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Actors: Robert De Niro, Kelsey Grammer
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Emil and Oleg are a couple of two-bit Eastern-European criminals who have just been released from prison following a botched bank job. They come to New York looking for the third member of their gang, who escaped with the loot, but not before the movie-obsessed Oleg makes a side-trip to Times Square, where he steals a state-of-the-art video camera.
When Emil is informed that the other man has spent all of the money from the robbery, he kills both the man and his wife with a kitchen knife as Oleg films the whole thing. There is just one small snag: Daphne, an illegal immigrant and part-time hairdresser staying with the couple has witnessed the crime. Emil is not worried, though. He has her ID card with her name and picture. As Oleg and Emil beat a hasty retreat, Emil takes the time to set the apartment ablaze.
The double-murder and arson brings two very different policemen onto the scene: Eddie Flemming, a cynical celebrity homicide cop and Jordy Warshaw, a naive rooky arson investigator.
As Eddie and Jordy scour the city, Emil and Oleg see a news report on TV about a mass-murderer who was acquitted by reason of insanity and now stands ready to make a fortune in a book- and movie-deal. Inspired, Emil not only sees a way to tie-up their loose-end, Daphne, but also become rich and famous by killing a famous person, Detective Eddie Flemming, on video-tape.
As the bodycount grows, Eddie and Jordy must wade through running gunbattles, hellish firebombs, and the mass-media, personified in the person of a ruthless tabloid-news reporter, to catch Emil and Oleg before they can kill Daphne, cut a plea-bargain, sell their tape, and finally get their 15 Minutes of Fame.
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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2 killers videotape their crimes in hopes of becoming famous by selling them to a T.V. program. While close behind are a pair of detectives who are trying to stop their quest for fame.
--Brittany, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Criminal enemy is...
- known killer
If this is a criminal POV story...
- killing innocent people
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
- 60's-90's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- a criminal organization
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- emotionally unstable
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- skinny (man)
- average (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
- wealthy
- rude people
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- A lot of foul language
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