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Speed 2: Cruise Control Movie Review

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Actors: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Speed 2: Cruise Control
Annie Porter (Bullock) takes a pleasure cruise with her boyfriend (Patric) when the boat is hijacked by a computer genius (Dafoe). The crew and passengers are taken hostage, as the ship and its controls are completely under the control of the computer mastermind. The boat must be evacuated to save most of the passengers, but Bullock and Patric do everything in their power to try stop Dafoe.

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Analysis of Speed 2: Cruise Control
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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)
Disaster, big vehicle Yes
Kind of vehicle: - boat

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - long, wavey (woman)
Body type - ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) very short/crewcut
Body type - muscular (man)
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Hair color - blonde
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - very athletic
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Water? Yes
Water: - pleasure/love boat

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel... - challenged
How many deaths in film? - 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets? - 9 ()
Kind of violence: - mission to rescue
Any profanity? - Some foul language
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