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Actors: James Spader, Cynthia Gibb
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It is modern day Los Angeles and someone knows a lot about the infamous criminal Jack the Ripper. That someone is killing prostitutes just like he did, beginning the killings on the day Jack's first body was found, killing the girls in the same manner, and on the same day. James Spader plays a young resident doctor, taking his training in a clinic. A young woman comes into the clinic who has been raped. The clinic leader is unsympathetic to her. John Wesford (Spader) goes to visit her, aware that she is a prostitute, she's pregnant, and according to history, the next victim will be a pregnant prostitute. He visits and then goes back later to discover her dead. Unfortunately the police catch him there and witnesses see him, so the police think they have caught their killer. Later the actual killer (?) kills the Wesford character because Wesfor saw him at the scene. Police believe he killed himself in despondence. Them comes in Richard Wesford (Spader), John's twin brother. He knows his brother wouldn't have killed himself. He sets out to prove that he didn't and to discover who the real killer is. Cynthia Gibb plays John's colleague at the clinic who helps Richard discover the killer.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Jack's Back |
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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 - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Murders of set profession?
- prostitutes/strippers/porn
Special suspect?
- investigator him/herself
Kind of mystery?
- amateur citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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