Action/ thriller film research 2

Taken

Storyline summary:

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.

Mise en scene: 
scenes of violence in sub urban areas because of the connotations with violence.
weapons appear around the film often which shows that there could be some action (<imagery)

Music:  

Music is dramatic to fit with action and set a mood of tension but is also mysterious sounding; this also adheres to the tense atmosphere created. 

iconography:
wears a suit like a business man or an agent; this fits the role of the film.

 

The materials that the surrounding buildings are made of show that the location is an urban area with the use of weapons this also shows violence and the genre of action.