Taken

The white middle-class male hero is presented as an aggressive, experienced and protective father. The representation is conforming to other representations of white men in action films as white men are generally heroes and are a family man, wild and powerful. The females in taken are represented with very little authority for example when the daughter was kidnapped by Albanians her first instinct is to call her father for help. The females are shown as objects when kidnapped as the are used for money or drug them to use them as prostitution. Females are stereotypically weak. The men in taken are always in charge either kidnapping or saving a female. Eastern-Europeans are represented as brave and mindful towards their family. The human-traffickers are Albanian as they have a typical stereotype towards their culture from some individuals behaviour of prostitution. Europe is represented as unsafe and life-threatening because of past history. The american girl gets kidnapped which immediately makes us have fear towards Europe and shows that it is not safe due to the Albanian behaviour.