This extract from the film The Kingsman is full of several typical conventions of the AA genre. The film is an Action Adventure Spy hybrid and draws inspiration from several films of this genre such as James Bond.
The main protagonists of the film are classy British gentlemen with extremely good etiquette and suave natures which is something typical of the AA/spy genre of films. Throughout the extract, a real sense of suspense and jeopardy is created as the main protagonists have to fight their way through vigorous and deadly training trials which all take place under pressure such as being awoken in a flooding room and trying to escape. The danger in this comes from the fact that one wrong move will get you killed. Another AA convention is present in one of the scenes in the extract, which involves suave superspy Colin Firth showing a young delinquent a cabinet full of spy gadgets and weaponry, something which is typical of Spy films and heavily repeated in James Bond films.
The presentation of antagonists in the extract is also typical of the AA genre, but with a different twist which the creators threw in to try and look clever and unique. It involves a "tough as nails" antagonist sidekick who regularly interferes with the protagonist's work and serves as the force of muscle and strength, whereas the main protagonist is usually intelligent and cunning. The sense of danger is repeated through this villain's assistant as she is a disabled woman, who instead of having prosthetic limbs, has razor sharp blades which she uses to cut someone in half in one of the scenes. (which could be considered offensive as it portrays a person with a disorder as 'evil', but I will leave that to debate)
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