Actors: Madeline Stowe, Norman Reedus, Bijou Phillips
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Octane
Madeline Stowe plays Senga, a woman divorced from her husband. Bijou Phillips plays her daughter Natalie. Senga is driving her daughter to spend some time with her father some six hours away from where they live. They meet at a roadside restaurant. They have a disagreement when her father buys her tickets to a weekend trip, when her mother said she couldn't go. The father drives away in disgust and the daughter stomps off into the restaurant. Only when Senga gets there she can't find her. She looks all over and finally sees her daughter boarding an RV with some shady looking characters. She tries to get the local police to help her but they stonewall her. When a cop finally talks to her they claim the daughter is with the father and that no prior missing persons claim was filed. It's starting to seem like a conspiracy. All she knows is that her daughter has hooked up with some bad people and she has to get her back.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Octane
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 30% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- long, straight (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- gang
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southwest
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
