads as the main protagonist, a playable character in Sift Renegade 3, the unseen main antagonist in Sift Renegade 3: Defiance, and as a main character in Sift Heads World and Sift Heads Cartels. He reappears in Sift Heads Reborn, a reimagining of Sift Heads World as one of the three main playable characters.
Being the leader of a group of assassins and named the best bounty hunter of all America, Vinnie can boast about being the toughest around! No one has ever gotten past him. And being able to manipulate any gun with ease it's no surprise he has been accused of some of the worst carnage.
Appearance[]
When Vinnie first appeared in the original Sift Heads, he wore round sunglasses (which were colored white) and a red tie, since he temporarily worked with the Red Mafia. Once he left, he lacked a tie, but kept the sunglasses. His appearance remains the same from Sift Heads 2 to Sift Heads Street Wars - Prologue, although with different shapes of glasses. Since Sift Heads Cartels - Act 1, he was given a scar on his head, reminiscent to that of the scar given to him by Alonzo in Sift Heads World - Ultimatum. Since Sift Heads Street Wars - Prologue, Vinnie's sunglasses are colored grey than white due to the fact he ditched his old sunglasses in Ultimatum.
Background[]
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Early Life[]
Vinnie was born in 1975 (making him 50 in 2025) as an only child in Florence, Italy.
At 2 years old he lost his dad in a gun-fire between two rival clans in Italy. Wanting to forget this tragic incident his mother decided to leave Europe and move to America to start a new life. Vinnie got his first taste of money by conning the cons themselves in the streets of Chicago. What was a simple hobby to him quickly turned into a profession. His name would spread very fast among locals as being the best bounty hunter in the area and soon the best in the world. Obviously, such notoriety would bring him many contracts, lots of money and women, but also his share of enemies. Although, this did not intimidate our star, who eliminated all who dared to oppose him. And all of a sudden, among all this violence, a woman entered his life. Vinnie was surprised that she could withstand such blood baths, but behold she could not withstand his charm. And since this day Shorty has been rolling by Vinnie’s side, and not just in the bedroom. A contract hit that turned sour forced Vinnie to meet one of his biggest adversaries: Kiro, an ex-member of the Yakuza, thirsty for vengeance. Following several heated battles Vinnie proposed an alternative to this quarrel and let Kiro take position among their team.
Sift Heads[]
Vinnie as a temporary member of the Red Mafia.
Vinnie seeing the view.
In the Dan Café, Vinnie was reading a newspaper article while getting some coffee. He receives a call from a higher-up in a Mafia he was temporarily serving, the Red Mafia. 5 minutes later, he goes to the trunk of his Cuda, getting his Dragunov for an assassination. Vinnie was tasked to kill a Grey Mafia member who was selling in Red Mafia territory. The Grey Mafia member exits a building and approaches a car, but before he could give them the goods, Vinnie puts a bullet into his head, forcing the men in the car to leave immediately. Later on, in the desert, he was attacked by the same men in the car from earlier in a hit-and-run. Vinnie takes out his .45 Desert Eagle and makes short work of them by either only killing the ones in the front or everyone in the vehicle.
Vinnie during an attack in his Cuda.
Vinnie returns to the Red Mafia Headquarters and gives the boss the goods, and the boss tells him to keep it, and Vinnie takes it as a payback for his Cuda. The boss tells him that he needs him for one last mission. His son, Tony, was captured by the Grey Mafia. Vinnie silently drives to the Graytie Bar to find someone named "Angelo". He picks up a glass shard and finds him playing Poker with some of his men in the bar. Vinnie shoots the light above them and kills everyone, except for Angelo. Angelo runs off to the backdoor to escape, but Vinnie throws a chair through the window, hitting him.
Vinnie infiltrating Grey Mafia territory.
Angelo laid down on the floor, with Vinnie using his .45 Desert Eagle to hold him at gunpoint to add pressure. Vinnie asks what he has, and Angelo tells him that he has nothing and that the guys he was playing with took all his money. Vinnie shoots him in his hand, calling him funny for assuming that he's there to take his earnings. Angelo offers his car, a GT500 in the backyard, Vinnie shoots his elbow, telling him that he wasn't there for that, but he accepts the car anyway. Angelo calls him a bastard, and Vinnie adds more pressure to the situation, with Angelo requesting him to put the gun down, only for Vinnie to shoot him in the shoulder and ask him where Tony is. Angelo starts complaining on how he could've avoid this situation if Vinnie just asked him about Tony first, but Vinnie shoots him in the arm and asks where Tony is again. Angelo tells him that Tony is being kept in a general store in Road 162, and Vinnie puts one bullet into Angelo's head, and thanking him for the information and the GT.
Vinnie interrogating Angelo.
Vinnie drives the GT500 to Road 162's general store, finding Tony in the area, tied to a chair in the store. With his modified M21, he shoots the man in front of Tony, triggering the guards to ambush him. After making short work of the 4 guards, he enters the store and meets up with Tony, with him being grateful that he'll be free from the Grey Mafia's hold. After freeing him, Vinnie brings Tony back to the Red Mafia Headquarters. The boss tells him that Vinnie has proven his worth and now works for him, which Vinnie counters by telling him that he works for himself. The boss tells him to leave his red tie to Tony before leaving, which he agrees with and starts taking the tie off. Tony loads a 1911 pistol behind him, and waits for Vinnie to give him his tie. Before Tony was able to act, Vinnie acts quickly and stabs Tony's hand with a knife, causing him to scream in pain. Tony points his pistol at Vinnie, only for Vinnie to hit him, take the gun, and kill the Red Mafia's leader.
Vinnie saves Tony and brings him back alive... not for long.
Vinnie drives away from the Red Mafia Headquarters, and finds out that some men from the Red Mafia were following him. He stops by a nearby alley and hides behind a garbage bin with an Uzi, waiting for his assailants. He makes short work of the 5 Red Mafia members who followed him, then he takes out the magazine from the Uzi, and even dropping it and leaving it behind.
