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Actors: Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-Kee Ahn
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Nowhere to Hide |
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NOWHERE TO HIDE is a Korean movie written and directed by Myung-se Lee in 1999.
Police inspectors John Woo and Kim investigate the murder of a drug dealer. They soon learn that Chang is the murderer. During 40 days, they will run after him but Chang is always two steps ahead of the police inspectors.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Nowhere to Hide |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 70%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Criminal enemy is...
- drug dealers
If this is a criminal POV story...
- bad criminals on the run
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- the Koreas
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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