What makes a thriller? Film Comparison.

There is no exact formula to a thriller film other then good story features such as an exciting plot riding to a dramatic confrontation between the protagonist, usually a detective or business man, and antagonist, usually government and secret organisation which is usually on the antagonists territory which are then defeated  leading to a wrap up to complete the story so it is not to be in finished. Thrillers are filled with mystery and suspense and twists and turns, if the film does not do this then it can not be even thought of as a thriller. The plots of thrillers are usually life or death issues, which include murder and a form of justice and injustice, which is clear for the audience to see, which put the protagonist and the public in serious danger as the antagonist in thrillers have seriously malicious characteristics. The basic plots used frequently are "Whodonits?" where the audience does not know who is the "catch me before I kill again" until the end and , in films such as Jaws, in th know where though out the audience knows who or what it is, both work to great effects. Like other film genres there are many categories for the thriller genre, these include: Action, psychology, military, spy, horror, sci-fi and romantic. All however have a great sense of dramatic action, cinematic landscapes and settings and interior mind scales (memories). The puzzles used by the antagonist for the protagonist have the fast paced, create a sense of danger, have an element of thrill and excitement, twists and turns through events and conflicts where both sides have a balance of power, to create the thrill as the pro and antagonist are neck and neck so their characters grow until the end, when the antagonist is stopped and defeated.    Interception, V For Vendetta and Shutter Island are all examples of the thriller genre, with V For Vendetta and Shutter Island being psychological thrillers and Interception being a sci- fi thriller. Although they are different in genre categories the audience expectations are usually all the same. The audience of thrillers expect a thrill and excitement when watching the genre, with no bad chessey acting to spoil the mood and tension of the fast paced movie, also no cheep special effects which also ruins the illusion for the audience making the created world lost which means the audience will more then likely stop watching makings the film unsuccessful in its aim. Interception is a fim based on dreams and the mind which makes its a psychological thriller like V For Vendetta which is set in years in the future after the world has had a nuclear bomb war, leaving to be able to tightly control it's people to do what ever they wish such as get rid of the people they believe to be undesirable through concentration camps. The protagonist V who wears a Guy Fawkes mask to hide his identity with he help of Evey get the public to rise up against there government by asking the people to come to the houses of parliament on the 5th of November with he promises to blow up and rid them of the evil Goverment party.The two go in to hiding until the date only in secret going out to kill the party leaders. The plots ends by Evey sending a London tube to blow up parliament carting a deceased V which goes on the blow up parliament and Big Ben as Evey looks on and quotes "he was all of us". Shutter Island is set in 1954 with a US marchal Teddy Daneils assigned to investigate the disappearance of a pairent form Boatons Shutter Island hospital, which he had been hoping and pussing to get for personal reasons however after a while he he believes he was asked to take the case as part of a twisted plan by the doctors of the hospital who use sinister, illegal treatments. Teddy finally gets a lead only to be stopped by the hospital who refuse to give him patient records, the worst comes when a hurricane cuts off main land communication and allows more dangerous criminals to 'escape'  and the clues multiply and Teddy begins to question everything in his life and his sanity. The ending is ambiguous to many people and very clear to others, this is so the audience can have a say and feel involved in what has happened to the characters so they feel they are in the know including the audience in the story, making a connection between the two.