Vinnie calling the leader of the Grey Mafia, Edmondo.
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The Bounty Hunter.
Vinnie enters his GT once more, and calls Edmondo, the Grey Mafia's leader, who was out at the golf club with his personal guard. Vinnie drives off to the golf club to find them both to prove his sniping skills, using his modified M21. Edmondo's personal guard was talking to some random person, while Edmondo passes by with his golf cart. Vinnie successfully kills them both with a single bullet from his rifle, and leaves the area and starts driving around Chicago with his GT.
Sift Heads 2[]
"Show your head..."
After some time, Vinnie meets Ben, someone who sends him contracts. Vinnie receives a new contract from Ben, the target was an old member of a New York Mafia, but there was a problem; his target is leaving Chicago on a plane, at 10:15 AM, at exactly 5 minutes. Vinnie rushes to his GT and drives quickly to a nearby building. Once there, he aims his M21 toward the tunnel, awaiting his target. Once the target showed up, he shoots him in the head.
Vinnie gets another contract from Ben, where he needs to kill someone who is running in the park wearing a headband. Vinnie enters a building after killing someone in the way, and with his M21, he kills an undercover cop, then the man who was running.
He gets another contract from Ben, where he is needed to kill an old pervert in his home. He drives by his house, and finds him having sex with someone. He shoots a window with his gun, forcing the girl to check what it was. Once the man got up, Vinnie took his chance and shot him from his car, then left.
After not getting contracts from Ben in a while, Vinnie drives to Ben's place, only to find that he had been killed by someone. Vinnie finds a note to head to "318, Seadow" and the target asks him in the note to try to catch her. During the rain, he arrives at the destination and enters the building, only to be met with a recording of the target's voice, tasking him to find her through the window. When the lightning flashes, he spots her on the window of a distant building and sifts her head. Afterwards, he goes to where she was and finds a tattoo of an 'S' on her right arm, reminding him of The Port.
Vinnie heads over to the Port for a new job where he has to steal cars and sell them. His first job is to win a race, but his opponent cheated by trying to shoot him. Before the bullet could hit him, Vinnie ducked, which allowed his opponent to overtake him. Vinnie gets out of his GT and aims his Beretta down. He shoots the opponent's tire, then he sifts his head. His next job is to kill someone driving a Lamborghini while trying to avoid alerting the cops, which he finished in a short amount of time.
His next job is in Chi-Town, and he is tasked to go to a rooftop and kill someone who owns a Chevelle. Some light was blocking his view, so he shot a sign to block out the sunlight. The owner of the Chevelle shows up and gets out of an elevator, and the first thing they got the moment they were out of the elevator was something delicious for lunch; a bullet to the head.
Later on, Vinnie is hired by someone known as "Jim", who gives him contracts as well. His first contract from Jim is to protect a family without killing anyone. The family he was protecting requested for the briefcase the adversaries had, but they refused to give it to them. The 2 men behind the leader aim their Uzis to the family, intent to kill them, but Vinnie acts quickly and shoots their guns off of their hands. A sniper comes out from their hiding place, also intent on killing the family, but still, Vinnie acts quickly and kills the sniper before they did anything.
Vinnie comes over to Jim's room, only to be greeted with a trap. Vinnie shoots the light above the couch to get the snoop out of his hiding spot behind the couch, forcing him to roll to a doorway leading up to the stairs. The snoop aims his gun at Vinnie, but Vinnie shoots his hand before he could shoot him.
Vinnie's next target was on the streets. Vinnie uses a powerful gun for the mission, and drives through the streets to find his target, the triad's son. Eventually, he finds him, and a gun fight occurs between the two, with Vinnie only aiming for the stomach. Eventually, Vinnie kills him by shooting his head.
After a long day of work, Vinnie returns home to watch the news while drinking alcohol. Members from the Grey Mafia drive to his home, intent on killing him. Seeing the reflection of one of them from his television, Vinnie catches the grenade the man threw into the window, and throws it back to him, killing him. Another member comes out with a turret from the van and starts shooting at Vinnie, and he starts running and dodging the bullets. He jumps out of his window and grabs a shard, then he throws it to another member's neck, who was around. Vinnie quickly enters and starts up his GT, running over another member of the Mafia who was shooting at him with a pistol.
Sift Heads 3[]
Vinnie, wanting revenge for the destruction of his home.
After surviving an ambush in his own home, Vinnie drives to the Headquarters of the Grey Mafia, in search of their current leader and wanting revenge for destroying his home, and only armed with a knife. He kills one guard, then enters the elevator. The boss, desperate to kill Vinnie, orders for the elevator to be blown up. Before he could plummet down to his death, Vinnie uses his knife to get out of the elevator, and successfully gets to a floor, but not the floor he wanted. He works his way up after killing about 11-12 guards, and finally meets the boss at the rooftop, who holds him at gunpoint. Before the mafia boss shot him, Vinnie throws his knife to his face, killing him.
The police arrive to the area, signaling the time for Vinnie to leave. Vinnie grabs the mafia boss' Beretta and runs and jumps off to the roof of another building, landing safely. He kills another 12 guards, and heads up using a lift. Once he was up, he encounters a police officer, who was holding a baton and a shield, who tells him to drop his weapons or the snipers will kill him. Vinnie refuses to, and defeats the cop. He asks how the police are faster than usual. The cop answers that they were sent by an officer known as "Ralph Ducan", and after getting the information he needs, Vinnie kills him. After killing the cop, Vinnie finds a sniper rifle on the ground and takes out the 5 snipers, finally able to proceed. He jumps down to the ground by sliding down a pipe, and enter the sewers.
In the sewers, he finds a code, "7438", which would be important later on. He gets attacked by a few sewer rats and kills them. He finds a door that would close due to faulty mechanics, and shoots the door's gear to keep it open when the door is up and open. He finds a locked door requiring a code and uses the four numbers he found earlier. Vinnie enters a dark room and turns on the lights, finding a fuse. He opens the fuse with his knife and presses the button, opening an entrance to the police headquarters and climbs up the ladder. In the police headquarters, he takes a shotgun and kills about 12-16 enemies, and find the files on Ralph Ducan.
