“Here’s the rub on the “role model” for that young woman. It is a false narrative — the female in real life may be able to outtalk/outgun/outsmart a man, but we will never be able to compete on any level of one-on-one physicality.”
Well, *SPOILER ALERT*, it wasn’t about competing on a physical level. The film just showed her besting Max at one specific task, that a women realistically could best a man at, if she put in the proper practice. There’s nothing really unrealistic about it.
It wasn’t a fight between them either, so there was no “he let her win” to speak of. A task needed to be done, Max failed to do it, and she succeeded. Both of them needed the task to be done, so the only competition was indirect, they weren’t really facing off against each other.
I understand - I will say no more until I see the movie.