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Actors: Steve Barnes, Jeff Fahey, Corey Feldman, Marisa Petroro
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about No Witness
When crooked Senator Gene Haskell (Jeff Fahey), already facing an uphill battle for re-election, becomes the focus of a corruption probe and a pending indictment, he knows he needs to tie up some loose ends.

An aide (Corey Feldman) is dispatched to a local bar, where professional killer Paul Arkadian (Steve Barnes) is hired to remove the drug dealing brothers (Ron Clinton Smith, Dikran Tulaine, and Pete Wellborn) who might testify at the trial.

Also potentially on the block is Celeste Cartier (Marisa Petroro), an underage mistress of the senator's with dreams of marriage. The only problem is that the senator just wants Celeste to disappear for a weeks, and Paul is very committed to the idea of leaving no witness...

--James Craver, Resident Scholar



Analysis of No Witness
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%



Time/Era of Movie: - present (2000-2010)
Legal/Political Thriller? Yes
Political Plotlets: - election campaign - govt officials abusing power - political kidnapping
Romance Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - killer
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - average (man)
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type - average (woman)
Unclothed? - very tight clothes
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
City? Yes
City: - Dirty, grimy (like New York)

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths
How many deaths in film? - 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - kissing - licking - seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets? - 1 ()
Kind of violence: - guns
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets
Any profanity? - Some foul language
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