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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Absolute Power |
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While an aging thief is in the process of robbing a mansion, he hides in a secret room and witnesses the President of the U.S. killing his mistress, who happens to be his best friend's wife. Trying to scare him away, the secret service tries to kill the thief's daughter. The thief refuses to run, he decides to take the President down. The thief, putting himself at risk of being arrested for robbery, explains everything to the mistress's husband. The husband visits the President and kills him with the same letter opener that was used to killed his wife.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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Luther Whitney is a master thief who one night breaks into a mansion. He finds a vault filled with all sorts of valuables. The vault is equipped with a two-way mirror with a view of the outside room. Luther is almost finished when he sees two people stumble into the room. Their sex soon becomes violent, and then the woman is dead. The man involved is the President of the United States.
--, Resident Scholar
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In this movie, Clint Eastwood plays a cat burglar who witnesses a heinous crime while in the middle of pulling a job. The crime involves the president of the United States and his latest girlfriend. Only the girl ends up dead at the hands of the Secret Service and they try hard to cover it up. Gene Hackman plays the president. Ed Harris is the cop assigned to try to find the criminal.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Absolute Power |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- finding a killer/saboteur/criminal/spy
- President abusing power
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 60's-90's
Hair color?
- white
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- average build (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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