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Actors: Scott Wiper, Andre Braugher, Lou Diamond Phillips, Natasha Henstridge
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Better Way to Die |
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A BETTER WAY TO DIE is a movie written and directed by Scott Wiper in 2000.
Boomer has just quit the Chicago police department and is heading for Cedar Falls where his girlfriend Kelly is waiting for him. On his way, he meets Flash, a private detective searching for Harrison James, a spy working for the FBI who has disappeared since a week. Flash is soon killed by a bunch of assassins who take Boomer for Harrison James. When Boomer's girlfriend is murdered, he will try to find the real Harrison James. But will the organisation Harrison James has betrayed leave Boomer enough time to clear up the tragic misunderstanding ?
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Better Way to Die |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 80%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- finding a spy/saboteur
The terrorist enemy is...
- spies
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- government investigator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Chicago
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- impaled
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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