The Motivation Of Nameless From The Film Drive

The motivations of a Hero justify their actions; even if it involves killing. Nameless from the film Hero and the Driver from the film Drive, are characters who kill many people due to their motivations. Nameless is motivated by revenge and the Driver is motivated by love; therefore making the action of killing a connection to their motivations. Unfortunately, both characters struggle to achieve their goal. Nameless fails to succeed and the Driver succeeds but it came with a cost.
Nameless and the Driver are two characters who demonstrate that their motivations of revenge and love are the reasons for what they do. Therefore in the film Hero, Nameless is a great swordsman and is being honored by the king for killing three assassins from the Kingdom of Zhao. The action to kill these assassins was not for him to be honored by the King but to kill the King. Nameless says “I come from Zhao. Qin soldiers murdered my whole family. I was orphaned, brought to Qin and raised here. Ten years …show more content…
Nameless explained his plan to kill the King and he mentioned what Broken Sword said “The people have suffered years of warfare. Only the King of Qin can stop the chaos by uniting all under Heaven.” This changed Nameless mind about killing the King and put his revenge aside for the benefits of others; therefore, failing to succeed his goal of killing the King. Additionally, the Driver’s goal was to kill Nino and Bernie because they were a threat to Irene and Benicio. Bernie said to the Driver “Any dreams you have, or plans, or hopes for your future…I think you’re going to have to put that on hold. For the rest of your life you’re going to be looking over your shoulder.” This meant that the Driver will have to give up seeing Irene and Benicio because he had succeeded in killing Nino and