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Actors: Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, James Naughton, Terry Kinney
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Oxygen |
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Maura Tierney (ER,Insomnia) stars as Madeline Foster, a NYC police officer who has masochistic tendencies that she is trying to hide from her husband Tim (Terry Kinney). The movie starts out with Harry (Adrien Brody) abducting Frances Hanna (Laila Robins) and burying her alive in a box somewhere out in the woods. Harry wants a million dollar ransom and Clark (James Naughton) goes to the police, disregarding Harry's order not to. Madeline gets assigned to the case and they set up a sting at the cemetery where Clark is supposed to deliver the million dollar ransom. Madeline follows Harry and a long car chase unsues into manhattan where they capture Harry. The police need to get the location of where Frances is before she dies. But none of the polices ploys are working. They send Madeline in to talk with Harry and he picks up on Madelines prediliction for pain. Harry exploites this as he toys with Madeline and the FBI.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Oxygen |
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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 - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal kidnappers
Blackmail & Seduction
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- known killer
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, wavy (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
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
- bald
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- mentally ill
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- skinny (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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