Vinnie heads over to another police headquarters, trying to find Ducan. He looks at the computer in the room he broke into via zipline, and finds out he is at the rooftops after hearing the sounds of a helicopter. Once he arrived at the rooftops, he was already being shot at by Ducan, who was in a helicopter. Vinnie finds another sniper rifle on the ground and uses it to stop the helicopter's rotors from turning by repeatedly shooting it. After a while, Vinnie succeeds in stopping the rotors, and the helicopter falls and crashes, killing Ducan.
Before the events of Sift Heads 4, and after Sift Heads 3, Vinnie meets a woman who seemed to have had the same glasses as him at a beach.
Sift Heads 4/Sift Renegade 3[]
Vinnie bored in his home, with his girlfriend, Shorty.
A few days after the death of Ralph Ducan, Vinnie sat down on his couch watching the news with Shorty, and only had a breath of boredom. Shorty gives him an idea for vacation, and Vinnie accepts the offer to sift heads for some contracts in other countries.
Vinnie in a slum building, preparing to kill a member of the Yakuza.
His first contract in Japan was a Bloody Bath, where he kills a person who was in their bathtub from the window. His second contract in Japan was a Shadow of Traditions, which was commissioned directly from the Yakuza to him. He was ordered to kill a member of the Yakuza who he was told was starting a rebellion, and killed him from a nearby slum building. His third and final contract in Japan was during an Asian Meal, where he was ordered to kill a Yakuza leader, in which he had to be discreet and kill him by having him stab himself with his chopsticks.
Unknown to him, his second contract in Japan had consequences, for someone wants him dead.
Sift Heads 5/Sift Renegade 2[]
Returning to Chicago, Illinois after sifting international heads, he chases down 2 of his targets in a car. One of the targets throws a brick to his GT500, breaking his windshield. Vinnie grabs his Beretta and shoots the back window of their car with 5 bullets, then proceeding to kill both targets.
Later on, in Hotel Hana, South Lawndale, he receives his next target, someone known as the Ghost Gambler. He tells Shorty about it, and she tells him that she'll be staying at the hotel just in case he needs healing. He heads out to find the Ghost Gambler, and goes to the Mike's Bar first. Vinnie asks the Bartender to see if the Ghost Gambler is around, but all he knows is that someone who has information about the Ghost Gambler was in the back. He goes to the back and encounters a prostitute, who was abandoned by her man and guarded by 4 men. He speaks to the prostitute for info about the Gambler, in which he refuses to pay for information from a prostitute. The guards attack him, and Vinnie makes short work of them. After killing the guards, the girl tells him that the Gambler is hiding just beside the bar.
He enters a slum building, finding a sniping spot to kill the Ghost Gambler, but he was attacked by 6 of the Gambler's guards, who were all buying time for the Gambler to leave. Vinnie heads downstairs to get the Gambler, shooting him from his car's window and killing him. Afterwards, he leaves the area to find new jobs in new areas, only to find himself to face a familiar enemy; the Grey Mafia. In the south central part of Chicago, he meets an old friend, Darwen, who still has his old Barrett in the shed in his backyard.
On the second floor of another slum building, he encounters an old man mopping the floor. Vinnie asks why he lives in a dirty and rotten neighborhood, and the man tells him that he didn't have a choice, and that his 2 sons were forced into the Grey Mafia's crooked world and later assassinated after a job. The man tells him that the leader is still around, counting his cash and thinking that he owns the streets, in which Vinnie quickly disagrees.
Vinnie enters an old factory to kill some snipers guarding the Grey Mafia Headquarters. He kills the 6 snipers, allowing him to enter the Grey Mafia Headquarters safely without any risk of being assassinated. He kills the 6 guards who were indoors, heads out to the side and kills one, and proceeds downstairs and kills 2 more guards, and finally entering their leader's office. The Grey Mafia Boss tells him that they are not the only ones who wants his head, in which Vinnie offers to talk about the Boss' head being sifted. The Boss tells him that the Yakuza has taken control of the east side of Chicago, and Vinnie sifts the Boss' head.
Vinnie drives to the Oasis Plaza near the Port, and encounters 2 Yakuza members outside waiting for him. He enters the plaza and is greeted by 4 Yakuza members, who were also waiting for his arrival. After making short work of them, Vinnie enters an office with a computer, showing that he will be receiving a message from his next target.
Vinnie encounters the note sent by his target.
Returning to Hotel Hana, he finds a note and a shuriken attached to his door with blood on the shuriken. It was a note telling him that Shorty was taken by his next target to lure him to the Junkyard, which was at the east side of town. He discovers the name of his new target, Kiro, assuming him to be a serious enemy.
Vinnie drives to the Junkyard, finding Shorty tied to a chair, which was attached to a hook with a rope. Kiro reveals himself to Vinnie, showing how glad he is to have caught his attention. Vinnie tells Kiro that his clan betrayed him by ordering him to kill his brother, and that he should get out of his sight before he decides to kill him. Kiro taunts Vinnie, and he starts running around the Junkyard, slowly getting closer and/or farther from Vinnie, while Vinnie pulls out his Beretta. Kiro runs right under Shorty, and Vinnie shoots the rope attached to the chair and hook, causing the chair and Shorty to fall right on top of Kiro. Vinnie unties Shorty from the chair and gets the chair off of Kiro. He tells him that he let Kiro live because there is no reward for his death.
Kiro gets up and holds onto his katana to stay up, telling him that Vinnie will pay for the death of his brother. Vinnie, who held him at gunpoint with his Beretta, tells him how what he says is ironic for someone who has also murdered hundreds of family members just like him, considering that what they're both doing is what they consider "business". Vinnie tells him that Kiro should find the one who was really after his brother, telling him that he was just a Paid Contractor. Kiro speaks, but before he finishes, Vinnie tells him to stop crying like a newborn baby and to smile, considering he is the famous Kiro who almost killed the famous Vinnie. Then, Vinnie tells him that no one has gotten that close to him before and that he should celebrate his "amazing" attempt and to stop harassing him, or else Kiro's name would perish in the archive of his exploits.
