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Actors: Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Isaiah Washington, Keith David
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Clockers |
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Co-written and directed by Spike Lee in 1995. Victor and Ronald 'Strike' Dunham live in an suburban "project" in NYC. While Victor has got two jobs and tries to live an honest life, Strike is a "clocker", dealing drugs for Rodney Little. One day, Rodney asks Strike to murder Darryl Adams and promises the young boy a more interesting job in his organisation. The same evening, Strike hesitates before commiting this crime and meets Victor in a bar near Darryl's house. Later, Darryl is found dead but we don't know who has murdered him.
Det. Klein and Mazilli investigate the murder and, soon, Victor surrenders claiming he's the murderer. While Det. Mazilli wants to close the case, Det. Klein doesn't believe in Victor's culpability and starts to harrass Strike in front of his friends. Rodney Little becomes more and more nervous, fearing that Strike talks to the policemen about his own implication in the murder. Klein notices Little's edginess, arrests him and convinces him that Strike has denounced him.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Clockers |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Somewhat obvious
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 50%
Murders of set profession?
- criminals
Special suspect?
- relative
Kind of mystery?
- police procedural
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- bald
Hair style
- bald (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Rap/hip-hop
Is this movie based on a
- book
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