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Actors: Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Mexican |
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In this comedy a criminal is in love with a woman. She is starting to dislike him becasue of his criminal ways. He assures here that he is only doing one last job. His last job is to head to Mexico and steal an ancient pistol. Things start to go wrong when his contact dies and he gets lost. Also, back home his girlfriend is kidnapped by a hitman. He struggles to say alive and complete his job, none the wiser to the fact that his girlfriend is in danger.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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Not just a romantic caper film, "The Mexican" concerns a young couple that just can't get along because he's in thrall to a crime boss who sends him to Mexico to fetch a valuable, historic pistol with a supposed curse on it, and she wants him out of that business. She breaks up with him and heads to Vegas but is taken hostage by a killer whose bosses want to make sure her boyfriend completes his mission. Meanwhile, Pitt has a terrible time locating and holding onto the gun. There's quite a bit of violence as well as laughs, and the movie's a bit exhaustingly long for its genre, but it's got a great soundtrack, some astounding plot twists, and James Gandolfini is surprisingly moving and funny as Roberts' killer-captor.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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A man has to go to Mexico to pick up a gun and deliver it to another man, but problems come up when the bad guys take his girlfriend hostage.
--Diane, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Mexican |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Escape/Rescue?
- escape/rescue from kidnapper(s)
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
City?
Yes
City:
- Las Vegas
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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