Clip 1 - Tensions

The clip starts with the Mexican locksmith changing the locks of the D.A’s house.
However Jean (Sandra Bullock) appears to be uncomfortable with him because of his appearance (shaven head and ‘prison tattoos’) , she makes this point clear to her husband – and as far as we can tell he does not appear to be prejudiced towards the locksmith, whereas his wife does. Yet again this exposes her racial insecurities - which was first revealed to the audience then they both got carjacked. However her husband seems more worried about his political career as he does not want to risk loosing the black vote however Rick also mistakes an Iraqi person for a black person, when told about the misunderstanding he simply replies ‘well he was dark skinned’, this shows that he does not care about certain individuals as he worries mostly about his political career and how it may be jeopardised because he was carjacked by two black men.

In this clip Jean Cabot (Sandra bullock) does not trust the locksmith based on the stereotype of a person who had previously been in prison.
Even though her husband explains to her that they are not prison tattoos she refers to his stereotype, as in her eyes he would go and sell their house keys to one of his ‘homies’.