Over the holiday. I watched the film, Die Hard With a Vengeance starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. Though it was a very interesting feature. There were many conventions to take note of. For example, the first convention of this action-thriller is the characters. The protagonist was a brave male man seeking to remove injustice. However, Bruce Willis’ character, John McClane is a middle-aged alcoholic who could want nothing better to do with life than crack open a bottle. However, he is forced by his precinct to play the antagonists mysterious, but cruel games across New York. Even though antagonists are entirely different characters in each and every film made, they share similar motives; revenge; which may have been misinterpreted event. In Die Hard’s case, the aim is revenge.
Further on, costume plays significant part to the film’s antagonists’ Simon Peter Gruber uses a worker’s jumpsuit to empower his appearance, showing off muscles. Connoting his strength. Although the female antagonists are heavily criticized for being vulnerable. This is conveyed with dresses worn in a seductive/revealing manner. Katya, the film’s mute female terrorist does exactly the opposite to this. Making her the intimidating character she is.
Another renown convention of thriller films are theme(s). The director of the film usually bases his storyline on the things that are most feared by society so the audience can relate to them which may enhance the level of fear. Die Hard incorporates terrorism bombings. However this wasn’t a frequent theme at the time of the movie’s filming - 1995. Nowadays, the amounts of films that are linked to terrorism are at an all time high. Though they lack originality. Die Hard With a Vengeance uses a brilliantly curated script along with the witty banter of Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson to create an enjoyable piece of film.
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