Drive - Propp's Theory

Hero- The Driver (Ryan Gosling). A hollywood 
stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver 
for the Los Angeles criminal underworld. He is 
also a wannabe race car driver.

Villain/False Hero - Bernie Rose (Albert Brooks).
An entrepreneur who agree's to sponsor The Drivers
racing team who is also a mafia boss. After a job
organized by Bernie goes wrong for The Driver,
Bernie attempts to have him killed. 

Helper - Shannon (Bryan Cranston). A mechanic who is friends with The Driver, and manages his racing, stunt jobs and getaway jobs.





Princess/Prize - Irene (Carey Mulligan). The Driver's neighbour who becomes his love interest when he begins to help out looking after her son Benicio, while his father is in Jail.

Donor - Nino (Ron Perlman). The owner of Nino's pizzeria who is also in association with the mafia. Arranges and provides support for the jobs Bernie hires The Driver for.

Taxi Driver - Todorov's Theory

Taxi Driver

Equilibrium
Travis Bickle is a lonely man in New York, who works as a Taxi Driver.







Disruption
The Taxi Driver picks up a young girl named Iris in his taxi. However he discovers she is a child
prostitute and thinks she may be in trouble.






Recognition
Travis discovers that Iris has gone missing, which upsets him as
he had struck up a friendship with her. He goes to her pimp and 
gets the location of where she has been taken.











Repair
Travis becomes a vigilante - buys a gun and sets off to rescue Iris from her captors.




New Equilibrium
Travis finds and kills her kidnappers. He enters the building where she is being kept and after he kills the guards in the building, he finds Iris locked up. The police find Travis and he is taken to hospital. When he returns he is hailed as a hero and Iris is returned to her family.

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