Essay Question

How are action movie protagonists represented and developed from 1991 to 2015?

My thesis is about how the protagonist is represented and changed over the period of time. I will be looking at historical and social events that happened during the making and the time of the films. I will look at political and cultural issues and factors that took place during the period of 1991 to 2015. I will analyse the way the protagonist has been affected and developed throughout the years.   

In action films the protagonist are stereotypically represented masculine and brave. Protagonist is usually in trying to save or is in danger caused by the antagonist within the films. I will be analysing this in the films Mission Impossible (1996), Mission Impossible Rogue Nation (2015), Iron Man 3 (2013), Batman Begins (2005), and The Terminator 2 (1991).  I will be looking at how the protagonist has changed through time and comparing this with the other films. I will look at the way the protagonist is represented powerful and masculine and how this has changed or kept the same.