Themes in a Crime Thriller

Typical themes in a crime thriller are:

Illegal Substances
Pulp Fiction, as a main example, involves a lot of sniffing and snorting of Cocaine and Heroin. There's a good chance that most crime thrillers will involve some sort of drug taking because it is a typical convention. Law Abiding Citizen and One False Move both include some form of drug taking.

Death

There is a death in most crime thrillers because it is usually the main theme that leads to crime of the aftermath of the crime. It is to show that death will be a punishment of crime. Death will always be a continuos theme throughout crime thriller films. The film Se7en is fuelled by the theme of death and contains a lot of deaths throughout it.



Violence

A crime thriller wouldn't be a crime thriller without some violence. The Usual Suspects and The Dark Knight both contain violence throughout. Violence is used to show that crime is usually viscous and nasty.






Revenge
Revenge tends to appear in crime thriller's frequently and a crime thriller is usually surrounded around revenge. Planning revenge and committing it involves some form of crime because otherwise there would be no reason to plot revenge. The film plot line we have created has the theme of revenge in it; a revenge is planned and committed.

Gangs
Groups of people who all believe and approve of the same thing usually join to create a gang. These gangs will then fight for what they believe in and this usually ends terribly. A film like Scarface involves gangs and crime and awful happenings occur.




Uniform/Suits

Suits feature regularly throughout crime thrillers. Costume and props are important because a suit can disguising between wether someone is a serious character or a joke. Crime thriller's usually contain characters that wear suits because they look authoritative and when in a crime thriller it's a trait that is crucial.



Weapons
Guns and knifes are the main props used in crime thriller's. They're used to scare and shock audiences. They're also another typical convention of crime.



Robbery
Robbery is another type of crime that is involved in crime thriller films. Robbery usually involves weapons so many of the themes do intertwine with each other and work quite well.