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Innerspace Movie Review

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy
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Lt. Tuck Pendleton (Quaid), a cocky but somewhat washed-up Navy pilot, agrees to participate in a secret scientific experiment that will miniaturize him and an exploratory vessel to be injected into a lab rabbit. But criminals break into the lab to steal the technology and shoot the lead scientist, who injects the fateful syringe into hypochondriacal store clerk Jack Putter (Short). The microchip stolen by the bad guys won't work unless coupled to a second chip that is aboard Tuck's pod, now in Putter's bloodstream, so they're after him now. With the help of Tuck's ex-girlfriend, a cute reporter named Lydia Maxwell (Ryan), Putter tries to elude the criminals and get Tuck ejected from his body (not to mention properly enlarged) before the pilot's oxygen runs out. "Innerspace" is a decent 1987 sci-fi comedy that naturally makes pointed references to "Fantastic Voyage" and picked up an Oscar for best visual effects.
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Plot

Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Technology/$$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - nano technology
Character operated on/altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - made bigger/smaller

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - military pilot
Age: - 20's-30's
Body type - muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - Bulging muscles

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Body type - very skinny (man)
How much in movie? - 80%
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%
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity - White
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present)
Spaceship setting: - one or two man fighter/scoutship - primative (present, near future) human spaceship
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Tone of movie - funny
Comedy or somewhat funny movie? Yes
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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