Thriller films contain elements of crime, mystery, or espionage that excite and suspense audiences. They feature dark characters like criminals or assassins dealing with themes like terrorism, conspiracy, pursuit, or revenge. Example films analyzed include Taken about a retired CIA agent rescuing his daughter from kidnappers, The Dark Knight about Batman confronting the Joker, and Inception about dream invasion technology. Well-known actors that star in thrillers include Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon.
2. THRILLER FILMS DEFINITION
A film that contains an element of crime, mystery,
espionage in an atmosphere that contains excitement,
suspense and tension.
Thrillers keep the audience on the edge of their seat and
always keep them wanting to find out more.
3. CONVENTIONS OF THRILLER
The characters are conventionally dark people, they most
commonly have a bad past which leads them onto becoming
outlaws e.g. criminals, stalkers and assassins.
Common themes in thrillers are:
1. Terrorism
2. Conspiracy
3. Romantic triangles
4. Pursuit
5. Romantic Triangles
6. Revenge
7. Kidnapping
8. Heists
4. TAKEN
A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on
his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who was
kidnapped on a trip to Paris to be sold into prostitution.
The main actors in this film are Liam Neeson,
Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen.
5. THE DARK KNIGHT
When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an
assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box,
the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and
bringing any heroes down to his level.
The main actors in this are Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
and Aaron Eckhart.
6. INCEPTION
In a world where technology exists to enter the human
mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is
given a final chance at redemption which involves
executing his toughest job to date.
The main actors in this film are Leonardo Dicaprio,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page and tom hardy.
This film Is a sub genre of a
physcological thriller.
7. ACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THRILLERS
Harrison Ford
Tom Cruise
Grace Kelly
Janet Leigh
Leonardo Di Caprio
Matt Damon
Samuel L.Jackson