Vinnie meeting Kiro after he assassinated one of the Yakuza leaders.
Later on, Vinnie saves Kiro from a Yakuza leader who held him at gunpoint by sniping the leader with his Barrett. After Kiro makes short work of the leader's 2 men, he slides down the wall of a building with his katana, meeting Vinnie, smoking, once he was on the ground, offering him some kind of partnership. Vinnie tells him that it's more than just partnership, and it was a chance to work with a professional and make lots of money. Kiro agrees, and Vinnie welcomes him to the team. Afterwards, they're both attacked by Yakuza members. Some had pistols, while others had katanas. Kiro faces them off in close-range with his katana, while Vinnie makes short work of them with his SPAS-12 Shotgun. They both eventually finish them all off, and Kiro's brother is avenged.
Sift Heads World/Sift Heads Reborn[]
Deadly Newcomer[]
In a warehouse, Vinnie and Kiro were talking while Vinnie was washing his car. Kiro states that Vinnie seems to be someone who likes to live in the past, as the warehouse, radio, and Vinnie's car were old. Vinnie tells him that his "rundown car" is a collection piece and would beat his bike any day. Kiro tells him that Vinnie looks like a retired bounty hunter until Vinnie's phone suddenly rings. Vinnie tells him that he is far from being retired and picks up the call from Shorty. Shorty tells him to come to a place near the old port in urgency. He starts up the car and leaves the warehouse with Kiro.
They arrive, and Shorty tells them that the Red Mafia has regrouped and seem to be ready to take on Chicago. Kiro remarks at how Shorty is still at least young, and Vinnie suggests that they take a look with the binoculars, where they spot 5 guards.
Vinnie after taking Alonzo's Desert Eagle after Kiro cuts his arm off.
After spotting the guards, Vinnie opens the trunk of his car, showing a Glock, a Walther P99, and four-pointed shurikens. Vinnie takes out the 5 guards, and is eventually caught by the current Red Mafia boss, Alonzo, who assumes that he came alone and holds him at gunpoint for making their profits go down since 2006. Kiro comes out with his katana and cuts Alonzo's right arm. Vinnie catches Alonzo's Desert Eagle and shoots him in the head.
A week later, Vinnie, Shorty, and Kiro discuss about Alonzo in their safe house after reading the news about Alonzo's survival. Vinnie admits that he missed Alonzo, and how he took a bullet to the head and still continued to breathe. Kiro jokes about Alonzo's arm getting cut off, while Shorty suggests that they take him out for good.
Vinnie goes out into the streets of Chicago to go to the Red Mafia Headquarters. Once he arrived, he states that Alonzo should make one last wish before his death. He kills the 7 guards present in the building, only to find that Alonzo is not there and call Shorty to tell her the news. Shorty suggests that they should find the Black Fox, and Vinnie goes on a search to find him.
In a bar, he finds one of the Black Fox's men and asks him if he knows the whereabouts of the Black Fox. He was silent at first, and then throws the table at Vinnie and runs out of the bar through the exit. Vinnie gives pursuit and shoots his leg, making him trip. Vinnie tells the man that running is useless, and the man tells him that the Black Fox will find him and kill him for what he has done, and Vinnie kills him. He finds another one of the Black Fox's men with a pair of binoculars in the slum buildings and ambushes him in the alley. The man refuses to tell him of the Black Fox's whereabouts, and was eventually killed by Vinnie. In another set of slum buildings, he finds another one of the Black Fox's men, offering to race him for his whereabouts and refusing to pay for the race. After winning the race, he is told that he will get a call soon.
Eventually, he does get a call from the Black Fox, who tells him that he's getting on his nerves. Vinnie arranges a meeting with the Black Fox in an hour in the slum buildings on the north side of the town.
The Treacherous Return[]
Alonzo's Reinforcements[]
Cold Memories[]
An Exotic Job[]
Illicit Association[]
The Hidden Chapter[]
After Vinnie, Kiro, and Shorty become a part of the United States of America's Most Wanted list, a man known as Johnson receives a call from Alonzo, congratulating him for spreading his outstanding footage regarding the Bounty Hunters. He is appreciative, and still counts on his protection from the Mafia, fearing the fact that Vinnie is tough. He gets a knock on his door, and hangs up on Alonzo to see who his unexpected visitor is.
Vinnie breaks into Johnson's apartment.
Before he could even check, his door is blown up by Vinnie with a SPAS-12 Shotgun, angered by the fact that he was compromised by the press. He continuously shoots Johnson with his Shotgun while Johnson hides behind his couch. Later, Johnson runs into his kitchen and knocks down his fridge to hide from Vinnie, while he continues to shoot Johnson with his Shotgun. After a few more shotgun shells are fired to Johnson's right hand, Vinnie takes him by the neck and Johnson tries to negotiate with him. Johnson fails to negotiate with Vinnie, who already knows everything. Vinnie headbutts him, with Johnson landing on the window and breaking it. Vinnie punches him in the face 21 times, and Johnson dies. Vinnie exits Johnson's apartment, meeting back with Shorty and Kiro, who asked to know if Johnson is dead, with Vinnie confirming his death.
Ultimatum[]
After the news regarding Vinnie killing the Commissioner started spreading like wildfire, Vinnie, Shorty, and Kiro were in a high-speed chase with the police. An officer bashes onto Vinnie's GT, then another officer on a motorcycle shoots them from behind with a Walther P99, angering Kiro. Vinnie tells him not to kill them and gives Shorty a FAMAS, and tells her to stop the cops without killing them. After Shorty is overwhelmed by reinforcements, she was shot in the arm by a sniper, surprising Vinnie. After Kiro jumped out of the car and attacked an officer, Vinnie faces a roadblock, which he successfully penetrates through. He passes by a bridge that was about to lift up to stop them from escaping and lands dangerously, but they ended up leaving Kiro behind and arrested.
