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Actors: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about No Way Out |
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Tom Farrell (Costner) is a navy officer who gets posted to the Pentagon and is to report to the Secretary of Defense David Brice (Hackman). At a party he meets Susan Atwell (Young) and they are immediately attracted to one another. Tom has no idea that Susan is Brice's mistress and the two begin a relationship. When Brice finds out that Susan is involved with another man, not knowing it's Tom, he accidentally kills Susan in a fit of jealousy. With the help of his aide Scott Pritchard (Patton) they cover it up. Together they concoct a plot to help keep Brice's identity as her lover a secret.
Lt. Cmdr. Farrell is assigned the case of finding her killer and he is told that the culprit is believed to be KGB. Tom of course knows it's all a ruse as he was leaving Susan's house when an angry Brice arrived on the night of the murder. However things take a turn for the worst when a half developed photo of Tom from an instamatic camera is recovered at Susan's house. He must race against the clock to figure out what to do as the computer techs are working to regenerate the photograph.
--Patti Illsley, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of No Way Out |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Somewhat obvious
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- finding a spy/saboteur
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Special suspect?
- investigator him/herself
Kind of mystery?
- police procedural
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
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
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
- wealthy
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- mental battles
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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