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Actors: Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Napier, Paul Gleason
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Miami Blues |
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When ice-cold ex-con Junior (Alec Baldwin) arrives at the Miami Airport, it doesn't take him very long to get into trouble. On his way out the door, he snaps the fingers of a Hare Krishna (Edward Saxon), who promptly drops dead from shock.
Called in on the case is thoroughly rumpled Sergeant Hoke Moseley (Fred Ward), a worn-out cop who finds the whole situation pretty amusing. Hoke isn't much of a detective, but it doesn't take him too long to track Junior to the seedy motel where he's been shacking up with Susie Waggoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a dim-bulb hooker trying to pay her way through community college.
After a delicious dinner of pork chops, during which Junior gives away nothing and Susie fails to pick up on what's going on, Hoke heads back to his apartment, where Junior soon arrives to beat him senseless with his own sap and steal his gun, his badge, and even his false teeth.
Now equipped with his very own police officer impersonation kit, the psychopathic Junior runs rampant over the city, robbing bookies, drug dealers, looters, and even mugging victims of their cash and valuables, and rubbing Hoke's nose in it every step of the way.
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Miami Blues |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- Thief/Con Artist POV story
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Miami
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- book
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