Kevin's Watch

(Note: since this deals with a central theme of the movie, pretty much this whole thread would need to be spoilered. Since that's too much trouble, just pretend that it is, and don't read further if you still want to see Hancock!)

So in the beginning, I loved the story arc of a superhero voluntarily submitting to incarceration. The whole theme of someone choosing to submit themselves to an outside authority, despite having the strength to defy them, really appealed to me as a story.

And then Hancock threw that story arc in the toilet.

Anyway, I'd like to know if there is any movie out there that deals entirely with a similar theme. It doesn't have to be a superhero movie, just one about someone learning to act responsibly even when they aren't forced to.

Any suggestions?

There was a story arc in Framk Miller's Daredevil that had the Punisher allowing himself to be incarcerated so he could clean up (I.E. kill all the criminals) the corruption going on inside the jail. That would make an interesting movie...

Rigel wrote: Anyway, I'd like to know if there is any movie out there that deals entirely with a similar theme. It doesn't have to be a superhero movie, just one about someone learning to act responsibly even when they aren't forced to.

Lots of films feature this theme, either as their main point, or a theme of a supporting character etc.

One that leaps to mind, though I may be remembering it incorrectly, is a Mongolian film called Swordsman of Double Flag Town. A swordsman with a pathological aversion to blood, goes on rampages when he sees it, slaughtering anyone who happens to be near by. He moves to a tavern, and tries to mend his ways and cure his fear, with help from the tavern owner.