Taken
The seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father, the retired agent Bryan Mills that left the secret service to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart; she convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with the stranger Peter and Amanda tells to him that they are alone in Paris. When Bryan succeeds in contacting his daughter, she tells that criminals have just break in the spot and they are kidnapped by an Albanese gang of human trafficking. Bryan promises in the phone to kill the kidnapper of his daughter and immediately travels to Paris to find Kim and chase the criminals.
Characters
From the beginning of the film we find out that the main character is Bryan Mills that is has left the secret service to stay near his daughter, Kim. Straight away we can establish that Mills is a loving and caring father and even though working in the secret service hardens a mans personality , he still has the caring side of feeling loneliness from being away from Kim. Mills is a calm person who gets along with people who get along with him. But if his buttons are pushed he can turn into the Hulk. His everyman qualities are shown from the scene when he sends Kim away on holiday when he gets emotion that he has to let his daughter leave. This is an example of a good loving father. The only weaknesses that are shown by Mills are his daughter, Kim. She is the only flaw in his life as he is already separated from her and then she got kidnapped.
Narratives
The first and most obvious enigma which was created was the kidnapping of Mill’s daughter Kim. But not to far in the film was revealed that these kidnappers do this all the time innocent young girls. Another enigma which was created was the extent that Mills would go to, to get Kim back. Clues were given to the audience of how his personality is. Such as being a hard man and fearless of anyone, but wasn’t revealed how experienced he was in fighting and mental technique to finding his daughter. This engaged the audience to watch more and see what the result would be.
Cinematic
The cinematography that was mostly used was close ups and extreme close ups of the facial expression of Mills, Kim and even the kidnappers. The close up of Kim’s face when she watched her friend getting kidnapped showed the audience of how scared and vulnerable she was. Cinematography is used in the scene when Kim was on the phone to her dad when her friend was being kidnapped by cross cutting of scenes. This helps create drama and the pace of the shots where fast so also created enigmas to what would happen next.
Themes
The theme of Investigation could fall under the theme category as the hero Mills must uncover a series of enigmas to establish the truth and to get his daughter back. When Kim is in the sheikh's yacht, Mills comes into the yacht defeating all enemies searching around where Kim is. Another theme is that the hero has skills which put his daughter in danger. He is an ex secret service member and as he tries harder to get to Kim the kidnappers fight back harder. This skill of his had potentially put Kim in more of a risk but Mills is not worried as his experience tops all.
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