Examples Of An Action Thriller

I am Legend is a good example of an action thriller, it follows all the conventions of an action thriller.

This film contains more general and less thought out violence than other sub genres. The fighting is between Will Smiths character and the zombie like creatures. When they do fight it's usually the zombies fighting in pure rage, compared to other thriller sub genres the fighting is much less thought out, e.g. in James Bond the fighting is more skilled as the characters are trained in combat.

There is an obvious Antagonist which is the zombies. They meet the criteria of an antagonistic: They live in the dark suggesting there evil, they want to kill the protagonist and there violent.

The film is a race against the clock meeting the general Action thriller conventions. Robert Neville (Will Smith) is trying to make an antidote to the disease which turned every other human into a zombie, he is in a race to make this before the zombies overthrow him and kill him.

The film is an obvious disturbance to general every day life. The disease turned every human into a zombie resulting in an almost alter world and a complete turnover in every day life for the character, the films events also differ from his general activities in this scenario as the audience are introduced to his daily activities at the beginning of the film before they change to make it more interesting for the audience.

The character is physically superior to the average person, this is highlighted in a scene where they show him working out, they also show this in the advert attracting a female audience.

There is a variety of locations used in the movie. The film is set in new york however there is rarely a location used more than once (apart from Will Smiths home) meeting the conventions of a n action thriller, it keeps the audience interested because they are constantly introduced to new surroundings.

Halfway through the film a female character is introduced and Will Smiths wife is used in flash back clips to help with the narrative.