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Actors: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga, Karel Roden, Johnny Messner
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Running Scared |
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(Paul Walker) plays Joey Gazelle, a mob gangster and his life is basically based on shooting people. This time, Joey has done a job. He disposed of some dirty cops and was told by his boss to get rid of his gun as soon as possible. Joey was supposed to throw the gun in the river near by, but instead he goes in hides in a wall of his basement.
Joey also has a family,he has a wife (Vera Farmiga) and a ten year old son (Alex Neuberger). His son has a best friend Oleg (Cameron Bright). One day Oleg and Joey's son sneaked up on Joey and saw him hiding snub-nosed .38 gun in the basement. Oleg decided to steal the gun and to shoot his stepfather (Karel Roden), his step father has been really abusive to him. His step father is a nephew of a Russian mob boss (John Noble). And he does a lot of business with Joey. Later, it turn out that one of the cops Joey shot happens to survive and is after him. Joey gets in a chasing life style and has got a lot of enemies, how to get out of that is only up to him.
--Vadim Akhanov, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Running Scared |
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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 - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of torture
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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