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Actors: Eddie Griffin, Vinnie Jones, Breckin Meyer, Vivica A. Fox, Nicky Andrews
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Blast |
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Lamont Dixon (Griffin)is a tugboat captain assigned to deliver and install an oil rig to a well head a few miles off the coast of San Diego. Along for the ride is Eric (Andrews), a little boy, to whom Dix is legal guardian. While Dixon and his crew wait upon the rig for an alignment, the environmental protesters shadowing them use a fire as an excuse to abandon their Earthwatch boat and board the rig, where they grab stashed weapons and take control. Their leader identifies himself as Michael Kittredge (Jones). He has planted enough of his own people on board to outnumber legitimate crew. He claims to want Tymerco Oil to suspend all ocean drilling. He locks up Dixon's crew - unaware that Dixon is still free - and contacts Tymerco Oil CEO William Heller, who calls the FBI, who set up shop at Tymerco Plaza. While FBI Agent Reed (Fox) ponders why "environmentalists" would go to such extravegant and violent extremes, Dixon frees his crew (only to see them shot,) finds and loses Eric, dodges gunfire, is knocked into the water in a helecopter, and ascends back into the rig.
Reed enlists an Admiral to send in Navy Seals, but they fail to penetrate the rig, thanks to an informant betraying her every move. Saving the day is up to Dixon and Jamal (Meyer), a "terrorist"/"undercover federal agent" who is really neither, and whom neither side is completely sure can be trusted.
As the goons celebrate the arrival to the rig of a huge box, Reed discovers that the real Kittredge, a legitimate environmentalist, is dead; and that the man impersonating him is criminal freelancer Talbert Skyler. Jamal begins to deduce Skyler's real plan when he recognizes what the goons remove from the box; an Electromagnetic Pulse Generator, capable of permanently obliterating any unprotected electronics within a six mile radius; also capable, if launched from high enough, of destroying the entire state of California. With this erasing all records, Skyler's hackers can transfer billions of dollars from California banks without a trace.
Goon Uli fires it up. The launch sequence is committed. Jamal is not in sight. Skyler has Eric in his clutches. And the Admiral, impatient to just take the rig out and be done with it regardless who's on board, has set an air strike in motion. Can Dixon still prevail?
--vjm, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Blast |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- Preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
- terrorist kidnappers
The terrorist enemy is...
- environmental NUTS
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- civilian sailor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- bald
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Water?
Yes
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?
- 5 (an average amount)
Kind of violence:
- mission to protect something
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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