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Actors: Russell Crowe, Youki Kudoh, Kenji Isomura
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Heaven's Burning |
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Midori (Youki Kudoh) and Yukio (Kenji Isomura) are Japanese newlyweds on the final night of their honeymoon in Australia. Midori, reluctant to return to her oppressive life, arranges to disappear and makes it look like a kidnapping. While in the bank to get funds, she iS kidnapped in a botched robbery as the would-be crooks flee. The get-away driver is Colin (Russell Crowe). The men want to kill her; Colin refuses to hear of it. The situation spins out of control. As this transpires, Yukio dsicovered he has been duped. He is furious that his bride has cuckolded him and plots revenge.
Colin and Midori go on the lam across Australia with a host of people – the police, Yukio and the crooks chasing them.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Heaven's Burning |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- crazed boy/girlfriend/spouse
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals portrayed sympathetically on the run
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
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
- Japanese
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Australia
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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