Taken

The film Taken, is an action thriller. The poster makes it seem like an action thriller because of the font, the colour, the lighting, and the actors facial expression. The font is in big red writing saying Taken, the colour red causes the audience to think of danger and blood, so already we feel that the actor in the picture, Liam Neeson, is a dangerous man. Not only by the font do we see he is dangerous, but also he is wearing a leather jacket, which is usual for action thrillers, and the leather jacket is black, so its as if he trying to blend into the dark and not be seen. From the poster we can see it is night time, so we feel the film could be dark and brutal. In the background we see the photoshopped Eiffel Tower, which is Paris' tallest building, so we know where his location is, not only that, but it could be metaphorical, that this man could take down the Eiffel Tower if he had to as he looks the same size as the tower. He takes up most of the poster making it obvious to the audience he is the leading role in the film. He also has a gun in his hand making it obvious he is dangerous, and possibly some type of assassin, when you include the leather jacket. Also on the poster it has a tag line saying "They took his daughter. He'll take their lives", two words "their lives" is highlighted in red, meaning there will be blood when he kills them. Also those two lines already gives the audience a short summary of what the film may be about.