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Actors: Dennis Hopper, Christopher Lambert, Diane Kruger
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Target |
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Dennis Hopper plays Robert Nile, a businessman who likes to bet on the horses. He gets word that a violent criminal he helped put away is going to be getting out of prison soon. He hires a bodyguard, Christopher Lambert, to look out for him. He also has Lambert protect his daughter. The criminal's henchmen kidnap her, and Christopher Lambert has to rescue her. This is when Nile realizes these men are serious. He and his daughter and his bodyguard, who is wounded, flee to South Africa, where he spent his childhood, to hide out. Finally he gets the chance to make amends to his daughter, for being a bad dad.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Target |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Daughter
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Escape/Rescue?
- escape/rescue from kidnapper(s)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
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
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Black Africa
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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