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Originally Posted by reidenschneider
ridley in "alien"?
the sharon stone film with crowe and hackman. she kills hackman, the end.
bette davis in "jezabel"
there are a number of others where the woman succeeds wholly on her own.
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There are a few exceptions. The majority either fall into the Horror/Slasher formula (virgin survives, all others die) or the Action/Adventure formula (girl/MacGuffin captured, hero man wades through minions/goons to or in Boss fortress, Boss fight occurs, hero rescues girl/Macguffin.)
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