3. We have also, in our thriller, touched upon the often controversial subject of mental illnesses, which is a theme often seen in thrillers, for example American Psycho . Our thriller shows that people with multiple personality disorder can appear to be completely normal, and not even realise they are suffering from it, which brings awareness to the illness as well as representing people who suffer from it. Two examples of people suffering from MPD in thrillers compared to the actor used in our thriller; Patrick Bateman ( American Psycho, played by Christian Bale) and Malcolm Rivers ( Identity, played by Pruitt Taylor Vince) respectively. In accordance with the idea of normal people suffering MPD without knowing it, all of these characters look relatively normal.

4. We have moreover, in our thriller, explored the subject of nationality, with the protagonist being Russian, which is quite original though represents that particular nationality in quite a negative light, as is a stereotypical manner in most films for a Russian to be portrayed. This may therefore be quite humorous to an English audience. It is also expected that something extraordinary will happen to a Russian because of typical films they are portrayed in, for example Snatch and the James Bond films, which can make the audience feel more anticipation because they suspect that something drastic will happen in the film. This is an example of a Russian in another thriller compared to our actor; Boris ‘the blade’ Yurinov ( Snatch, played by Rade Serbedzija). It can be seen that our actor resembles the Russian used in Snatch quite well, and so our actor used is quite effective.