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Actors: Benicio Del Toro, James Caan, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, Ryan Phillippe
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Way of the Gun |
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Two criminals kidnap the pregnant surrogate mother of a rich, powerful money launderer. The kidnappers want $15 million. The rich man sends the money along with a bunch of his goons. The kidnappers manage to shoot most of the men, but the head bagman, who turns out to be the girl's father, is able to take the kidnappers down. He shoots them in the legs, but he lets them live. He returns the girl, the baby and the money to the rich man. The two kidnappers are left laying on the ground bleeding, much worse off than they were before.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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THE WAY OF THE GUN is a movie written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie in 2000.
Benicio Del Toro and Ryan Phillippe kidnap Juliette Lewis, a young woman who for $1 million has agreed to be a surrogate mother. But the paying father is a powerful gangster who is not happy at all. The end of the journey for Benicio and Ryan will be a brothel in Mexico where they will wait for the baby to come.
Highly recommended. Directed by the writer of THE USUAL SUSPECTS's screenplay.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Way of the Gun |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal becomes sensitive
- criminal kidnappers
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
Hair color?
- blonde
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
- short/standard curly (man)
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- a criminal organization
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
Desert?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- mission to protect something
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
- A lot of foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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