4. How do new forms of action thriller movies challenge conventions of old action thriller movies? The film Crank, challenges the conventions of old action thriller movies by changing the hero’s role. The hero in the movie Crank tragically dies at the end but in older action thriller movies the hero never dies. In thriller movies there is always an obvious rival and they are presented as hard men, but, however the film James Bond challenges this convention of old action thriller movies by making the rival is nerdy.