Actors: William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Scott Caan, Thomas Kretschmann, Jeremy Sisto, Lauren Holly
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about In Enemy Hands
IN ENEMY HANDS is a movie co-written and directed by Tony Giglio in 2003.
Chief Nathan Travers (Macy) is aboard the U.S.S. Swordfish, a submarine hounding German U-Boats. The commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Randall Sullivan (Caan), has just discovered he's suffering from a virulent meningitis when the sub is hit by a torpedo. The crew must abandon the ship and is taken prisoner by a German U-boat. Germans as well as Americans become soon sick and, in order to save the life of them all, the German Commandant must ask Macy to tell the American sailors to help the German crew. Together, they decide to head to the American Atlantic coast. They will encounter an American boat but they can't contact it as their radio is dead.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of In Enemy Hands
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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:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Navy
Specific to
- WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Main Adversary
Identity:
- fight for survival
Setting
Water?
Yes
Water:
- submarining
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- ocean ship battles
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
