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Actors: Jason Scott Lee, Esai Morales, Sandrine Holt, Eru Potaka-Dewes,
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Rapa Nui |
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This story is set on Easter Island, among the people who built those giant heads. It seems the great chief believes that if they build enough giant heads, the gods will send a white canoe which will take them somewhere. Therefore, the high priest has the tribe of oppressed head carvers (short-ears) carve the biggest head ever. Meawhile, time is coming for the annual competition in which each tribe sends one man to swim to a small island and bring back a certain bird's egg to determine who will be chief. The chief's champion is in love with a girl from the short-ear tribe, who already has a short-ear suitor, who also used to be a friend of this guy. The short-ears are getting a bit upset at their situation, as they are being over-worked and under-fed, and demand to take part in the competition. Things come to a climactic head in the competition and everything falls apart, and this explains why there were no trees and no people on the island when it was discovered soon after by Europeans. Interesting mix of Asian, Pacific Islander, Australian Aborigine, and Latino actors is occassionally distracting, but the drama and scenery is effective enough to make it worth watching.
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Rapa Nui |
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 17th century
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- power struggle between good/bad govt factions
- deposing an evil leader
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- searching for treasure
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- athlete
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- fat (man)
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- slave
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Specific kind of enemies?
- tyrants
- corrupt local officials
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
unclothed?
- chest and buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Pacific Islands
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
- falling off
Water?
Yes
Water:
- swimming on
- sail boat
Island?
Yes
Island:
- Pacific Island
Misc setting
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to destroy something
- hand to hand
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- eaten
- crushed
- impaled
- perforation--swords/knives
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
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