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Actors: Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Delta Force |
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Terrorists in Beirut have hijacked a TWA airliner and are holding the passengers hostage and the pilot at gunpoint. The Delta Force headed up by Colonel Nick Alexander (Lee Marvin) and Major Scott McCoy (Chuck Norris) is an elite task force unit sent into Lebanon to rescue the hostages. Major McCoy was set to retire before this crisis, but he decides to go back into action to fend off the terrorists.
--Steve Polizzi, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Delta Force |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 70%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- terrorist kidnappers
- plane hijacking!
The terrorist enemy is...
- arabs/muslims!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Central
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 7 (a good amount)
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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