Vinnie drives to Darwen's, and once they arrive, he picks up Shorty from the GT and enter Darwen's home. Vinnie wakes Darwen from his drunken state, and tell him that he was compromised, Shorty is injured, and they need a temporary place to stay. Later on, Vinnie and Darwen share some alcohol while Vinnie smokes. Vinnie heads upstairs and looks through the blinds, seeing Alonzo's henchmen instead of the cops. He heads downstairs and picks up the FAMAS to kill Alonzo's men from the windows, and he kills a total of 13 from the windows. One of Alonzo's men blew up the front door and entered, facing Vinnie all by himself, only to be killed. Then, Vinnie heads over to the kitchen with an M21 Sniper Rifle and sifts 12 of Alonzo's men.
After finishing them off, Vinnie apologizes to Darwen for the destruction of his house, which Darwen brushes off and forgives him for. Vinnie tells Darwen that some of Alonzo's men are still breathing out front, and Darwen hands him a SPAS-12 Shotgun. Vinnie heads out to the front with his Shotgun, and kills the remaining 3 henchmen mercilessly.
Vinnie looks over at his broken GT, remarking how he needs a new means of transportation. He sneaks around and eventually finds a Dodge Charger 1969, calling it the call of the beast. He walks over to it and breaks the window to enter. Once he enters, he looks at how sweet the inside of the car is, and he starts connecting wires to start the car. Once the Charger has started, he heard news about Kiro's ongoing delivery to the capital to be sentenced and drives off to the outskirts of Chicago.
On the outskirts of Chicago, Vinnie finds the truck and car that is guarding Kiro from escaping and blocks them off ahead of them. He sets up his M21 Sniper Rifle and shoots at the right tire of the police car, then both of the front tires of the truck to stop it. After stopping both vehicles, he approaches the truck. A police officer from the car slowly lifts his Walther P99, but Vinnie senses it and aims his shotgun toward the officer to stop him. Once he reached the back of the truck, he looks at Kiro and tells him how stupid he looks.
Vinnie with a Desert Eagle, ready to take on the Red Mafia Hideout.
After freeing Kiro, Vinnie drives them back to Chicago and eventually arrive at the Red Mafia's Hideout. Kiro asks him what Vinnie will do, in which he simply says he'll put a bullet into Alonzo's head. Kiro tells him it's not going to be easy, since the area is heavily guarded. Vinnie uses his binoculars to scan the area. He scans 8 men, and takes them out with his M21 Sniper Rifle. After clearing the area, Vinnie suggests that he and Kiro should split up to find Alonzo and Yuuma. Kiro runs off and Vinnie pulls out his Desert Eagle.
Vinnie kills 3 henchmen outside the entrance. He enters through the hideout's garage and kills 2 henchmen. He enters a corridor and kills 4 henchmen. Then, he enters an office, killing another. He goes through a hallway and enters a storage room with 2 henchmen and kills them. Vinnie goes through a door that leads outside, but there were too many guards, so he switched to using his M21 Sniper Rifle to kill the 6 guards that are in the way.
Vinnie in the Red Mafia Hideout.
After proceeding further, Vinnie enters what seems to be a warehouse and finds a Rocket Launcher. He goes through another door, and kills more henchmen in the way. While he was busy clearing the area, Alonzo suddenly shoots him in the head, getting him down for a little while. Yuuma praises Alonzo for successfully "killing" Vinnie, and Kiro jumps in and kills Yuuma by slicing his head in two. Alonzo shoots Kiro's hand, getting him down on his knees and looking over his hand. Alonzo threatens Kiro for cutting his hand off and was about to kill him, until Vinnie got back up and launched a rocket to Alonzo.
Vinnie killing Alonzo with 10 bullets from his Desert Eagle.
After blowing up the area and weakening Alonzo greatly, Vinnie holds him at gunpoint, telling him to say his goodbyes while Alonzo tells him to die in hell. Alonzo badmouths Vinnie constantly until he was finished shouting. Vinnie did what he had said to Kiro; he put 10 bullets into Alonzo's head, killing him mercilessly, and for good.
After it was all over, Vinnie picks Kiro back up and open the warehouse door. Kiro asks him what they should do now, and Vinnie tells him that they need a new hideout. Vinnie finally takes off his glasses, and they walk to their vehicles to return to the city.
Vinnie's glasses, left behind after the death of Alonzo and the events of Sift Heads World.
Sift Heads Cartels[]
Prologue[]
Vinnie, coming out of his disguise and revealing himself to Luzio and Rino.
While Luzio and Rino were in search for Vinnie, he shows up in front of them all so suddenly after acting as a homeless person in need of money, and coming out of his disguise with two Desert Eagles. They start an intense gunfight, in which Vinnie struggles to fight back. After a long fight, Vinnie drops his Desert Eagles and makes his escape from them with the help of Kiro on a train, acknowledging them to be tough opponents.
Vinnie makes a stop at Chicago's gun shop, saying that he underestimated his new enemies and that Alonzo looks like a child compared to them. Vinnie sets out to find their weaknesses and drives to Shorty at the safehouse.
Vinnie aiming at Luzio and Rino during the gunfight.
After arriving at the safehouse, Shorty gives him an old friend; the Beretta. Shorty tells him that if he needs something more powerful, he should head to Darwen's. Vinnie heads out to Darwen's home for a new toy, hoping for a surprise. After entering Darwen's home, he was surprised to see that Darwen left his door unlocked, but notes that he is far more dangerous than his own enemies. Vinnie follows Darwen downstairs, and he is given a new rifle with a scope.
After receiving his new toy, Vinnie heads out to meet his informant in the city. When he arrives, his informant was killed by members of the Red Mafia in a car. After dealing with the four of them, he picks up the informant's phone, finally getting the information he needed; a plantation in Brazil.
