Split Second story
Liz Kelly, a beautiful but loose barmaid, marries Steve Dixon, the wealthy manager of a lumber camp who provides her a comfortable lifestyle. The marriage soon turns sour when Steve becomes violently jealous of anyone who even looks at his new wife. Liz eventually brings him over the edge when she begins seducing another lumberjack, Ted, in order to relieve her perpetual boredom. Directed by: Russell Mulcahy. Story by: Richard Christian Matheson.
15 total · 3 choice · 8 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| boredom | choice | A point was made about Liz' seducing of one the lumberjacks under her husband's employ stemming from the boredom that came with living in a logging camp. |
| promiscuity | choice | The story hinges on Liz, the wife of Steve, being sexually loose to her jealous and violent husband's great displeasure. |
| romantic jealousy | choice | The story hinges on Liz, the wife of Steve, being sexually loose to her jealous and violent husband's great displeasure. |
| anger | major | Steve clearly had anger issues. He flew off the handle at anyone who got anywhere near his new wife. |
| boss and employee | major | The lumberjacks got back at their wrathful boss in the end. |
| controlling partner | major | Steve tried as he might to keep his new wife, Liz, under his thumb. |
| human occupational activity | major | The story is at a lumberjack camp, and the viewer is shown a slice of life there. [lumberjack] |
| male-male rivalry | major | Steve saw a rival in any man who looked even sideways at his wife. She, for her part, loved having men fight over her. |
| romantic infidelity | major | Liz seduced the young lumberjack Ted to her jealous and violent husband's great displeasure. |
| sexual harassment | major | Liz was forcible propositioned by a man at the bar. Liz coerced one of the lumberjacks under her husband's employ to be her sex monkey. |