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Actors: William Petersen, John Pankow, Willem Dafoe, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Steve James, Robert Downey Sr., Dean Stockwell
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about To Live and Die in L.A. |
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Richard Chance is a hot-dog Secret Service agent whose aging partner and mentor, Jimmy Hart, is days away from retirement. As a last action, Hart decides to take down Eric Masters, a counterfeiter. While at Masters's desert compund, Hart is killed by Masters in a very brutal manner. Chance becomes obsessed with revenge, and as he aims toward his goal, his behavior becomes more and more criminal. An overlooked film.
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
- vigilante hunting down criminal(s)
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard curly (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- muscular (man)
unclothed?
- chest and buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- prison
- resort/hotel
- building
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?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
- seeing full frontal--men
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 5 ()
Kind of violence:
- mission to destroy something
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Techno/disco
Is this movie based on a
- book
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