Actors: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard, Luis Guzman, Carla Gugino
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Snake Eyes
SNAKE EYES is a movie co-written, produced and directed by Brian DePalma in 1998.
Atlantic City. Ricky Santoro is a cool corrupt cop attending the heavy weight boxing championship in a local casino arena. Just before the beginning of the fight, he meets Kevin Dunne, an old army friend, who's in charge of the security of the Secretary of Defense who's present in the public. The politician is shot during the fight and Kevin kills the murderer, a palestinian terrorist. After having checked the videos of the surveillance cameras, Santoro is convinced that the killer was not alone and that there was a conspiracy at work that peculiar evening.
Not the best DePalma but still interesting. Great cinematography with a 20 minutes long initial non-stop travelling.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Snake Eyes
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- investigating murder of politician(s)
- finding a killer/saboteur/criminal/spy
- breaking up an evil organization
Sports story?
- boxing
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Sports story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
- corrupt military
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