Vinnie flies to Brazil and goes to find the Red Mafia's plantation, with the intention of destroying it, one way or another. He searches around in three locations. Two of them were nothing, and the last one was where it was. He uses his binoculars to see how many guards there are. He kills the 7 guards with his rifle, and an additional 3 guards, and proceeds to the plantation. He finds an all-terrain vehicle and uses the vehicle to his advantage as he burns the plantation to harm the Red Mafia's finances.
After burning the plantation, he heads over to the village and calls Shorty and tell her that the plantation is all burned and millions are lost from the Red Mafia. Vinnie tells her that he'll be taking the next flight to Chicago soon, but unknown to him, Luzio and Rino were both at the safehouse and have Shorty at gunpoint.
Cartels - Act 1[]
In desperation, Vinnie killed anyone in his way.
After discovering that Shorty was kidnapped, Vinnie went on his own to find her by himself. He searched all around the city to find her, and eventually found a trail which led him to a place he wanted to avoid; the Crips. There, he found himself cornered and held at gunpoint.
Vinnie was surrounded by the Crips, even held at gunpoint.
He spoke to their leader about Shorty's location, with the leader of the Crips telling him to forget her and leave. Vinnie grabs his gun back from a member, shooting the Crips' leader in the chest in the process. He shoots his way out of the Hasta Club and eventually heads to a car park with a Desert Eagle.
Vinnie was shot in the stomach twice once he opened the car's trunk.
At the car park, he was met with members of the Red Mafia. He fought and shot his way through towards the higher levels of the building. It had heavy security, like they were hiding something, or someone. He gets near his destination, but was blocked by a gate, guarded by snipers. He clears the way and finally headed to his destination; a lone car with a piece of red cloth from Shorty's clothing sticking out from the trunk. Vinnie, out of desperation, opens the trunk and was only greeted with 2 shots in the gut. When he tried to get back up, he was knocked out and put in the trunk by two members of the Red Mafia.
2 days later, the two Red Mafia members brought him to a bridge. Vinnie wakes up and lights up his lighter to search his surroundings. He finds a piece of Shorty's clothing with him, and the car suddenly starts moving and falls down into the water below. Vinnie tries to get out of the trunk, and heads out by the door of the car, then he swims up to the surface. Miles away from Chicago, he searches for transportation, where he eventually found Mark's Diner, where the two members were. He enters their car, finding a sawed-off shotgun. Afterwards, he sneaks into the diner and kills the two members. He pays the cashier, apologizing for the mess he made and takes the car keys. He drives off to Chicago to find someone; a former member of the Yakuza and a trusted ally, Kiro.
Vinnie arrives at a motel and heads to the receptionist, asking for the key to Room 6. The receptionist was too busy watching TV, so Vinnie shoots the TV, forcing the receptionist to hide in fear and give him the key. After getting the key, Vinnie heads over to the room, finding Kiro, who threw a shuriken to the door in case an enemy entered. Kiro tells Vinnie he was late, and he tells him that he was tricked. Vinnie tells him what happened 2 days earlier. After catching up, Kiro asked if he still had the two bullets in his gut. Vinnie was more worried about one thing; he lost Shorty's trail. Luckily, Kiro was following him and got himself a clue on Luzio and that he rents a villa near Lakeview. They immediately prepare and leave for Luzio's villa to save Shorty.
Vinnie and Kiro's assault on the villa.
Vinnie and Kiro took a bus and crashed it on the villa's gate. It was Kiro's first time on a bus, but they had urgent matters and fought their way to the entrance. Once the area was clear, they entered and Vinnie tells Kiro to clear the second floor while he dealt with the first floor. Both cleared their areas with ease. Once all clear, Vinnie headed upstairs and found the closet where they were keeping Shorty. He meets up with Kiro, who tells him to open the door slowly. They finally found Luzio and Rino, the latter holding Shorty at gunpoint. A brief shootout ensues, and after shooting Luzio a few times and getting Rino to aim at him, Vinnie sifts Rino's head with a single bullet, killing him. Shorty gets two Glocks and shoots Luzio out the window.
Vinnie, Kiro, and Shorty reunited.
Vinnie asks if she was alright, and Shorty tells them how she waited a while. Kiro remarks at how Luzio is a smart player, and Shorty looks over to the window where he fell. Luzio was gone, it was far from over.
Cartels - Act 2[]
After Rino's death and Shorty's rescue, Vinnie, Kiro and Shorty decide to sift Luzio's head during Rino's funeral. Everything was ready for the assassination, even the rented limousine. Vinnie, Kiro and Shorty are drive to the church, but, before that, Vinnie received a call from Darwen that the Russians are looking for Vinnie. When Shorty was near the funeral, Vinnie took position by a rooftop of the building and was ready to kill Luzio with his sniper rifle, but detective Sam Lawrence stopped him and said that they will take Luzio alive, but Vinnie said that Luzio will not be in prison for long, because of lack of evidence. Vinnie and Shorty leave the funeral grounds.
Having returned to their HQ, Vinnie starts practicing his shots in the shooting range, until Kiro returned, who tells him everything about his battle against the Russians and he mentions their colossal boss with a minigun. Vinnie and Kiro head to the Russian Mafia's hideout to find someone named Ivan and kill him. In the hideout, Vinnie and Kiro kills the present Russian Mafia members and took their money, before Vinnie got a call from Darwen that his Shelby GT500 is fixed completely and got a new dress. Vinnie takes the keys from Darwen with his words; "Take her for a spin!".
Cartels - Act 3[]
After an assault on the Russian Mafia's hideout, the police were looking for Vinnie. Vinnie, in his HQ, decided to send a post for informants about Sam Lawrence with the first payment of $5000, but at the same time, Shigeru and the Yakuza found Vinnie. Shigeru started a fight against Vinnie, which ended in a draw. Shigeru got some pieces of his katana in his body. When Vinnie stood up, Jackson arrived and started covering for Shigeru, but Kiro appeared and started pursuit, while Vinnie went on his Shelby GT500. When Kiro ran out of ammo, Vinnie crashed his car into Shigeru and Jackson's car and everyone made a stop near the Yakuza's HQ, where Vinnie kills Shigeru and found out that all 3 cartels made an alliance to kill him and his crew. Vinnie decided to escape from the Yakuza HQ, but Sam Lawrence and the police caught Vinnie.
