Actors: Russell Crowe, Helen Slater, Etsushi Toyokawa
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about No Way Back
No Wat Back stars Russell Crowe as Zack Grant, an F.B.I. agent out for revenge. Zack's partner Seiko (Kelly Hu) is killed during a botched F.B.I operation in which Victor Salerno also died. Zack attempts to find the person behind this and goes to New York to find and bring back Yakuza assassin Yuji Kobayashi (Etsushi Toyokawa) to L.A. In the meantime, Victor's father Frank Salerno (Michael Lerner), a Mafia kingpin, kidnaps Zack's son as bait in exchange for Yuji, the mastermind behind the death of his son Victor. On the flight back to L.A. Yuji breaks free from Zack and hijacks the plane, forcing it to land in Arizona. Yuji gets away and somehow stewardess Mary (Helen Slater) and Zack get stuck together in the middle of the desert. After what seems like insurmountable problems for Zack, Yuji and him decide to work together to fight against Frank Salerno.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of No Way Back
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 30% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- longhair/girliemon (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
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southwest
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
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
