Transporter: Conventions of an action Thriller.

We looked at Transporter to see how it contains action thriller conventions.

- Obvious antagonist
- race against the clock scenario
- Features more violence than other sub genres
- Disruption to Equilitorium requires the protagonist to use action to solve it (must be physically fit)
- Usually involves characters of the opposite sex to drive the narrative - their loyalty will be questions.


Features more violence than other sub genres:

Seeing as this film is an action filmed, it is based around violence and the story relys on physical scenes. We know this film is an action film almost straight away due to the violence. Usually, action films use more violence and a small ammount of narrative as violience most viewers of action films find violience entertaining.

Opposite sex:

The main characters can be brought together by their genders. She uses her feminine qualities to get her way however her plan fails so her gender didn't help.

Physically fit:

The protagonist is skilled in combat and is shown by his power and dominance in the fight we see in the beginning therefore we know that the protagonist will be skilled during the film. Protagonist are usually stronger than average.

Disruption toEquilitorium requires the protagonist to use action to solve it:

The protagonist solves the problem with action in the early beginning which shows the audience the film is action based because the characters try to solve the storyline issues physically unlike some thrillers such as pyschological thrillers solve problems usually mentally without violence.