Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Rapid Fire
Brandon Lee plays Jake Lo, a student majoring in art. After drawing a model's portrait in a class she approaches him and asks him out on a date. Jake shows up at this art studio and is witness to a murder by Mafia kingpin Antonio Serrano. He is arrested and put into the witness protection program. Jake then finds himself betrayed by the federal agents who were supposed to protect him. Now chased by feuding drug lords and crooked federal agents, Jake is helped by one Chicago cop Mace Ryan (Powers Boothe).
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Rapid Fire
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 40% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
- drug dealers
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- Chicago
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- karate chop
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- diced
- crushed
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
