Run Lola Run

“Run Lola Run” is a fast pacing, game like movie. The mission for Lola is to get 10,000 marks in 20 minutes and save Manni. The game is played three times and has three endings. In the first trial, Lora fails to get the money and has to help Manni rob the supermarket, and ends up shot by the police. Mission fails. In the second game, Lola succeeds in robbing her father’s bank and gets the money, but Manni is run over by an ambulance, so mission fails. In the third round, Lola wins consecutively in the casino and earns more than 10,000 marks. Meanwhile, Manni gets back the money he lost. Manni is saved and they become rich. This time mission complete!

It is surprising how little things can change the rest of one’s life. This reminds me of the movie Butterfly Effect. They both have the idea of changing a little in the past which will lead to changing a person’s whole life track. The movie also shares some ideas of the Eastern cyclical belief. In the east, it is believed that people’s spirit will come back to life again after death but in different forms. Next time you wake up. You may be a man, but you can also be a cat, a dog or even a bug. Then the whole life cycle starts again. I think people in the east won’t be too surprised by the concept when watching the movie.

This movie can also be defined as a love rescuing movie, but, mostly, it is men rescuing women where heroism stands out. Here we see Lora, a skinny girl, rescuing his big man! It is telling us time has changed. The traditional characters can be switched, so here is a clear declaration of feminism. In the movie, we find that woman is always running, thinking and finding ways to solve the problem. Man, however, remains at rest. It seems man in this movie can’t change a thing and all he can do is to wait for his fatality. Woman is trying to change everything and she is even using time magic! In reality, the roles played by men and women are changing significantly. As time goes by, changes may become so significant that maybe one day man will really need women to rescue!