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Monday 20 October 2014

Conspiracy Thriller Films



  • Salt
  • Bourne Identity
  • JFK
  • From Hell
  • Enemy of the State 
Convention - Always a mystery to solve but protagonist always face problems and scandals in order to solve the mystery.

Bourne Identity - In the 'Bourne Identity', the mystery is that a man is trying to find out about his identity, all he knows is that his name is Jason Bourne, however whilst discovering about his identity, he finds out that someone is tracking him done and is not happy that he is alive. This tells us that whilst trying to discover his identity, he is facing problems and that is someone wants to kill him.

From Hell - In 'From Hell', two men are investigating on a serial killer who targets prostitutes. Fred Abberline and his partner Peter Godley try to solve this mystery, as to why this man is killing prostitutes however whilst solving it before Abberline's love Mary, he comes across many problems and more difficulties towards the investigation.

JFK - In 'JFK', Jim Garrison re-opens the files of the assassination of President Kennedy and takes a close look at it. He then starts investigating which he shouldn't be doing as a lot of authoritative figures are involved and because of this, it may cause a problem in his investigation.



Convention - Based on historical events and real life people 

Salt - In 'Salt', the conflict shown is between Russia and the U.S. As because the Russian president was killed, the Russians send an agent to get back at the U.S. However the CIA believe that one of their agent is working for the Russians and then gets track down. This shows that it is based on historical events.

JFK - This is based on the assassination of President Kennedy who is an authoritative figure. Jim Garrison tries to investigate the reasons for the assassination as it was someone with a lot of power. This shows that it is based real life people because people in power or in a high status often get killed.

Enemy of the State - In the 'Enemy of the State', a lawyer Robert Dean runs into his old pal who secretly slips in a disc without him knowing. After his pals death, everyone wants to get to that disc as it contains footage of a political assassination but Robert does not know what it contains. This shows that it is based on real life people as authoritative figures often get assassinated.



Convention - Authorities involved in the mystery 

Bourne Identity In this the CIA are involved in the assassinations as they don't want anyone to know about their plans. Also because of the assassinations which is planned by the masterminds, the CIA, Jason gets trapped between it and is hard for him to escape.

Salt - The CIA agents that are involved in the conflict are trying to hunt down the Russian spy but they do not know  that Ted Winter who is supporting Evelyn is actually the Russian spy but in disguise. This is shown when he sets off missiles into Mecca so that people turn against the U.S as that's what Russia wants.



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