Friday 15 January 2010

Action Thriller Conventions

  • Obvious antagonist
  • Race against time scenario
  • More violence than other sub genres
  • Disruption to equilibrium requires the protagonist to use action to solve it
  • Protagonist must be skilled in some form of combat
  • Generally involves a character of the opposite sex to drive the narrative
  • However their loyalty maybe doubted (double cross scenario)
  • Often will involve high profile actors

Examples Include:
James Bond films, Spiderman, Die-Hard, The Bourne Trilogy, Taken, The Matrix, The Transporter

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