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Actors: Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Assignment |
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Based on a screenplay directly written for the screen, THE ASSIGNMENT is a movie directed by Christian Duguay in 1997.
Naval Officer Annibal Ramirez does have a tremendous resemblance with international terrorist Carlos "The Jackal". A CIA member, Donald Sutherland, and an israelian officer, Ben Kingsley, will train him in order that Ramirez could be able to fool the Russian Secret Services and make them believe that Carlos has joined the ranks of the West.
A remarkable movie.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Assignment |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
The terrorist enemy is...
- terrorist group
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- navy soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- red
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- 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?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
unclothed?
- chest and buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinoa
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
- France
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Canada
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- licking
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- karate chop
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- frying (electrocuted)
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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