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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Final Option |
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SAS officer Peter Skellen becomes involved in a joint MI5-SAS operation to infiltrate an anti-nuclear group which may be planning something against either the military or a foreign embessy.
Skellen becomes involved with the leader of the group and the group's plot to take over the residence of the American ambassador while a dinner is being held with the British foriegn minister, the American secretary of state and the head of NORAD among others.
After the group demands that a naval base be bombed by a nuclear weapon and one of the terrorists kills a hostage by accident, the SAS is sent in and Skellen must help bring down the terrorists.
--Matthew W. Kresal, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Final Option |
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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 - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- terrorist kidnappers
The terrorist enemy is...
- terrorist group
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- terrorist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- ample chest and buttocks (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- fort/military installation
- sewers/subways
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
Is this movie based on a
- book
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