Within the beginning of the trailer we are instantly told that it is set in America signified by the establishing shot of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge during the evening creating a very chilled city vibe. It then transitions into a close up shot of a book called " The old man and the sea" which we soon find out plays part of an extended metaphor in which Denzel Washington uses to tell his 'past ' story through out this whole trailer through voice overs.But another important part of the beginning of the trailer is that within the shot Denzel we are introduced to a stereotype of a prostitute who is a teenage girl dressed in a skimpy tight short dress and black fringed wig all this black connotes sexiness as well a mysteriousness.This is important as Denzel decides to tell her about his past and seems to want to hide it from someone else, we soon find out she plays an important part of the movie. This story about his past is a bit of a mystery ,which is the selling point of the movie as the audience is left with the question of who he was in his past and why he has tried to change from being that person,was he a former FBI ? ex-cop ? criminal? possibly an undercover agent ?.The question of his past identity is further cryptic throughout the whole trailer not once was his characters name mentioned at all, again leaving us with a missing puzzle piece of his identity.
It starts of at a fairly steady pace and stays steady through the begging where we see his character works at a home de-po established by all the crater carts, stoking shelves as well as uniform which states 'home mart', there fore the audience is left with am impression of a normal everyday working guy. Until we see a crime take place within his workforce where him and one of his employs are robbed from at the till, the robber takes this women's ring which sis extremely important to her as she stresses to the robber its her grandmothers ring. After this we see multiple close up shots of Denzels pensive facial expression which we see multiple times through out and each time within the next scene of this there is actions scenes taking place. More over throughout the trailer there are multiple close up shots of weapons and as well as exaggerate diagetic sounds of gun shots or guns being reload infers as if Denzel has this special sense of being able to have an instinct that magnify his awareness of these things but also the pace starts to pick up.
It is clear that the target audience is aimed at adults as well as young adults as its got a lot of violence and acting establishing its genres are action and thriller. More over mainly for adults who are fans of Denzel Washington, a well known prestigious american actor who will appeal to a older crowd due to his iconic action packed characters in previous movies, which is why his name is the only on that appears in the inter-titles.The music really starts to pick up from the middle fighting scene where they start to play a song sang by Eminem and Sia, were nearing to the end one of the ending lyrics are " its too late to start over ", these words are forced upon Denzels current situation.
