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Actors: Sylvester Stallone
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cliffhanger
Sylvester climbs up and falls down a mountain in an effort to stop a bankrobber and rescue his girlfriend.
--steve, Resident Scholar


Analysis of Cliffhanger
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%



Time/Era of Movie: - 1980's-1999
Technology/treasure/info search Yes
involving: - money/gems/treasure
Wilderness adventure Yes
Plotlets: - climbing tall mountain

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Hair color - bald
Hair type - (man) bald
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails - falling off - climbing with ropes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel... - excited
How many deaths in film? - 4-8
Kind of violence: - guns - knives
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