Dennis Patriot Games

Family loyalty and legitimacy are an essential part in the Patriot Games. A traditional family that contributes to the plot of movie is the and the Ryans. They have that nuclear family idea going on, how there is a mom, dad and children with a pet. This is considered to be the standard idea of what a family is or should be. The fear of losing one's family and being loyal to your family whether it be organizational, nuclear or not so traditional. Loyalty to their family is what posses a person, to commit any act to keep their family together. lot.

Triay - Bladerunner

In the final scene of Bladerunner, Deckard has reached his final "retirement" target, Roy Batty. After a showdown on the roof of the skyscraper, Deckard is seemingly at the end of the road. He is dangling off the edge, and Batty has the upper hand. However, Batty, overcome by finally attaining what he believes to be is human emotion, saves Deckard from falling to his death. At this moment, the replicant gains the power of human compassion. Batty fulfills the Tyrell promise of their replicants being "more human than human" and allows this new emotion to overcome the inherent evil that was plaguing him.

A dove is then released. This dove is highly symbolic of Batty's position in the film. As the dove is the traditional symbol of peace, this dove is too. Batty has become a new man, a man of compassion and emotion. As the dove flies away, we are left with the question "what makes us human?" Emotion, compassion? Perhaps it is the recognition of life as a beautiful thing to be cherished. Batty seems to have achieved this idea.

Massiha Presumed Innocent

The scene when Rusty discovers the hammer sets up his wife’s confession. It begins to set the foundation for Rusty’s guilt. The whole movie we are lead to believe it really wasn’t Rusty who killed Carolyn Polhemus, but in a twist, it was his actions that prompted her murder. If, he had never had an affair with Carolyn, his wife wouldn’t have been feeling depressed and suicidal and well, basically crazy. She felt so down that had to “destroy the destroyer.” Step by step she executed her “perfectly” planned murder, knowing she wouldn’t get caught. She, however, didn’t think they would blame her husband for her actions by default. She claims she wouldn’t have let Rusty go to jail, that she would have come clean. Her thought process had her believing he would have just written the case as unsolved and it would have gotten dismissed. Guilt manifests in Rusty because he alone has to live with the truth: that his wife killed Carolyn. Not only will it haunt him everyday, but he doesn’t have the heart to punish his son by taking his mother away. Thus, leaving him to deal with the truth every single second of every day.

Triay - Last Crusade

In The Last Crusade, Indiana Jones goes through the three stages of the traditional Medieval Knight's Quest. They are as follows.


The Mercenary Knight: A greedy, self-obsessed quest that cares little for the well being of the people and places they encounter. They simply want monetary gain. The first act of the film, the Young Indiana flashback, is reminiscent of the Mercenary Knight. Indiana is tirelessly searching for the Cross of Coronado. He abandons his scout troop and endangers the life of his friend, all for the "fortune and glory," or in this case the approval of his father. He risks his life being chased by the robbers, eventually having the cross taken back from him at his father's home, without his father's approval.

The Indentured Knight: The indentured knight serves a single person other than himself. They are indentured, or indebted, to seeking the target they are presented for the betterment of their surrounding society. Walter Donovan tips Indiana Jones about the location of the Holy Grail and quite possibly the location of Indiana's father, Henry. Indiana Jones accepts this quest, knowing that he may finally achieve his father's approval, but also aiding Walter Donovan's museum.

The Aristocratic Knight: The Aristocratic Knight already has all the treasure he needs. For Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana assumes this identity as his relationship with his father continues to mend. They see within each other all the pain that has been brought out over the years, and Indiana realizes that he does not truly desire the Holy Grail. They let the Grail remain in the temple where they find it, and ride off into the sunset together bearing the real treasure, the paternal love.

Cutler: Frantic

    In the thriller Frantic, Dr. Richard Walker finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when his wife is kidnapped in Paris. There are many noir elements in this film including fear/anxiety, helplessness, and moral ambiguity. All of these elements create an intense feeling of psychological entrapment for Walker.
    When Walker's wife is kidnapped, he immediately begins the frantic search to find her. He is overcome by feelings of fear and anxiety because the worst case scenario has happened. He then feels helpless because he is in a foreign country and there's a language barrier, so it further hurts his chance of finding his wife. Also, no one believes him and the local people don't trust him because he's American. He is isolated in a foreign country. Walker realizes the moral ambiguity in the situation when he meets Michelle and learns of why his wife was kidnapped. On his search for his wife, he feels entrapped because of the bizarre circumstances. He meets Michelle who agrees to help him but she furthers adds to his fear and anxiety because she acts as a femme fatale and temptress.

In this picture, the framing places Walker as the central figure because he is in the foreground. He is more dominant than Michelle indicating that he has taken control of the situation. For most of the film, Michelle adds to Walker's entrapment because she is difficult. This scene at the end of the film shows that Walker is dominant and has taken control of the situation and no longer feels trapped by the femme fatale. She is one of the main sources of the moral ambiguity aspect of the film, so this scene shows that Walker has risen above that and will finally be reunited with his missing wife. 

Guerry- The Devil's Own

"It's good to have someone else in the house who has to stand when they pee." This quote by Tom shows the beginning of his acceptance of Rory into his home and family. Fresh from Ireland, Rory begins living in Tom's basement as a guest and soon finds himself thrust into the O'Meara family whether he wants to be or not. Having grown up without a father for the majority of his life, Rory embraces Tom's wisdom and loving attitude towards him.

Their bond grows so strong that even in the end of the film, on the boat, Rory hesitates when faced with the opportunity to fire at Tom. He surely has been in situations like this before, where killing ensures his survival, yet Rory doesnt kill O'Meara because he is considered family.

Guerry- Blade Runner

In the final scene, Roy throws us an emotional curveball as he saves Deckard in an unprecedented show of empathy. Previously known as the diabolical replicant leader, such an act is very contradictory to his normal attitudes. The movie is a fight between Roy and Deckard, with Roy struggling to find a way to extend his life past the given four years. Batty was upset that all his experiences and memories would be gone like tears in the rain.


The white dove that Roy releases at the end of the film is a symbol of peace. Roy saves Deckard's life to prove that replicants are good and not evil. It serves as a balance to weigh out the bad things he has done. The dove shows Roy's acceptance and content with his enumerated life span and that he has gained compassion, an emotion previously unidentified with replicants. By gaining compassion, Roy essentially becomes a human, as empathy for others is what makes us human in the first place.