Review of Armored (2009) by Endelbendel — 01 Mar 2018

This is a retelling by distortion of an Old Testament story, specifically Abraham and Isaac. Cochrane is the anti-Abraham who repeats the theme family. Everything Cochrane says is a lie. The film is nihilistic, about usurping the father, The Name of the Father, which is represented by the policeman, by the impotent dispatcher, finally by the hospital as impersonal institution.

Tyler believes in the Name of the father, Cochrane is perverse by attempting to occupy it personally. In the end the major conflict is whether belief and faith will yield prosperity. The film answers yes, but not without violence.

Note the literal fall from grace of the Lucifer in the story when Palmer steps off the high building which Tyler has climb to heaven and receives salvation. This Isaac is not sacrificed, tho not due to divine judgement and design rather to his own persistent opposition to the crowd.