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Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Original Sin
A man becomes obsessed with the mail-order-bride who has conned him out of his money and left, but when he discovers she wasn't who she said she was, his infatuation turns to rage as he goes on a mission of vengeance in this sexy, taut cat-and-mouse thriller.
--Michelle Yusuf, Resident Scholar


Analysis of Original Sin
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - distant past
Crime & Scandal Yes
Story of - criminals stealing from other criminals
Blackmail & Seduction? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - business executive
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) muscular
Unclothed? - Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - actor
Eccentric: Yes - wild - eccentric - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type - (woman) average
unclothed? - chest and buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - General Europe

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel... - challenged
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - touching of personal anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - seeing breasts - seeing nude female butt - seeing nude male butt - sex under blankets
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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