Influences to our thriller

I looked at films that had a similar story line and a similar feel to our thriller were Hanna, Kill Bill, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Salt, La Femme Nikita and Colombiana, these have influenced us in our thriller opening.

 

 These types of films have the woman as the powerful main character, subverting the typical stereo type of women in thrillers, who are normally portrayed as the damsel in distress, who need the man to save them. However in these films, they are positively represented as independent and smart. This is how we want our woman to be portrayed, as she is a trained assassin; however in her task of killing the man she loves, she fails and has to run from her boss who is furious that she messed up. The Long Kiss Goodnight was also an influence because the woman spends the film running away and being hunted down, this is the same kind of storyline that we would have if we were going to continue our film.