In the police station, Vinnie was interrogated by Kate Jansen, but she barely got any information from him, because she's trusting him that Vinnie can stop all cartels and criminals, but she knows that Vinnie is crossing the law. After interrogation, Vinnie was sent to jail, but not for long, because Vinnie received a sharp blade from The Supplier and took care of the Leader of the Crips and his last two members. After that, Vinnie holds one of the policemen, who was under investigation, hostage and barely escaped from prison along with Shorty, who arrived to rescue Vinnie. Vinnie and Shorty escapes with Kiro's help and they drive away quickly toward their HQ.
Cartels - Act 4/Sift Heads Rush[]
After escaping from prison, Vinnie got a new car: a Datsun and he explains to Kiro and Shorty about the alliance of their enemies. Vinnie sends Kiro to find a man, who is working with the Yakuza, while Vinnie and Shorty drive to Vinnie's old informant: Jerry. Jerry refuses to help Vinnie, because he stopped paying him for information and he's killed a lot of Jerry's men. Vinnie threatens to kill Jerry with gas and finally receives information about a new kind of drug, which all 3 cartels have made: Amon Rush and the accountant of the cartels, who knows more about Amon Rush than anyone else.
In the hotel, Vinnie, Kiro and Shorty found out info about the drug sellers, who is working with the Japanese and all of them decided to take care of the Russians first, Japanese for lunch, and Italians for dessert, but before that, Vinnie and his crew went to Darwen's, who was confused that Vinnie drove to him on a Datsun, but gave him a sniper rifle. Vinnie and his crew arrived to a drug seller. Vinnie started a fight against the drug seller and killed him, while Kiro and Shorty are checking the documents. Finding nothing in the docs, Vinnie drove to the accountant on the north of the North Trails.
When Vinnie got information from the accountant, he crosses with the Russians, who decided to avenge his brother. Vinnie shoots the Russian down and starts calling Shorty by phone, but the Russian tried to stab Vinnie, when he pinned him to the ground. Shorty arrived in the car just in time and drove the Russian's head over, saving Vinnie this way.
On the next morning, Vinnie starts driving in the storages of Amon Rush to kill members of the cartels and burn Luzio's money down. When Vinnie burnt down all of Luzio's money, he, Kiro and Shorty start waiting for the time, when it comes to finish Luzio and Jackson off, but they don't know that Luzio and Jackson came to Darwen and killed him. When Vinnie, Kiro and Shorty arrived at Darwen's, they found his corpse and a message from Luzio and Jackson to visit them in the port, in Dock 28. Vinnie buries Darwen on the shore of his favorite lake and payed his respects to him while Kiro and Shorty waited. Vinnie was burning with rage and a death wish to kill Luzio and Jackson for killing Darwen.
Vinnie, Kiro, and Shorty arrived at the port, where everything will come to an end. Vinnie took some explosive kunai from Kiro and he goes to Dock 28, where he starts killing all members of the cartels. After killing all members of the cartels, Vinnie starts going to the storage, to Luzio, but one of the surviving members of the Yakuza appeared behind Vinnie and gave him a deep cut on the back. It didn't kill Vinnie, but killed the Yakuza member, Vinnie was staying near the door, and Jackson decided to use this opportunity to kill Vinnie, but Kiro killed Jackson first. Kiro and Shorty approached Vinnie and gave him an opportunity to finish Luzio off.
Vinnie entered the storage, where Luzio's explosive gave him some scars on the body, while Luzio calls Vinnie and kills the last Yakuza member. Vinnie found strength to finish Luzio off. Vinnie starts going to retrieve his assault rifle, but Luzio uses a magnet and took Vinnie's rifle from him. Vinnie grabbed a piece of glass and stabbed Luzio's hand to deactivate the magnet and return his rifle. In the gunfight, Vinnie mortally injures Luzio. Luzio starts telling Vinnie that Chicago belongs to him, and him alone, but Vinnie used the magnet and tells him to "say hi to Alonzo" for him and drops the magnet on Luzio, killing him. Vinnie, Kiro, and Shorty start leaving the port, but they come across Sam Lawrence and Kate Jansen. The Inspectors covered up all trails of Vinnie and his crew's activity for a reward and thanks them for helping to clear the Amon Rush drugs and killing Luzio. Vinnie, Kiro, and Shorty start walking away, before Sam tells them that they have to keep the car as evidence that Vinnie and his crew no longer exist, but Vinnie reassures that Sam doesn't need to worry, since he has another one.
Relationships with other Protagonists[]
Shorty[]
Vinnie met Shorty on a beach and they both fell in love with one another. Vinnie admires how Shorty is terrific at shooting and for always knowing what to do for fun. In Sift Heads 4 when Vinnie was bored after eliminating all the criminals in Chicago and there was nothing left to do, Shorty suggested that Vinnie should go on vacation by sifting heads — but on an international level this time. Another time, Vinnie received help from Shorty due to being unable to sift heads alone when he was infiltrating a base and needed backup in Shorty Covers. Vinnie cares a lot for Shorty and this is evident from the time he rescued Shorty when she was captured by Kiro (during the events of Sift Heads 5), the Crips, and the Red Mafia (during the events of Sift Heads Cartels - Act 1), and also took care of her when she was injured in Sift Heads World: Act 7 - Ultimatum.
