gets to swoop in and rescue this woman, finishing as the hero.

Now, don’t get me wrong. There is a time and a place for male characters to redeem themselves, and to occasionally rescue a woman – just as there is a time and a place for a woman to rescue a male character. The problem is that, when you have spent an entire movie creating a woman who is capable of rescuing herself and her family, shoe-horning in a scenario involving that woman suddenly failing and a man saving the day instead, is simply nonsensical. In this film in particular, it’s just not organic. She has clearly smacked Raoul over the head with a sledgehammer – Raoul who has already sustained several other injuries, by the way – so when he miraculously rises once more to ambush her, it is qui...

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