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Actors: Robert Chapin, Joe Don Baker, Carol Alt, Gary Kasper, Jim Pirri, Elena Carter
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Ring of Steel |
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A champion fencer accidentally kills somebody in a tournament, then falls in with an underground swordfighting club where the game is for real. Lots of varieties of swordfighting, and an amusing incident with a fantasy role player.
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Ring of Steel |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very obvious
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 20%
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- athlete
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- tougher
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
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Specific kind of enemies?
- captors
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- fat (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?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- karate chop
- hand to hand
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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