-Use of weapons/violence
-Anti police
-Protagonist normally 'gangster type style'
-Money and the use of value- drives narrative
-Emphasizes struggle of daily life , normally anti state.
-Binary oppositions, Good vs evil.
-Low key lighting very dark
Shawshank redemption
Film based on the Stephen king novel , which explores ideologies and conventions of crime in 50s America . Realistic crime is what is focused.
A Guy Ritchie film that explores British crimes. Film is multi ethnical. Conventions of this film is corruption , drugs , crime lifestyle , robberies but also has a comedy aspect.
Snatch
Taxi driver
Explores the crime in new york , starring robert de niro , who is an 'outsider'
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