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Actors: Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Under Siege 2: Dark Territory |
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Electronics guru (Bogosian) hijacks the Grand Continental passenger train to use it to sell his high powered satellite to the highest bidder. Ryback's (Seagal's) daughter is one of the captives and he is determined to get her back using all means possible. One other problem is the Grand Continental is on a collision course with a freight train hauling gasoline. Is it possible for Ryback to save his daughter and avoid a head on collision at the same time?
--Steve Polizzi, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 70%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Disaster, big vehicle
Yes
Kind of vehicle:
- train
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- navy soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- skinny (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 8 ()
Kind of violence:
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
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