3 examples of Deus ex Machinae

Deus ex Machinae can be defined as the miraculous solution from an event, person, weapon or cure to an unsolved problem.

One example of deus ex machinae can be found in the movie Armageddon. The NASA becomes aware of an asteroid that is about to crash the human world because of random meteorite pieces that have fallen all over Earth. To solve this problem, the NASA prepares a mission to land on the asteroid, drill it, and install a bomb so the asteroid splits and doesn't pass through Earth. The team faces some struggles but manage to make it possible in the end.

Another example of deus ex machinea is seen in the movie World War Z when Gerry Lane finds the cure to save humanity. He discovers that if people are infected with a disease they are not a healthy host for the zombies to attack. People start injected non-threating diseases that had cures, so they could save the planet.

In the movie Troy there is also an example of deus ex machinae when the Odysseus comes with the idea of The Trojan Horse to defeat Troy. In the end all the Greeks hide inside the Trojan Horse which allows them to penetrate the walls of Troy's kingdom and attack.