Males are usually represented on films as fighting or engaging in violence. This in many ways reflects a kind of regression into Bly's theory of a pre-industrial man, who is a hunter-gatherer and trains his sons to become like him as they come of age. In many cases, films feature men as going through this kind of coming-of-age stage, when they must undergo an initiation test to allow them to progress from a boy into a man. The tests are often tests of endurance such as extreme pain, fighting, or heavy consumption of alcohol. These places are usually men-only and no women.
The types of men represented will usually fall into Connell's idea of a Hegemonic male, though to some degree they may also be Marginalised as they may feel they have no role in society.
Masculinity in films is often presented as biological in nature, though it is society which makes the men in films want to break free and let loose their true selves. Some may dislike modern society with its consumerism and the labour market.
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