Taken 2 clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p06Obl68Ocs
The genre of this extract from the film Taken 2 is a very typical Action Adventure film. I can tell that it is because the events that take place contain combat, conflict, speed and motion. These are very usual things to see in an action adventure film.
The events show many of these qualities, for example the fast moving of the cars and the gun shots create a sense of jeopardy. The combat and conflict comes from when Liam Neesons shoots his gun at the car behind him. This scene where it is a 'battle between good and evil' is featured in many action and adventure. In addition, the speed and motion comes from the speed from the cars that are chasing the hero, in this case Liam Neeson.
The events that are taking place are things that happen in a typical action adventure for example, there is a chase scene with cars through a town/city that is crowded. The hero in this scene, Liam Neeson, is also very typical because he tries to revert the bad guys from following his car, by shooting them.
The action in the extract impacts the audience because the speed of the cars creates enigma. It makes them want to keep watching by introducing suspense. The audience would almost be 'getting out of there seat' with excitement as there is a lot of action in the scene as well: the cars are so close to each other to make it seem like the film extract is moving faster.
One of the main reasons this is an action adventure however is because we have a hero, or in this case two. Liam Neeson and his daughter are driving away from the 'bad guys', and the audience guesses automatically because he usually plays these sort of characters and roles in his other movies and he is very recognizable. In my opinion LN is not just your average hero, he is more of an anti-villain (like Jack from pirates of the carribbean, or James Bond from Mission Impossible). This is because he is using a gun which makes him seem quite aggresive and destructive (not a typical trait of a hero), and he is shooting another car. Eventhough in this film he is seen as a hero, in general, he is more of an anti-villain. So overall, the characters in the extract and the events portray a typical Action Adventure film.
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