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Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Art of War
An undercover agent is framed for the murder of a politician, and the relationship between China and the U.S. is failing. He also must find out how to prove his innocence.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar


Analysis of The Art of War
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%



Time/Era of Movie: - present (2000-2010)
Legal/Political Thriller? Yes
Political Plotlets: - investigating murder of politician(s) - finding a killer/saboteur/criminal/spy - managing/preventing conflict with other nations

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - spy
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair style - short/standard curly (man)
Body type - muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type - average (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality - Chinese

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Specific kind of enemies? - big business interests
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type - skinny (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings

Setting
City? Yes
City: - New York - Dirty, grimy (like New York) - dangerous - wealthy
Misc setting - building

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel... - excited
How many deaths in film? - 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets? - 3 (some)
Kind of violence: - hand to hand - guns
Unusual forms of death - crushed - impaled - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity? - Some foul language
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