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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Dead Pool |
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Inspector Callahan uncovers a game called the dead pool in which a small group of people write down the names of 8 celebrities. Whovever names the most celebrities that die within a certain day wins. When Callahan's name turns up on the list he must find out who is killing off celebrities before it is too late.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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This is the fifth installment in the Harry Callahan saga, THE DEAD POOL is a movie directed by Buddy Van Horn in 1988.
Dirty Harry will have to deal with two major problems in this episode. Firstly, the local mob boss wants him dead since Harry testified against him in court. But it appears that the different hitmen sent by the jailed Lou Janero don't know what Harry is capable to do in order to protect his life. The second task of Harry is to find and catch the killer who murders one by one the people appearing on the Dead Pool list of horror movies director Liam Neeson. Since Harry's name is on this list, the San Francisco cop has a personal interest in the case.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 45%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 25%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
- hunted by killer/stalker
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- British
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- karate chop
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
- run over
- flamed
- impaled
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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