The First Five Minutes Of The Three Films I Have Chosen

‘John Q’ is a film directed by Nick Casseveres. Denzel Washington stars as John Quincy Archibald, he is a loving father struggling to make money whilst working a minimal amount of hours in a factory that is likely for him to struggle to survive. Kimberly Elise portrays John’s wife, she is a working who has recently gotten a job in order to make ends meet. "John Q" is an emotional and powerful film that delivers a much needed message about the state of healthcare in this country. The first five minutes begins with a female driving in the highway, suddenly the shot ends with a terrifying accident. Then the next opening scene opens to john and his wife, then the families’ car was taken away because they did not pay their bills, this leaves the family depressed.

I personally think this film caught my attention because this movie has a lot of drama, suspense, and is very emotional. This movie really stands out because it has an amazing plot, you can automatically tell from the first five minutes of this movie it will have a lot of suspense. This movie shows s the injustice of society, and how health care system works. The first five minutes of this film is horrifying. The begging is dramatic and also shocking. The audience appeal for this movie is 16+. The genre for this film is crime, drama and suspense.

‘Osama’ is a film that gave me goose bumps, this film is about a family of three; mother, grandma, and daughter. They try to survive in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. The first five minutes started of with a crowd of burkha-clad women fighting for their rights. Between them is a young girl who looks petrified but by her mothers side. the scared young girl (Marina Golbahari) watches from a distance, as the Taliban soldiers using water hoses towards the crowd of burkhas.

followed by the next scene where the girls mother works is raided by the Taliban, the mother is then saved by a man who is taking care of her father; he says he is her husband.  In those times the women was not allowed to be in public without a male present. The opening scene is very hard to understand but it becomes clear later in the movie. The movie has subtitles in English.  The genre for this movie is drama and foreign. The audience appeal is for people who like drama and foreign movies.

‘The Mist’ is a horror film with suspense, its also dark and tense.  The Mist starts out with David Drayton (Thomas Jane) who is a man painting his studio when a violent storm hits one of his tree, the tree came slamming down to his studio window and also flattened his boathouse. Then him and his son Billy (Nathan Gamble); and his neighbour, Brent Norton (Andre Braugher). They all head to the supermarket; the mist is spreading towards the lake.

The first five minutes of this movie does not tell you a lot, but it comes cleat later in the movie. The genre for this movie is horror and drama. The audience appeal is for people over the age sixteen. The movie is frightening and terrifying.