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Actors: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Running Scared |
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Two cops Ray Hughes and Danny Constanza enjoy more of the lighthearted side of life; playing cards and cracking jokes. But their boss Det. Frank Sigliano instructs them to follow up on a drug bust as the boss hires a snitch named Snake, get them to the place where big time drug boss Julio Gonzalez (recently out of jail)is making a deal.
However things go real bad as Hughes and Constanza is both spotted and were one step away to getting killed. Sigliano in loss of words of how the duo did a crappy job, demands the two to take a relaxing vacation in sunny Key West Florida. The guys does not mind taking a break; so off they went to the place where there are full of beautiful women and a bar spot where they frequently hang out.
Hughes and Constanza realizes that Key West is where they want to be at pernamently, and right away make a plan to retire as cops in a 30 day period and buy the bar with Constanza's inherit money from his dead aunt. Their trip is soon turned into a halt as their boss wants them back to catch Julio- once again out to killed Hughes and Constanza as Julio makes a effort to kidnap Constanza's ex wife Anna in return to get his drugs back.
--Alicia M., 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
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
If a parody... of
- gangsters/crime
Kind of comedy
- bungling cops/detectives
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
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 (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- Chicago
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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