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Actors: Charlie Sheen, Christopher McDonald, Natassja Kinski
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Terminal Velocity |
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Charlie Sheen plays a sky diver (Ditch), a thrill seeker, who frequently jumps for entertainment. One day a pretty girl comes to the airport wanting to have a lesson, RIGHT NOW. He agrees to take her up. Just as they are getting ready to dive, it seems like she has gone ahead on her own. He quickly jumps but cannot catch her and she seemingly dives to her death. The local police start investigating Ditch for manslaughter charges. He's getting very nervous until she suddenly turns up, alive! It seems she is a Russian agent working for their government. She is after a rogue organization that is trying to make a coup against the Russian government. At the same time, they are after her, which is why she fakes her death. It doesn't fool them, though, and she has to somehow stay out of sight and foil their plans at the same time. She takes Ditch along for the ride, who also needs to take her back to the authorities to prove he didn't cause her death. The story takes place in and around Tucson, Arizona. One scene takes place at the "airplane graveyard" in Arizona where military planes are scrapped.
--BethG, 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 - 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
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- main char doing spying/sabotage
The terrorist enemy is...
- commies!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
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...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southwest
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 ()
Kind of violence:
- guns
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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