Thrillers

What Makes a Good Thriller Film?
 There has been and always will be Thrillers, it's difficult to say you don't like Thrillers. They are a mash-up of aspects from many different genres but will always mainly focus on one area. With many genres I find myself losing interest or not taking in the full story, but when i'm watching a Thriller every minute has me anticipating what will happen next, this is what makes a good thriller film the fact that it engages the audience and makes them think.

   
Compare Three Thrillers:

      
    

Knight and Day:
 Knight and Day is a good example of a mash-up of genres as it has romance, action, comedy ect... Tom Cruise plays a secret agent, who on his last mission was meant to die but he survived, upon meeting Cameron Diaz he feels as if people believe they are working together so he 'bumps' into a few times and saves her, as the film develops you can sense a close relationship forming between the two. Personally I found it slightly difficult to connect with the film at times and unlike other thriller films rather than keep you guessing it's more there to enjoy and just sit back

V for Vendetta:
 Out of every film I have watched V for Vendetta was by far one of the best Thrillers I have ever seen. It is about the mysterious crime fighter V (Hugo Weaving) who hides his identity with a Guy Fawkes mask, set out on revenge on the corrupted futuristic government who control everyone through there huge influence on media, changing the stories to benefit them for the own selfish greed. But no good thriller film can go without some blood shed as V's route to revenge is a bloody one, but along the way falls for a girl named Evey (Natalie Portman). The main reason for this is that it makes you think. It also allows you to come up with you own views and opinions on who this V really is under the mask, its almost as if you can create your own back story about this V,  it enables the audience to almost make the film there own.

Jaws:
Jaws is a giant man eating shark who terrorises the little island of Amity after the first attack Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) calls in the help of an oceanographer Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and sets out to rid the island of this terror, but when the attacks increase and Chief Brody is running out of options he in lists the help of shark hunter Quint (Robert Shaw) to help catch and kill the man eater. Not all goes to plan though when the shark attacks the boat and it slowly begins to sink and waiting in the water below is Jaws. Jaws is a thriller but with a main focus on horror, for me this has the effect of anticipation just waiting and guessing when the shark will attack next and who will be the prey. It also leaves questions which still remain un-answered in my opinion and that is where did they come from how did this shark grow to such an exceptional size, this also captivates the audience making them about the film more.