Actors: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Romeo is Bleeding
Jack Grimaldi (Oldman) is a crooked cop engaging in a very difficult arrangement. He seemingly is doing his job, while also getting paid by the mob to sell information about the whereabouts of people in the witness-protection program. Ostensibly, this is to make a better life for his family, bankrolled by the funds he buries in the garden. His home life isn't any less complicated. He is cheating on his wife (Sciorra) with an eager mistress (Lewis).
Things go awry when he meets a female mob member named Mona Demarkov (Olin), a sexy and smouldering assasin. She has been arrested, charged with the deaths of two of his colleagues. His bosses in law enforcement want her alive. The mob wants her dead. Because he is obsessed with Mona, she plays her sexuality as a trump card to get Grimaldi to do her bidding.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Romeo is Bleeding
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 70% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
- Mafia conflict
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- very skinny (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
How much in movie?
- 80%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Kind of violence:
- mental battles
- guns
- knives
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
