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Big Game

2014 · 90 min

A brisk, playful throwback adventure with a kid and a president dodging bad guys in the woods.

Directed by
Jalmari Helander
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Overview
Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness of Finland. 13-year-old Oskari is on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but instead discovers the President in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their prize, the unlikely duo team up to escape their hunters.

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Directed by
Jalmari Helander
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • coming-of-age
  • betrayal
  • friendship
  • freedom
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror3
Humour5
Realism5
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
action, adventure, thriller, comedy
Directed by
Jalmari Helander
Written by
Jalmari Helander
Starring
Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson, Victor Garber, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Ted Levine, Jorma Tommila, Risto Salmi
Music
Juri Seppä, Miska Seppä
Cinematography
Mika Orasmaa
Runtime
90 min
Country
Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
Finnish, English

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