Kiro[]
Vinnie was ordered by a chief in the Yakuza to kill Kienji, Kiro's younger brother, to cover up a conspiracy between Yuuma and the Triads. Kiro was trying to kill him after the murder of several members of the Triads, but Vinnie defeated him. He spared the defeated samurai and told him to "not to kill someone who is paid, but the one who is paying." Later, when Kiro confronted some Yakuzas, Vinnie reappeared and shot the leader, leaving the rest for Kiro. Afterwards, Kiro met with Vinnie again, as he had his own enemies as well. Eventually, Kiro decided to shake off his hatred for Vinnie and became his partner instead.
Vinnie holding Kiro at gunpoint after defeating him in Chicago's Junkyard.
Formerly enemies, Vinnie and Kiro eventually became trusted allies, and Kiro proved to be a formidable assassin to the gang. However, the two mostly poke fun at each other at times around. Vinnie is also annoyed by Kiro for making fun of him for living in the past; when Kiro started to ask about his age, Vinnie tells Kiro to throw himself out of the car, prompting Kiro to stop annoying Vinnie.
Vinnie also stopped Kiro from trying to kill police officers due to his fuel of rage, opting to stop them with non-lethal tactics. When Kiro was arrested, Vinnie rescued him to help him kill Alonzo and Yuuma.
During Sift Heads: Street Wars - Prologue, Vinnie started to tease Kiro for guarding the safe house. Kiro just explained that if they left the safe house unprotected, it might be blown up again.
Appearances[]
| Game | Playable | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sift Heads | Yes | |
| Vinnie's Shooting Yard | Unknown (Possibly Yes) | |
|
Yes |
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| Shorty Covers | No | Cameo |
| Yes (Ending only) | ||
| Sift Renegade | No | Seen in the picture of the ending |
| Sift Renegade 2 | No | Appear in the beginning and near the end |
| Sift Heads World | Yes | |
| Sift Heads Street Wars | Yes | |
| Sift Heads Assault | Yes | |
| Sift Heads Cartels | Yes | |
| Sift Heads Reborn | Yes | |
| Sift Heads Rush | Yes |
Characters killed by Vinnie[]
| Name | Reason | Game |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Cat | Ripping off his Teddy Bear, Mobo's head. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| A child in a nursery | Stole Vinnie's toy car. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| Unnamed Teacher | Just so that Vinnie wouldn't go to school. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| Two cops | To evade capture. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| Eligio White | A bounty for kidnapping the son of a police chief and underboss of gray mafia. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| "The Shadow" | Illegal weapons dealer. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| Angelo | To save Tony on the orders of Red Mafia Boss. | Sift Heads 1 (also remasterized) |
| Tony & Morreli | Attempting to kill them after quitting the Red Mafia. | Sift Heads 1 (also remasterized) |
| Gray Mafia Boss | To prove his skills and to put an end on the Grey Mafia. | Sift Heads 1 (also remasterized) |
| Ralph Ducan | For sending corrupt police units after him. | Sift Heads 3 |
| Kienji | Hired by the Yakuza under the false belief of Kienji starting a rebellion. | |
| The traitor of the Yakuza | To save Kiro. | Sift Renegade 2 |
| Mr. Johnson | For sending a video of the Police Commissioner's Murder to the media and putting his team on most wanted list. | Sift Heads World Act 0: Hidden Chapter |
| Alonzo | Killed for repeated attempts on his life. | Sift Heads World Act 7: Ultimatum |
| Rino | To save Shorty. | Sift Heads Cartels: Act 1 |
| Shigeru | Counter-strike. | Sift Heads Cartels: Act 3 |
| The leader of Crips | Tried and failed to get revenge on Vinnie. | Sift Heads Cartels: Act 3 |
| Drug Seller | For working with the cartels. | Sift Heads Rush |
| The Russian | For attempting to kill him. Assisted by Shorty. | Sift Heads Rush |
| Luzio | For attempting to kill him and to avenge Darwen's death. | Sift Heads Rush |
Trivia[]
- Vinnie likes R&B and classic rock music, cars & weapons.
- Vinnie has been fascinated with the Mustang Shelby GT500 Eleanor for a very long time.
- Before Sift Heads World: Act 1 - Deadly Newcomer, Vinnie's favorite gun was a Beretta 92 FS. Now, it seems to have changed to a Desert Eagle.
- Vinnie's first ever kill was his cat, whose name is still unconfirmed. This is non-canon, and as of the time of writing, Vinnie's canonical first-ever kill is still unknown.
- On the Main Menu screen of Sift Heads 2, Vinnie seems to be exiting a BMW E46 M3 instead of a Shelby GT500 E.
- His eyes are never shown throughout the entire series, usually being covered by his signature glasses.
- However, his eyes were seen in one of the game over screens in Sift Heads 2, when Vinnie was shot in the head.
- In Sift Heads World: Act 7-Ultimatum, when Vinnie throws away his glasses, he briefly reveals himself to look like a regular NPC (No eyes).
- Vinnie always fights the thug who holds Claire at gunpoint in a fist fight at the end of Sift Heads World: Act 4 - Cold Memories, regardless of who the player chooses to play as at the beginning of the game.
- Vinnie has only been voiced in two games, Sift Heads, and the spin-off game, Vinnie's Rampage.
- Vinnie shows no remorse after killing Kienji (he later claimed it was merely business and never personal) but would show remorse when the Black Fox died, which shows how cold Vinnie could be, considering his past as a bounty hunter.
- Darwen makes a reference of Vinnie by saying "it isn't easy living with a natural born killer", a reference to Vinnie's own acquaintance of murder.
- Vinnie is unaware of Kiro entering the bathroom when Shorty is bathing.
- Vinnie bears some resemblance to Agent 47, the main character in the Hitman series. Both are hired guns (Vinnie is a bounty hunter, 47 is a Hitman). Both have been sent around the world to kill targets. And both have a female partner (47 with Diana, Vinnie with Shorty).
- For some unknown reasons, Vinnie is missing his head scar in Rush despite the game's official banner, this could be explained that after Act 3 of Cartels, he used stitches to cover his scar.
- In the 3rd Intel of Sift Heads Rush, Vinnie's height is 5'11", his weight is 87kg, and his age is claimed to be 40-50 years old.
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