Researching Genre.

A chosen film in my genre i am looking at is one of my favourite called 'Taken'.

- A quick synopsis of the plot; An ex-solidier (liam neeson) travelling through Europe (paris) embarks on a franticquest to resue her daughter (Maggie Grace) after the young girl is abducted by slave traders.
 1. The plot to this film when i first watched it was indeed what i expected, this was due to all the talk but also the front cover and trailer coverage of the film. Within the plot of the film it is obvious to say that i expected someone to be taken but i think that that whole daughter of an ex-soldier/spy is genius! There are no ther films i can think of that competes at the level as this film.

2. Character profile;
 - Liam neeson plays a man called 'Bryan Mills' who is an ex-soldier who uses his previous employment skills to find his daughter. His daughter is called 'Kim' who is played by 'Maggie Grace'.
- Lenore is Bryan ex-wife played by 'Famke Jensson' and is married by a man called Jean Claude played by 'Olivier Rabourdin'.
& finally the man is in on taking kim and is at the end of the phone is called Marko and is played by 'Arben Bajraktaraj'.
These characters are all the typical kind used in this genre of film as there are always to sides, a good cop and a bad cop. A victim and the victims family.

3. Only two of the characters played had worked in this genre before and that is Liam neeson here are just a few -  Taken 1/2, the Grey, unknown, Chloe, The A-Team, darkman, suspect, the dark knight rises and many more.
 And also Maggie Grace again these are just a few the end, cold case, expose, knight and day, lockout, the following and collision.
 - I think they have been chosen for the role as they are superb in that genre due to there ability of acting.

4. The themes and values you would expect in this film are torture, drug trafficing, despair, revenge, ex and political corruption.

5. The sort of locations i would expect would be a busy one such as in a city or town. The film was set in busy Hollywood and LA.