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Actors: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Timothy Daly, Taye Diggs
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Basic |
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BASIC is a military thriller directed by John McTiernan in 2003.
John Travolta is a DEA agent asked by his friend, colonel Styles, to discover what has really happened during a training exercise along the Panama canal. Only two cadets have survived the exercise organized by the hard-edged sergeant West. Travolta and Captain Connie Nielsen will question them during six hours about the tragic event but their versions are contradictory. One of them tells Travolta that West had discovered that some of the cadets were drug dealers, provoking a situation that degenerated into a blood bath.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Basic |
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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 - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- corrupt military
- drug dealers
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- very short/crewcut (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling 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:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Central
Jungles?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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