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Actors: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marshall, Robert Loggia, Brian Dennehy.
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Gladiator (1992) |
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This is a story of a white and black teenager who are trapped fighting in an underground boxing league.
Tommy Riley (James Marshall) works part-time at a diner by day, but fights in the boxing league by night to cover past debts piled up by his father. Abraham Lincoln Haines (Gooding Jr.) fights to make money so his wife and daughter can move out of the ghetto.
While being manipulated to fight by ringmaster Jimmy Horn, the two fighters get over their petty differences and become friends.
Because the two are so successful, Horn want to please the crowd and pit the two friends against each other.
--Adam Tobias, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Gladiator (1992) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of sports story:
- boxing
Sports story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- coach/trainer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- sports arena
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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