Thrillers

Does anyone really know what it is like to be the hunted instead of the hunter? In the action packed thriller “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the main character Rainsford, a professional hunter, finds himself stranded on an island with a psychopathic hunter named General Zaroff. Zaroff has hunted all over the world looking for more and more difficult prey until eventually, he was far too experienced to the point that no animals could ever compete with him. To quench his thirst for…

its importance throughout a film. Throughout the film and lectures I saw a strong correlation when it came to the type of contrast and what was used in Gone Girl. What was used in the movie was low key contrast-which is mainly used in detective and thriller movies. This gives the scene a dark and mysterious feel to it; which was definitely used a lot in Gone…

James Patterson has written another fantastic and fascinating novel, Bullseye for his thriller series Michael Bennet, which is the 9th novel out of the 10 novels in the New York Times best-selling series. Bullseye focuses on the main theme of Protecting and being loyal to your country and doing the right things at all cost. The title foreshadows the main focus of the plot line, which is that the President of the United States of America is being the center target (the bullseye) to be…

Camp for other Jews who escaped. They fought in what they believed in, however never took recognition of their achievements. It is valuable for a historian studying the Holocaust to a certain extent. However, as it is a feature film in the genre thriller the reliability is questionable, as it exaggerates many parts of the movie for cinematic purposes and action. Whilst history is about the accurate record of a whole series of past events with a particular person or thing, the ‘Defiance,’ which…

heard of a Japanese samurai who lost their lord or master and wondered around without a home, called a Ronin? John Frankenheimer assembled an international team of freelancing former Cold War intelligence warriors for a final mission in his movie thriller Ronin. The mission: to recover a briefcase with mysterious contents for an unknown customer. The movie takes place in Paris and southern France where alliances are made and transform along with the team members loyalties. The fierce tension,…

Hideout in the year of 1976. Two years later, he got significant and viable accomplishment with the spy thriller named Eye of the Needle. More than 19 million prints of Eye of the Needle were purchased and prevailed the esteemed Edgar honor from the Mystery Writers of America during 1979. Eye of the Needle was afterward made into a film starring Donald Sutherland. He achieved numerous spy thrillers, named Triple in 1979, The Man from St. Petersburg during 1982 etc. Over the years, Follett has…

The Insurgent film is a definite improvement over its predecessor, with an incredible action sequence and real visual effects. The film is a science fiction thriller with mind-blowing action scenes and great flow of events. The high character and incredible casting of the movie make it something worth watching and sets it aside from being yet another dystopian nightmare. The heroine of the film, Tris is meant to lead and save the world from evil. After getting an amnesty from Factionless, Four,…

GREYLOCK presents as a very compelling, psychological dramatic-thriller. The script offers a very complex and disturbed female protagonist, who appears to be suffering from PTSD and/or a Bipolar Disorder. The script does a skillful job with showing a paranoid and troubled Jessica. There are solid themes about healing and survival. The script is character driven and the goal is more emotional and psychological versus the idea of the protagonist trying to achieve an actionable goal. Essentially,…

We all very much aware that travels aren't exactly sheltered nowadays. In any case managing darkened passages and filthy toilets can gauge up to what the 850 travelers of the Sultan of the Seas experience in Stephen Coonts' most recent novel, "Pirate Alley." They're caught by Somali pirates who undermine to murder everyone on board in the event that they're not repaid 200 American dollars. What's more to show they mean business, the pirates off a couple of the Sultan's passengers. As frightful…

Capitan Phillips is an exciting thriller/drama based on the true events of a sea Capitan that was help hostage by Somali Pirates. Capitan Phillips was a great movie from the beginning to the end. It always had some sort of action or emotional thriller happening on screen to keep the audience entertained and tuned in. But where the movie really shined was with how accurately it portrayed real life. Another thing that this movie did very well was have nice combination of action and suspense.…