Action thriller analysis

The Action/ Thriller we chose to evaluate was Terminator. The film has a complicated plot that involves a cyborg being sent back to the past from an apocalyptic future to kill Sarah Conner who is the leader of the resistance against the machines, this is a common convention of a thriller as it keeps the audience guessing the whole film.

Terminator contains a lot of strong violence, much more than other thriller sub-genres, this is because there is less mystery to the plot as we already know the protagonist and antagonist. The antagonist is obvious, it is the Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) this is another common convention of action/ thrillers.

Throughout Terminator there is always the sense of time running out, the characters are constantly against the clock trying to complete their mission. This is very conventional of the action/ thriller genre as it keeps the audience in suspense.

The protagonist Sarah Connor has the equilibrium of her life disrupted when the terminator starts following her, this starts the dangerous 'cat and mouse' game off which continues through the film. She has to survive at any means to save the future.