THRILLER GENRE FORMS AND CONVENTIONSBy Qeeren Kangudia

Four Brothers

• Four Brothers is a typical action thriller because within the film it has a lot of typical things action thriller things, for example the film consists of an innocent victim that get caught in the cross fire of an incident, a police men with a corrupt partner, gang violence and of course people that are looking to avenge the death of the innocent victim.

• During the film they also use a lot of iconography of thriller such as guns, drugs and fast cars. And with all the audio that they use to build up the tension and make it more interesting; this is what makes the movie a perfect example of an action thriller.

Four Brother:

Characters

• The innocent victim- this was shown a lot in the film as you had the first victim that was the (adopted) mother, Evelyn Mercer of the four brothers that was killed in the shop robbery making it look like she got caught in the cross fire of the rubbery. Then you have the second killing Jack Mercer, one of the four brothers that was killed trying to chase away the gang member that were posing as hooligans.

• Corrupt Policemen- this is shown when Detective Fowler kills his partner in cold blood so he can continue working for the police and also an insider for the king pin.

• Gangsters- they play a big part in thriller and this movie as they’re the ones that start all the commotions because the king pin who goes by the name Victor Sweet, gives his men orders to kill Evelyn Mercer to get the attention of the four brothers in the first place.

• Typical female- you have the two women that have no say so in what happens to their boyfriends/husbands as they have to sit back and do as they're told when they're told without any questions being asked

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characters The Innocent Victims

The King Pin And His Mob

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Characters Corrupt Policemen

The Two Typical Women

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Themes

In the film a lot of themes were used but the obvious thriller films were:• Trust- this was displayed a lot during the

film as it was trust that bonded the four brothers and made them trust each other with their lives.

• Corruption- this was displayed when detective fowler betrayed and killed his partner Lt. Green because he found out that he was the one that was the bad fruit in the precinct.

• Betrayal- this was displayed when the three brothers thought that Jeremiah Mercer was the reason why they’re mother was killed and also when Lt. Green found out that his partner that he’s been working with for a few years was also working for Vincent Sweet.

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Iconography

• Costumes: In the movie iconography is shown throughout it with all the costumes that all the characters play, for example all the four brother wear leather jackets and dark clothing throughout most of the film. While the king pin wears things that makes him stand out from all of his crew so that everyone can recognise that his the boss.

• Weapons: weapons in this film are used as a symbol of violence and a warning that something drastic is about to happen or that it has already happen, this spike up questions in our head most of the time that get answered during the movie.

• Settings: the movie is set in the rough parts of Toronto.

Abduction • Abduction is a typical mystery thriller because within the movie there are a lot of unanswered questions and puzzles that needs to be solved. The film consists of typical characters in the film like an innocent victim, corrupt detectives that are after a the innocent victim for stumbling on something that they weren't meant to be looking at on the internet.

• During all this they have to avoid getting caught by speeding bullets and car chases which is an iconography in thriller; while all this is happening the directors added fast music to build up the intensity.

Abduction: Characters

• The innocent victims- the innocent victims were shown a lot in the beginning of the film, posing as Nathans mother and father. The mother and father both got killed a t the same time but the mother got killed first and the father second while trying to protect Nathan.

• Corrupt police men- the corrupt policemen was introduced when the hired gun men started going after Nathan; they got in contact with him by phone and claimed they were CIA which made Nathen doubt that they were on his side.

• Hired men/gangsters- the men was introduced when Nathen stumbled on a website of missing kids and saw his picture, when he searched in to it more he triggered a high-tech, international manhunt. Which caused the people that were after him to send the gun men.

• Typical female- you have the typical female that advises Nathan but really has no say so in what happens and what's the next move is, all she does is listen to orders and follows them no questions asked.

Abduction: Characters

The innocent victims

The corrupt policemen / CIA

Abduction: Characters

Hired gunmen/ gangster

Typical girl