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Actors: Mark Dascascos, Tamara Davies, Rutger Hauer
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Scorcher |
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Scientists discover that the Chinese government had secretly detonated nuclear warheads underground. The explosions caused fissures in the land around the pacific rim, causing a release of explosive gas from the earth's core that is increasing the greenhouse effect. It also caused a shift in the earth's tectonic plates. The only way to stop them from shifting is by setting off nuclear explosions in Los Angeles. President Nelson (Rutger Hauer) sends Colonel Ryan Beckett (Mark Dascascos) and his team to deliver and set the nuclear devices in Los Angeles. Along the way Beckett and his team deal with terorrists, Special Agent Kellaway disrupting the activation of the devices, and Beckett getting a message from his daughter that she needs help. Beckett fights his way over all these obstacles to accomplish his task.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Scorcher |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Disaster, Natural/Nuclear
Yes
Kind of disaster:
- earthquake
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a deadline
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
Ice Caps?
Yes
Where?
- North Pole
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- sewers/subways
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 6 (an above average amount)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
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Resident Scholar Profiles
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