twisted rescue

His films like *Gone Girl* and *Se7en* explore morally ambiguous rescues where saviors become perpetrators, twisting conventional heroism into psychological darkness.

*Prisoners* and *Enemy* deconstruct rescue narratives by showing how the act of saving someone can corrupt the rescuer and blur ethical boundaries.

His surreal films like *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* present rescue scenarios that invert into traps, where salvation becomes indistinguishable from destruction.