Zero Effect (1998) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
World-renowned but socially awkward detective who operates entirely through his assistant. He narrates the film while writing his autobiography and struggles to maintain his trademark objectivity afte...
Zero's dedicated assistant and primary point of contact for clients. He struggles to balance Zero's unpredictable demands with his personal life and career.
Wealthy millionaire who hires Zero after being blackmailed. He is secretly a rapist and murderer who covers up his past crimes, ultimately dying of a heart attack during a confrontation.
Paramedic and secret daughter of Gregory Stark. Raised by the hitman who killed her mother, she blackmails Stark to fund her adoptive father's medical treatment and eventually escapes with Zero's help...
Steve Arlo's girlfriend who struggles with the strain his demanding job and Zero's eccentricities place on their relationship.
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Jess is identified as Arlo's girlfriend, and Zero's demands increasingly interfere with their relationship.
Stark pressures Arlo to reveal the blackmailer's identity so the blackmailer can be killed.
Gregory Stark hires Zero after losing the key to a safe deposit box and being blackmailed.
Zero becomes attracted to Gloria, and they sleep together.
The plot reveals that Gloria is Stark's daughter because Stark raped her mother, who later gave birth to Gloria.
Daryl Zero conducts all client business through his assistant, Steve Arlo.
A detective's pursuit of a blackmail mystery becomes a morally complicated struggle involving intimacy, buried crimes, and escape.
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Zero Effect (1998) · 6.3/10 · comedy, crime, mystery
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