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| | | | Character back story: Brian McCaffrey's father's a fireman and he was there, as a child, when his father died. When he grew he tried to be a fireman but quit and left town and for a few years tried other jobs. He would eventually return and try to be fireman again. However, he finds himself working under his brother Stephen whom he doesn't exactly have a good relationship with. When Brian gets his picture in the paper and is lauded as a hero when in fact it was a mistake, a politician offers him a job working under the department's arson investigator, Donald Rimgale. It seems that Ringale is working some unusual fires wherein someone is killed. Brian initially refuses but when he has too many confrontations with Stephen, he takes the job. And he gets a lesson on what it means to be a fireman. | | Age/Occupation:Firefighter | | Personality type: stubborn, a role model | | Signature look:firefighter uniform | | Resides: Chicago | | Character connections: The guys at the firehouse and his brother Brian | | Fun facts/trivia: | | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Steven McCaffery:[after changing Brian's assignment] How do you do it, man? How do you come up with new and amazing ways to f*** up? Only one case of scotch? You're getting cheap in your old age, Bri.
Steven McCaffery: The only problem is that in this job is there's just no place to hide. It's not like having a bad day selling log cabins. You have a bad day here and somebody dies... and that's just not f***ing good enough.
tagline: In that instant it can create a hero... or cover a secret. |
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Character name: Snake Plissken
Appears in: Escape From New York
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 | | Character back story: The year is 1998. Due to huge crime rates, the United States turns its once great city of New York into a maximum security prison where hardcore criminals are put for life. All the bridges leading into the city are mined, a large wall is built along the shoreline and a large police force army is based there to stop or kill any attempted escapees. En route to a conference, the President, on board Air Force One, is forced to eject in a pod when a female terrorist takes over the controls and crashes the plane into a building. A new prisoner, ex-soldier Snake Plissken is offered his freedom if he goes in, frees the President and finds a tape with important information for the conference. Snake agrees but to ensure his co-operation he is injected with a small but powerful explosive that will only be destroyed if his mission is successful. Snake must set out into the decaying city, filled with immoral criminals, and he must succeed - for his own life. | | Age/Occupation:Ex Soldier | | Personality type: very tough, doesnt take no bull | | Signature look: wears black alot and has patch on eye | | Resides: used to reside in New York prison | | Character connections: | | Fun facts/trivia: | | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Bob Hauk You going to kill me, Snake?
Snake Plissken: Not now, I'm too tired.
[pause]
Snake Plissken: Maybe later.
Snake Plissken: [to Maggie] You wanna see him sprayed all over that map, baby? Now where's the President?
tagline: The world's greatest leader is a hostage in the most dangerous place on Earth. Now only the deadliest man alive can save him. |
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Character name: Gabriel Cash
Appears in: Tango And Cash
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| | Character back story: Ray Tango is a Los Angeles narcotics cop who dresses in fancy suits, wears wire-rim glasses, and talks to his stockbroker more than he talks to his mother. Gabriel Cash is a Los Angeles narcotics cop who has long, disheveled hair, and dresses in worn-out sweatshirts. Even though they are rivals, Tango and Cash are the two best narcs in LA, which infuriates drug kingpin Yves Perret. Perret wants Tango and Cash out of the way, so Perret frames them for the murder of an undercover FBI agent. Perret's plan is to have Tango and Cash killed in prison in order to avoid risking all-out war with the LAPD. But Tango and Cash accept a plea bargain that will give them 18 months in a minimum-security prison, then Perret arranges for their destination to be diverted to a maximum-security prison where Perret's minions proceed to torture Tango and Cash. Tango and Cash are forced to work together in a spectacular escape from the prison. After the escape, Tango and Cash set out to prove their innocence, and Cash has a romance with Tango's sister Catherine | | Age/Occupation:Narcotic Cop | | Personality type: Funny, Tough, loves making wise crack comments | | Signature look: wears jeans cool looking hair | | Resides: Los Angeles, California | Character connections:
Ray Tango and also his Ray's sister | | Fun facts/trivia: | | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | [walking to the showers in prison naked]
Gabriel Cash: Nice to see your underwear problem is solved.
Ray Tango: I noticed. And Cash? You can stop holding your stomach
Ray Tango: What are you doing? What are you doing?
Gabriel Cash: Relax. Soap. And don't flatter yourself... Peewee.
Looking at a picture of Ray Tango in the paper]
Gabriel Cash: Well, if it isn't Armani with a badge.
Tagline: Two of L.A.'s top rival cops are going to have to work together... Even if it kills them. | | |
Character name: Michael Carr
Appears in: Unlawful Entry
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: | | Character back story: After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the couple's problems with the wife. The husband begins wondering if they're getting too much help. | | Age/Occupation: | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | | Resides: | Character connections:
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Karen Carr: With who?
Michael Carr: You and Pete... he wants you... he thinks you want him
Michael Carr: I think our cop friend is a little too tightly wound.
Tagline:Desire, passion, lust... It's a deadly game of obsession. | | | |
