Gender
The two men in this sequence are represented very differently. The kidnapper is represented more stereotypically for an action films, than Matt. Men in action films are always expert fighters, never show any fear, and have guns, for example Jason Bourne or James Bond.
While the kidnapper is wearing jeans and trainers, suggesting that he is young, and not a professional killer, he displays his strength and fighting ability when he kicks the door open, and in the fight scene. This is stereotypical of men in many films, and always in action films.
Matt, on the other hand, shows absolute terror when being chased by a man with a gun, where usually a young man in that situation in an action film would try to fight him. This is more stereotypical of women in action films.
He wears normal casual clothes, while the kidnapper wears all black, with a balaclava, emphasising the kidnapper’s superiority, and Matt’s vulnerability. Matt only attempts to fight once he is trapped in the final room, but the kidnapper beats him easily, not stereotypical to the genre. An example of something like this is the last fight scene in Tomorrow Never Dies between James Bond and Stamper.
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