Taken

• How is the white middle-class male hero presented? Is this representation conforming to other representations of white men in action films? Why? In this action film, the white middle-class man is presented as a hero because he is saving his daughter that has been kidnapped and it is conforming to other white males in action films as the hero because in this film a white male has saved someone so they may stereotype other white males as heroes.
• How are females represented? Are the women being rescued by men? Why? In films, females are represented as weak and usually have a less dominant role. Females are also represented as not being able to take care of themselves when they're in trouble. In this film, the female is being rescued by a white middle-classed male.
• How are eastern-Europeans represented? What might the fact the human-traffickers are Albanian suggest to the audience? The eastern-Europeans are represented as bad people because they're kidnapping people and torturing them so people will now stereotype all eastern-European people as bad people. The fact that the human traffickers are Albanians, it will allow people to stereotype that all Albanians are human traffickers.

• How is Europe represented? Remember, the film involves an American girl visiting Europe for the first time - is Europe presented as safe? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points. Europe is represented as dangerous and scary because in the film the American girl visits Europe for the first time with her friend and she ends up being kidnapped. This will allow people to stereotype that Europe isn't a safe place.