Second film I've watched in a short period of time that is centred around a troubled anti-hero called Joe and the archetypical heroic path he embarks on that will eventually lead to redemption.
I won't delve any further into the mechanics of the archetypical hero myth itself, as I've already written extensively about it in my You Were Never Really Here 'review'. However, I will point out that you need to understand the appeal of the archetypical hero myth in…
An ultra-violent arthouse approach to the archetypical hero myth.
There's a reason why so many people, men in particular, are drawn to characters like Joe in You Were Never Really Here. On the surface he might seem all too familiar: a silent anti-hero troubled by a traumatic past, propells himself into a downward spiral that will ultimately lead to his demise. Unless..
And this is where things start to become interesting, at least from a psychological view. Because it's at…
