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Actors: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Courage Under Fire |
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A very interesting and true film. Opens during the Gulf War with Colonel Natan Serling accidentaly ordering an attack on one of his own tanks. He is subsequently sent home and assigned to investigate candidates for the Medal of Honor. His assigned candidate: The first woman to ever be nominated. Meg Ryan plays her well, as the Army pilot who saves the lives of her own men, and saves the lives of others, only to be betrayed by her own and left to die. Filled with plenty of action, and a riveting storyline. An excellent movie for all to see.
--Evan, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Courage Under Fire |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- Desert Storm
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- military on trial
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- muscular (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinoa
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- hostile arabs
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
- fort/military installation
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- air battles
- land battles
- mission to rescue
- mission to destroy something
- mission to protect something
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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