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Actors: Cuba Gooding Jr., Angie Harmon, James Woods, Anne Archer, Burt Reynolds
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about End Game |
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Alex Thomas (Gooding) is a Secret Service agent assigned to the President and First Lady (Archer). At a public appearance, a gunman shoots at the President from the throng of admirers. Thomas dives to deflect the bullet. It passes through Thomas's hand and is deflected into the head of the President. Despite the medical team's best efforts, the President dies. Thomas blames himself.
Thomas's superior (Woods) gives him leave to recuperate, but Thomas is eager to find out more about the shooter's motive. So, too, is investigative freelancer Kate Campbell (Harmon). When three of the people she has cursorily interviewed turn up immediately dead, she turns her attention to Thomas who may be involved or able to unravel the intrigue.
As the plot unfolds, it appears the shooter was a puppet for a shadow government agency known for its previous rogue dealings. Thomas and Campbell become convinced someone in the government is involved. Thomas turns to a general in the know (Reynolds) for assistance and information when none is forthcoming from within the Secret Service. He is little help other than to warn Thomas that as he continues to probe, he may not like what it is he is sure to find.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of End Game |
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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)
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- investigating murder of politician(s)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- fight for survival
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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