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Actors: Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Davis, Olivia Williams, Holt McCallany
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Below |
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BELOW is a movie cowritten (with Darren Aronofsky) and directed by David Twohy in 2002.
Bruce Greenwood and his crew take in nurse Olivia Williams and two survivors after their medical ship has sunk. As soons as Olivia enters the submarine, strange things begin to happen inside as if the sub was haunted by something. Soon mechanical problems, german attacks and hallucinations get on the nerves of the crew.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Below |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 60%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- haunted house or boat
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- navy soldier
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Water?
Yes
Water:
- submarining
- scuba under
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of torture
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- frying (electrocuted)
- drowned
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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