Monday, 17 October 2011

Sub genres of Thrillers

Horror thrillers  - are more aimed at teenagers and has more gore and blood in the film than a typical thriller and it is more focused on serial killer plots, thats why its more for the younger audience.This sometimes can include a supernatral element which could involve monsters or demons. Here is a list of thrillers I have seen -

Underworld evolution    
The forgotten
Underworld
Blade
Blade 2                                                                                         
Blade trinity
Dead again
The others
What lies beneath 
Scream
Scream 2
Scream 3
Scream 4
I am Legend

Political Thrillers - This is usually aimed at the older audience because of the politacl element. This sub genre usually is based around the government like Enemy of the State where part of the government is trying to cover up a political murder. these are the political thrillers I have seen -
The next 3 days
Vantage point
Children of men
The interpreter                                                 
Munich
The siege
The Manchurian candidate
The Enemy of the State
Murder at 1600
In the line of fire

Action Thrillers - With this sub genre, its hard to tell if it is action or thriller because it has all the conventions of action in the film (hero and villian), this is mostly aimed at men but can be for everyone.This involves lots of guns and pyrotechnics. Here is the films I would consider to be action thrillers -

The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift
Fast and Furious 4
Fast Five
Transporter
Transporter 2                                                        
Transporter 3
12 Rounds
Xxx
Xxx 2
The Losers
The town
The taking of pelam 123
Sherlock Holmes
Armoured
Ransom
Righteous kill
Max Payne
War
Miami vice
Running scared
Snakes on a plane
Inside man
Domino
Casino royal
Sin city
Hostage
The fast and furious Tokyo drift
Cradle to the grave
Bangkok dangerous
Cellular
Lucky number sleven
Swordfish
Training day
In too deep
Out of time
Panic room
Speed
Battle royal
Kiss of the dragon
Point break
Ricochet
Basic instinct
Bad boys
Bad Boys 2
Assault on percent 13
The negotiator




Psychological Thrillers - This is usually based on a game of "cat and mouse" between the hero and villian. The villian tries to mess with the hero using something personal against the hero in order to win. Here are some of the thrillers that I would consider to be psychological -


The resident
The experiment
Unthinkable
Phone booth
Shutter Island
A perfect getaway
Untraceable
Perfect stranger
Pathology
Disturbia
Fracture
The butterfly effect
Identity
Murder by numbers
Red dragon
From Hell
Along came a spider
The talented Mr. Ripley
Se7ven
Face/off
Kiss the girls
Pacific heights
Silences of the lambs
Sleeping with the enemy
Single white female
Taking lives
The bone collector
The disappearance of Alice creed


Revenge Thrillers - These types of thrillers involve either the villian getting even with the hero or in some cases involving the hero in some way or the hero getting even with the villian or villians like in Taken where the hero (Liam Neeson) going after traffickers to get his daughter back. Here are some of revenge thrillers I have watched -
Taken
V for vendetta
Kill bill Vol 1
The punisher
Old boy
Law abiding citizen
Kill bill Vol 2
Pay back
Leon
Man on fire

Conspiracy thrillers - These usually involve the government keeping a secret from the public, and an innocent person gets involved in it which inevitably puts his/her life in danger and turns their life upside down. For example, in Enemy of the State,Will Smith's life is turn upside down because he stumbled onto a tape that shows government officials killing a senetor. here is some conspiracy thrillers I have watched -

Hanna
The losers
Salt
Unknown
The A team
The Bourn Identity
The Bourn Supremacy
The Bourn Ultimantum
Awake
Hit man
The recruit
Snake eyes
US Marshals
The Net
Nick of time
Mission impossible
Mission Impossible 2
Mission Impossible 3
Conspiracy theory
Mercury rising
The fugitive
Flight plan


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