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Actors: Patrick Muldoon, Roy Scheider, Michael Biehn, Maria Conchita Alonso
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Chain Of Command |
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After saving the President-elect from an assassan on an airliner, Secret Service agent Connelly (Patrick Muldoon) is transfered to protecting the briefcase that contains the nuclear launch codes: "the football".
When President Jack Cahill (Roy Scheider) travels to meet a buisnessman on his cruise ship off the Chinese coast, Connelly traels with him. But soon, the businessman has his secuirty chief Craig Thornton (Michael Biehn) kill the secret service agents and take the football.
With the football in the hands of a man who wants a nuclear war between the U.S. one missile gets fired towards the Chinese capital. Vice-President Gloria Valdez (Maria Conchita Alonso) desperately tries to keep the Chinese from firing an all out nuclear strike, but they too fire a nuclear missle at Washington D.C.
With two cities destroyed and the U.S. and China on the brink of war, Connelly must take back control of the football and save millions from a nuclear war.
--Matthew W. Kresal , Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Chain Of Command |
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Plot
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:
- managing/preventing conflict with other nations
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- Preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
The terrorist enemy is...
- billionaire/big corp
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Turkish
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- terrorist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- warship
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
- air force one
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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