Film Analysis: Superhero Vs. Archenemy

The subject of the movie can be Superhero vs. Archenemy, or how two people can be complete opposites. As said in the movie, you have Elijah one side of the spectrum an David on the other side. Elijah can get sick and get hurt, partially because of a disease he has, whereas David has never gotten sick or injured. This is the first example of how the movie shows us how they’re opposites. The film’s first scene starts with a mom and her newborn baby. The mom has just been told that both of her baby’s limbs were broken but didn’t know how. The second scene is of David on a train. With this shift, we can’t tell exactly how much time has passed in terms of days, weeks, or years but in the movie, it has only been a couple of seconds. In this scene, we see the ability that David has. He is involved in a train derailment that kills all 131 passengers aboard and leaves him the only survivor but yet he has not one single scratch on him. The scene that follows after is at the funeral for the deceased passengers. We see David walking out to his car to find a note from a place called …show more content…
Towards the end, after David considers all that Elijah said, we see him in a crowded room, wearing a long poncho that has the word security on the back. In this scene, we consider him looking for someone who may need his help. Everyone knows that a superhero always wears a cape. That long poncho with security on the back is his cape. It’s also known that every superhero has a weakness. Earlier in the movie it is mentioned that David was pronounced dead after drowning in a pool. Elijah pointed out that water was weakness, also known as his kryptonite. In the end, once David finally accepted what he was, it was revealed that Elijah was the one who started all those incidents that killed all those people and left only David alive so he could realize his true potential. Elijah was the archenemy. This is another example of how the two are