The Cobra Effect - AS media opening sequence analysis

This opening is fast paced, full of well following short shots and accompanied by an upbeat soundtrack to show the audience that this is a action film with lots going on. The fact the box links all the shots together suggests its very important to the rest of the story. We are also introduced to the main characters of the story. The opening starts with three slow, long  and close up shots first showing us the box which seems just an ordinary object, then as the camera moves up to introduce the first character this character looks at the camera breaking the fourth wall and then the speed completely changes. When it stops on the characters faces it tells the viewer they are important and helps us remember them as the film is frozen this is also helped by the fact they are so close to the camera so we are never shown much of the background and that they directly look at the camera. The voiceover towards the end is very poor quality and the composition of the characters doesn't look right.