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Actors: Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones, John Heard, Pam Grier, Dennis Franz
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Package |
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THE PACKAGE is a movie directed by Andrew Davis (The Fugitive) in 1989.
As the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. have just signed a treaty requiring the destruction of their mutual nuclear weapons, Sgt. Johnny Gallagher is asked to transfer the soldier Walter Henke from Berlin to Arlington. At the airport, Henke escapes and disappears. With the help of his ex-wife and a Chicago policeman, Gallagher will try to find his prisoner whose real name is Boyette, a professional hitman hired by governmental subgroups. Gallagher will finally understand that Boyette's mission is to kill the Soviet leader Mikhael Gorbachev during his stay in Chicago.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Package |
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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 - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- preventing an assassination
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- very short/crewcut (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
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
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
- Chicago
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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