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Story: A New Orleans detective investigates mob killings.
Detective: Remy McSwain
Release Date: August 21, 1987
Writer: Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Mystery Analysis:
Detective as protagonist?
Jenny: Absolutely. Arrives at the scene of the crime, bigger than life, and takes control.
Lani: Yes, and he’s on the case right out of the gate.
Murderer as antagonist?
Jenny: Yes. The antagonist is kind of a doppleganger for Remy, and its his minions who do the dirty work at his behest, but he’s right there in the first scene with the protagonist, playing him from the beginning.
Lani: Present and messing things up right from the start.
Conflict created by murder?
Jenny: Yes. The murders block the romance plot and fuel the mystery plot, forcing Remy’s character arc.
Lani: Yes, as well as the mystery of the missing drugs.
Fair play with all the clues given?
Jenny: With one exception, we get them when Remy gets them. He reads something that he doesn’t tell Ann about, but two scenes later, he confronts the antagonist with what he knows. I’m not sure how that could have been put on the screen in the discovery scene.
Lani: For the most part, excluding the stuff he reads, but then we’re informed in the next scene.
Solved using deduction, not luck?
Jenny: Yes.
Lani: Yes; Remy gets the evidence, evaluates it, and figures it out all on his own.
Story Analysis & Ratings:
Jenny says: 5 Pops
Mystery: 5, Craft: 5, Suspense: 5, Romance: 5
Lani says: 5 Pops
Mystery: 5, Craft: 5, Suspense: 5, Romance: 5