Movies Review Pink Panther 2 Based on Ethics Principal
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SYNOPSIS OF PINK PANTHER 2
This story is about the Pink Panther diamond which has been stolen by The Tornado who had returned back after ten years of silence. An international dream team had been set up to solve the case. All the investigators from Britain, Italy, Japan, and France worked together to find most valuable treasures in their country which had been stolen by The Tornado. At the last minute, an investigator from India was added to the group.
Suddenly, they got the news that the Tornado had killed himself and left a suicide note claiming he destroyed the Pink Panther. All the investigators except Clouseau believe that they had solved the case. However, at the celebration party, Clouseau found out that the real thief is Sonia. He reveals that he had given Sonia's car a ticket one day before the Pink Panther Diamond was stolen, contradicting with her statement that she just arrive the day Pink Panther Diamond was stolen as her flight delayed.
THE STAKEHOLDERS
Stakeholders are the people who have interest and they will be affected by the organization's action, rules or policies. One of the stakeholders in this story is the Police Department in France who want to make sure that the thief of Pink Panther Diamond had been caught so that there will be no more case related to it. Besides that, the investigators also have their interest in solving the case because if they cannot find the thief, their reputation as the best investigators will decrease.
Sonia also has her own interest at the diamond as she will gain a lot of profit from the sales of the diamond. A part from that, all the citizens in France also want to know who is the thief and they hope the diamond can be found as it is the most valuable treasure in their country. Media also is one of the stakeholders. They want to report the latest issues about the loss of the diamond and they want to know all the actions that have been made to find the diamond and the thief.
THE VILLAIN AND THE HERO
The villain in this movie is Sonia. She is actually the person who steals all the valuable treasures in the world with her boyfriend, the Tornado. The main hero in this movie is Inspector Jacques Clouseau. He is one of the investigators and he is also the person who solves the case about Pink Panther Diamond before.
ETHICAL DILEMMA
The ethical dilemma that face by the villain, Sonia is whether to give the Pink Panther Diamond back to the France country or not. While, the ethical dilemma that face by the hero, Clouseau is whether to find the real theft of Pink Panther Diamond or not.
ETHICAL ISSUES FOUND IN THE MOVIE
Ethical issues are the issues that concern with the behavior and moral value. After watching 'The Pink Panther 2' movie, we realized that there are a few ethical and moral issues that can be seen in the movie. It is also related to the key facts of the movie.
At the beginning of this movie, we can see the stealing issues that revolve in the movie when The Tornado started stealing expensive and precious artifacts from the three countries which are British, Italy, and Japan. Due to these stealing case the Government of France Chief Inspector, Inspector Dreyfus is left to decide on a solution that is morally accepted and ethical. Therefore, he assigned Inspector Clouseau, who is at that time doing his task as a parking officer, to join the Dream Team in Japan to investigate the case. However, Inspector Clouseau insisted that The Tornado will come to Paris to steal the precious Pink Panther Diamond and because of that he refused to be in the Dream Team as he think he need to be there to protect it. We can see the second issue here which is the inability to trust people when Inspector Dreyfus refuse to believe in Clouseau's word and force him to go to Japan. However, Clouseau showing an ethical side of him when he obey his superior's word. Unexpectedly, before Clouseau officially leaving France, news breaks telling that the Pink Panther Diamond has been stolen by The Tornado.
Clouseau travels back to the crime scene, where the other members of the Dream Team, Inspector Pepperidge, Vicenzo, Kenji, and Sonia the greatest detectives are gathering and started to investigate the case. After receiving a clue about The Tornado, Dream Team went to Rome to investigate Alonso Avellaneda who they suspect deals with The Tornado. The third issues which is intruding people private properties can be seen when Clouseau sneakily snoops around Alonso house, while the Dream Team who assume he is The Tornado question him. Alonso successfully proved he is not The Tornado as he does not has a bullet-wound to the right shoulder. The right Tornado was shot in that shoulder during a theft over a decade ago. After Dream Team leave, Alonso meets with the right Tornado himself.
Later on that night, Clouseau and Ponton try to spy on Alonso to gather more clues. Unfortunately, the mission was interrupted when they find Vicenzo and Nicole (Clouseau's love interest), having dinner together. In attempts to spy on they conversation, Clouseau ends up burning down the restaurant. At the same time, The Tornado achieve in stealing the Pope's ring. This begins to turn public opinion against the Dream Team. Clouseau negligence and foolishness acts while working is another ethical issues that arise which ended up by his members voted him off from the team. Shortly afterward, Clouseau received an information that the case is solve where the Tornado has killed himself, and left a suicide note. He destroyed the Pink Panther and left the other treasures to be recovered. He claimed that the diamond is so beautiful that he could not bring anyone other than himself to own it. With the evidences Dream Team claimed that they solved the case. However, Clouseau does not believes the Tornado was the thief and tries to investigate the case again.
A party is thrown in the Dream Team's honor of solving the case. However, Clouseau found out the truth that Sonia is the real thief after seeing something on Sonia's car's licence plate. Clouseau tries to convince Dreyfus but is ignored. Dreyfus told the Dream Team the nonsense that Clouseau told him. Treating the idea as a joke, Dream Team explained out their reasoning. Nicole who realizes that Clouseau's story may actually be true ask Sonia to conclude the joke by showing the contents of her purse. Disgusted by the accusation, Sonia tries to leave the party. Nicole forcefully again asks her to take everything out of her purse. Panicly, Sonia pulls out a gun, and threatening to shoot Nicole. However she shoots Clouseau instead, but the bullet hits the medal of honor he had
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