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Actors: Ray Liotta, William Dafoe
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Control |
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Lee Ray Oliver (Ray Liotta) has been executed by lethal injection for the murder of several people or so they thought. He is given a second chance at life on one condition; he has to take part in a secret experimental medication that is said to be able to cure him of his violent nature. This experiment is conducted by a well know scientist, Dr. Miles Copeland (William Dafoe). It does not seem to work at first, but after increasing the dosage it seems to have a positive effect on Oliver. He actually goes back to visit one of his victims who survived his wrath, and attempts to become a changed man. He is then spotted by an individual who witnessed his supposed execution and without his medication his past starts to haunt him again.
--Steve Polizzi, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Control |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 60%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal becomes sensitive
Criminal enemy is...
- known killer
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals portrayed sympathetically on the run
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
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?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- fight for survival
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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