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Actors: Billy Zane, Ray Wise, Pamela Gidley
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Billy Zane plays a crazy race car driver, out to beat the landspeed record. The race is being held at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, north of Reno. The location is flat, hot, and dry, with not a bump or curve to stop the cars from reaching outrageously high speeds. These cars are basically rocketcars using rocket fuel and turbines not car engines. The challenge is to reach Mach 2, twice the speed of sound. Other drivers are there, but one by one they drop out for whatever reason, until it comes down to Billy Zane and one other driver, the only other one with any real chance of breaking the sound barrier. Other characters include, Billy Zane's pit chief, who happens to be his father, and Pamely Gidley, who switches team when she realizes where her royalty really lies.
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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 - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Sports story?
- auto racing
Yes
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- athlete
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- businessman, small
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
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?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Desert?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 1
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 ()
Unusual forms of death
- visually blown into pieces
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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