Actors: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, J. T. Walsh, Oliver Platt, David Suchet, Joe Morton
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Executive Decision
EXECUTIVE DECISION is a movie directed by Stuart Baird in 1996.
A group of kidnappers lead by David Suchet skyjacks a civilian airplane heading to Washington D.C. Hidden in the baggage hold, there are enough chemical weapons to erase the american eastern coast from the world map. A team of U.S. soldiers tries to enter the plane while it is flying over the Atlantic.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Executive Decision
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- terrorist
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Arab
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
- Greece
- England/UK
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
- skyjacking
- warplane
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
