A thriller including a national or international political scenario. They involve mostly illegal plots, designed to give political power to someone, while others attempt to stop them from getting it. Within a political thriller the hero or heroine must maintain stability within the government who employs them. It is said that the best political thrillers combine both political themes and gripping suspense throughout.
Some examples of political thrillers:
Notorious
The Lives of Others
The Manchurian Candidate
Munich
The Hunt for Red October
Usual codes and conventions of political thrillers:
and offer the unsettling thrill of having our flimsy notions and beliefs debunked. As the hero/investigator peels back the layers of falsehood, we experience the one-eye-open joy of seeing veils drop. We get more than just the solution of a mystery and a new interpretation of history and current events - we get the dark gift of prophecy
The codes and conventions of my own example of an action thriller opening sequence:
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