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Actors: Robert Duvall, Luciana Pedraza, Ruben Blades, Kathy Baker, Frank Gio
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Assassination Tango |
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Aging hitman John J. (Robert Duvall) lives in Brooklyn with his girlfriend Maggie (Kathy Baker) and her daughter Jenny (Katherine Micheaux Miller), who he loves like his own. Most of the time, he manages JJ's, a successful chain of hair salons, but every so often he gets a call from Frankie (Frank Gio), a shadowy gangster who sends him out on "jobs."
This time, the job takes him to Argentina, where a cabal of leftists and grieving relatives are paying him to murder a top-ranking general (Elvio Nessier), a hold-over from the bad old days of the "Dirty War."
The job is supposed to only take three days, but when the general is injured and enters the hospital, John is forced to wait around for his chance. While wandering the streets of Buenos Aires, he enters one of the city's many dance clubs, and there becomes entranced by the sultry charms of the dancer Manuela (Luciana Pedraza) and the steamy rhythms of the tango.
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Assassination Tango |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- Killer POV story
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 60's-90's
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a deadline
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- South
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- wealthy
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of dancing
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