Actors: Treat Williams, Paul Schulze, Seymour Cassel
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Handgun
Seymore Cassel plays an aging con who has just made parole. He and his buddies go out and pull "one last job" and rob a bank. They get away with half a million dollars. Well not quite. Most of the gang is killed along with several bank security men. "Dad" goes into hiding with one of his pals. In the meantime, his two sons have been estranged from their dad and barely talk to each other. This is Treat Williams (George) and Paul Schultze (Michael). But with a half a million dollars hanging in the balance, maybe it is time to make amends. The two try to figure out how they can get the money. George himself is an ex-con with street smarts. Michael, though he considers himself a businessman, is really just a sleaze bilking old people by selling them phony cemetery plots. No better than George, really. They aren't the only ones who want the old man's money. Two sleazy cops who don't feel like working for a living decide to go after the money. And the old man's old pals think they want it too. The brothers are stalked because the vultures think that they'll lead them to the money.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Handgun
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 30% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- being chased by crooks who want treasure/$$$$
Criminal enemy is...
- thief/con-artist
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals stealing from other criminals
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (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
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- very skinny (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
