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Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Simon Yam, Danny Keogh
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Wake of Death |
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WAKE OF DEATH was co-written and directed by Philippe Martinez in 2004.
Kim, a 14 years old girl, witnesses the murder of her mother by her father Sun Quan, a member of the Hong Kong triads. She runs away, takes the first boat she can find and lands in Los Angeles. There, she's taken care of by Cynthia Archer, a social worker who brings Kim to her home. Soon, Sun Quan also arrives in L.A. where he's told by Mac Hoggins, a policeman who uses to help Sun Quan's organisation to sell off heroin in the U.S., that Kim is at Archer's. Sun Quan kills Cynthia and his parents but doesn't manage to take Kim back. Ben Archer (Van Damme) and his french friends decide to take the law into their own hands and torture Mac Hoggins in order to know who's responsible for the murders. Archer will finally find Sun Quan in the Los Angeles harbor for a bloody and explosive final.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Wake of Death |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- vigilante hunting down criminal(s)
Criminal enemy is...
- drug dealers
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- very short/crewcut (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
How much in movie?
- 40%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude male butt
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
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