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Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Melanie Griffith, Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton,
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Shade |
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Vernon (Townsend) is young mechanic -- a card sharp who is able to manipulate the deck -- who is working as a grifter. The team who has recruited him to help them cheat at high stakes private poker games are Charlie Miller (Byrne) and the beautiful Tiffany (Newton). They will do almost any scam to make a buck. But it becomes increasingly unclear as to who's scamming who. Vernon eventually gets the opportunity to unseat The Dean (Stallone), the best mechanic in the country who may be retiring from the circuit.
The story is superbly entertaining and the cast is magnificent. It shows the fine line that exists between magicians and professional card sharps. Casting well into the so-called smaller roles is great with a supporting cast including Hal Holbrook, Charles Rocket, Dina Merrill, and Michael Dorn. (There was one irritating guy who looked like The Rock's younger brother and was trying to affect Christopher Walken. Didn't work.)
If you like a good tale with lots of fast moving, sleight of hand storytelling and action, then this is your film.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Shade |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- thief/con-artist
If this is a criminal POV story...
- white collar fraud/con man
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- gambler
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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