Director
Kurt Wimmer
Leading Actors/Actresses
Christian Bale, Taye Diggs
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Sean Bean, Angus Macfadyen
Genre
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Language
English
Awards
n/a
Date of Release
2002
Producer
Jan De Bont, Lucas Foster
Setting and Context
A futuristic world ruled by a fascist regime
Narrator and Point of View
POV is that of John Preston
Tone and Mood
Serious and Dramatic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist is John Preston. Antagonists are DuPont and Brandt
Major Conflict
John stops taking his Prozium and begins to feel again even though he is the highest ranking cleric.
Climax
Preston kills DuPont and the underground destroys the Prozium manufacturers
Foreshadowing
Partridge reading Yeats foreshadows his turning away from the life of the clerics.
Understatement
It's understated that John's son has stopped taking his Prozium.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The film is an allusion to America being ruled under a fascist state.
Paradox
John is the highest ranking cleric in the regime but paradoxically begins to be the sole reason they are torn down.
Parallelism
John taking a book from a crime scene parallels his partner Partridge taking a book of Yeats poetry with him.
