Representation - Gender

Representation of gender.

In Thriller movies, gender roles are frequently stereotypical roles that are expected to see. Most of the times, the roles are swapped around to make films more interesting for the audience. In these films the female stereotypes include: A woman who is dependent on a man/needs a man to survive, constantly needs to be saved (heroine), typically has children to look after, objectified for men (male gaze), are usually innocent and rarely do anything wrong and are usually pretty, they have long hair, makeup and wear dresses/ feminine clothing. Male stereotypes include: men being brave/saves the woman, are protective/dominant, strong, muscular build, good looking, handsome and allowed to look at other women as objects (male gaze)

In the film taken, Liam Neeson plays the hero when he discovers his daughter's been kidnapped. He is stereotypically portrayed in this films as he has to be brave and save the young helpless woman. In Gone, the film goes against the gender stereotype, this is because Amanda Seyfried plays a character who goes to save her sister from a kidnapper. The roles in this film have been swapped around as a women is now portrayed as the brave hero.