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Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Big Hit |
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Four hitmen are looking for money. They decide to kidnap a rich Japanese man's daughter. It turns out she is also the goddaughter of their boss. One of the men, Cisco backstabs the group and blames it on Mel Smiley, one of the other hitmen. Mel then tries to survive and he also finds himself falling in love with the girl.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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A group of hitmen plan an authorized kidnapping of a Chinese teenage girl. As it turns out, she is the goddaughter of their boss. The hitman who planned the kidnapping (Phillips) rats out his best friend and fellow hitman (Wahlberg). Wahlberg than falls in love with his hostage and together they try to get away from Phillips who was ordered to kill Wahlberg.
--Nick Bisceglia, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal/victim falls in love with victim/criminal
- criminal kidnappers
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
- gang conflict
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
- bad criminals on the run
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- bounty hunter
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- red
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- 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
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- bounty hunter
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
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?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
- wealthy
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- seeing nude male butt
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 ()
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
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