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This Hollywood film starring Nicholas Cage called 'Bad Lieutenant' connotes that he is playing the character of a false hero and is actually a dirty cop and this is shown by the protagonists facial expression as he is smiling. This is also shown by the tagline 'Gangster. Thief'. To set the mise-en-scene a medium closeup is used to emphaise the size of the gun as it looks like the biggest thing in the picture and looks like its aimed at the person looking.The audience this would be aimed at would predominantly be males aged 20-35. The genre signified

might be a hybrid of action/mystery as characters who have double roles are in film where peeple try to solve a problem.