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Actors: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda, Ian Bannen, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Too Late the Hero |
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TOO LATE THE HERO is a movie produced, co-written and directed by Robert Aldrich in 1970.
The Pacific Islands in 1942. Cliff Robertson, who until now hasn't taken part in any combat, is sent on an island in order to help a british platoon. With Michael Caine and a few "voluntaries", he has to go behind enemy lines to destroy a japanese radio installation. Once the mission fulfilled, they must return to their base through the jungle with the japanese army hunting them.
Pessimistic and filled with non-stop action.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Too Late the Hero |
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- WW II
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of 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
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Pacific Islands
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- heat/bugs
Island?
Yes
Island:
- Pacific Island
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to destroy something
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- hanging
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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