Storylines
Most crime thriller storylines start with a scene of high action or a crime. For example, a murder of a victim occurs. The audience expects to see the antagonist or see a hint of crime or the threat right upfront. After this scene, is it conventional to show the lead character, hero, at equilibrium, in their normal everyday life before they are dragged into the suspense. Crime thrillers usually focus around a violent criminal act or serial acts. In crime thrillers their is usually more than one suspect which appears innocent, or when an innocent suspect makes themselves appear guilty.
A young, female FBI agent is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer, Buffalo Bill, who skins his victims. The female FBI agent attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath, named Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter, who is also a very powerful and clever mind manipulator, has the answers to their questions and can help locate the killer. However, the female FBI agent must first gain Lecter's trust before the inmate will give away any information.
Leonard is determined to avenge his wife's murder. However, unable to remember anything that happens in his day-to-day life due to a condition he sustained, short term memory loss, he has to write himself note after note that still don't mean anything after he falls asleep. The film goes back in time to reveal each little bit of the puzzle as he tries to find out the person who killed his wife. The narrative closely follows a phone call Pearce has in which he talks about Sammy Jankis, a former client of his who he believed had the same condition. The film takes an unexpected twist as the two characters have a lot more in common than is initially put across.
Police investigate an exploded boat and discover 27 bodies and $91 million worth of drug money. The only survivors are a severely burned and very scared: Hungarian terrorist and Verbal Kint, a crippled con-man. Reluctantly, Kint is pressured into explaining exactly what happened on the boat. His story begins six weeks earlier with five criminals being dragged in by New York police desperate for suspects on a hijacked truck and ends with the possible identification of a criminal mastermind.
The Great Escape (Dir. John Sturges, 1963).
Star-studded WWII classic about a mass escape attempt by plucky Allied POWs from a supposedly escape-proof German camp. The escape committee's plan is to liberate hundreds of inmates and cause havoc throughout occupied territory. But their problems include concealing three tunnels from the guards and disposing of tons of soil. Steve McQueen's daredevil motorcycle antics are a classic cinema moment.
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