Sometimes a film is centered around a strong female lead. Other times it is centered around a cheap fabrication of that idea. Over the past 10 years we’ve seen so many action films abuse the idea of a “strong female lead.” The Resident Evil series, the Underworld series, Ultraviolet (another Millla Jovovich vehicle), and the most guilty film of them all, Sucker Punch. Granted, Everly isn’t nearly as guilty as some of the aforementioned films, but it does perpetuate the same stereotype. One where the only way for us to sympathize with our vengeful heroine is to first present her as a flawed and broken woman and then show her overcome personal and physical obstacles.
Salma Hayek plays a woman who has been held captive for over four years in the movie Everly. We first meet her after she has been brutally violated (any indication of this is never...
Salma Hayek plays a woman who has been held captive for over four years in the movie Everly. We first meet her after she has been brutally violated (any indication of this is never...
- 9/25/2014
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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