Rule Breakers
Angel Studios has been home to multiple successful projects over the last few eld , with many of its movies and TV show being religious - theme task . This admit projects likeThe Chosen , a Christian drama about the life of Jesus Christ , and thecontroversialSound of Freedom , their biggest boxful office hit , about human trafficking in Colombia . latterly , however , the media company has been lucubrate with movies whose spiritual themes are less overt , such as the post - apocalyptic filmHomesteadand the dramaBrave the Dark .
The most recent of these isRule Breakers , take by Bill Guttentag from a playscript he co - save with Elaha Mahboob and Jason Brown . It ’s afilm about the true storyof the Afghan Dreamers , an all - girl robotics squad in Herat . It follows Roya Mahboob ( Nikohl Boosheri ) , a outstanding tech company founderand girls ' computer teacher who puts the squad together after a agonising brush with death . With the support of many , she finds four girls whose noesis of math and science is perfect for the squad . They must also navigate the prospect of women in Afghanistan with their attempts to rise themselves in global robotics competitions .
Rule Breakers' Story Is Uplifting & Empowering
The Movie Provides Feminist Messages About Determination
harness Breakersis overtly about empowering women in Afghanistan , where many threats look those who smash out of gendered norms . However , it also shows , throughsupportive male characters around Roya and her team , that men ’s introspection is an important step toward equivalence . These important feminist message waver their fashion into the story as the robotics team develops , show themselves with progressively complex cosmos as the cinema progresses . But the genuine focus is on its themes and how they tie into the team ’s struggle to leaven themselves to the world .
Brave the Dark depicts the true issue that fetch a troubled unseasoned man out of his gloomy past tense and toward a brighter time to come thanks to a caring instructor .
The story outwit areillustrative of the hardships women endurewhile examine to rise above their place . Although the pic is aim at a universal audience , it does n’t hold back , specially as Roya ’s squad contract more eye on them . This is complemented by strong performances from everyone in the picture , with Boosheri stand out as she teeters between hope and desperation as events unfold . The girl on the team also stood out , with every actor involved doing great work at showcasing their reaction to both difficult losses and triumphant winnings .
Rule Breakers Needed More Time To Develop The Robotics Team
Lacking Characterization Makes The Movie Less Compelling
Despite being agood feminist moviewith powerful messages about cleaning woman ’s authorization , Rule Breakerssuffers due to a lack of potent characterization for the robotics squad . While the introductions to each girl promise a unequaled function on the team for each of them , the movie does n’t take its sentence to launch their squad moral force . alternatively , it ’s preoccupy with showcasing the girls ' challenge and accomplishments in robotics as a team . These minute are central to the story and answer its themes well , but without strong character , the important moments do n’t land as hard as they could have .
The film does provide some development for a few appendage more than others , with Taara ( Nina Hosseinzadeh ) being one such standout . There are attempts to give the other girls the spotlight , with Esin ( Amber Afzali ) being of particular direction at various point . However , these aspect of characterization are n’t very solid , with the moving picture mostly centering its message and story over everything else . In those category , the film is stellar , even if the deficiency of deep focal point on the girls as individual left me wanting more .
It ’s a heartwarming account that , despite centre more on its theme than any other panorama , still return a memorable tale with roots in real life .
Despite the deficiency of stiff characterization across the team , Rule Breakersstill ply an uplifting fib about women triumphing over their expected social role on a global scale of measurement . It ’s a heartwarming chronicle that , despite focusing more on its composition than any other face , still turn in a memorable narration with roots in existent life . It ’s those genuine - world inspiration that make it glisten all the brighter , even if a deeper focus on the characters would have been preferred .
