Friday 15 January 2010

Action Thriller conventions -
  • Obvious antagonist
  • Race against the time
  • More violence than other sub genres
  • Disruption to equilibrium requires the protagonist to use action to solve it
  • ^must be skilled in some form of contact
  • Usually involves a character of the opposite sex to drive the narrative
  • ^however their loyalty may be doubted
  • Often involves high profile actors
The Matrix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zGw7gnUtHY&feature=related
The Matrix fits in with the conventions of the action thriller section as it evidently has more combat than other thrillers as in the scene it is pure fighting. Also it is a race against the clock as he has to get back to normality as quickly as possible,

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