Conventions of Crime

Crime as a genre has a vast number of conventions which also spread out into other genres too. For example, Pineapple Express (Green, 2008) is a crime film in its own right with the story revolving around drugs and the use of them in a comedic manor. However, Crank (Neveldine & Taylor, 2006) can be called a total opposite of what Pineapple Express represents. Crank features some forms of dark comedy but the main focus is on Chev Chelios keeping his heart beating by using several types of drugs and generally trying to survive.

Other conventions of the crime genre include robbery, murder, torture and destruction of property. However, destruction seems to be the most popular form of crime film so far during the 80’s and 90’s with films such as the Die Hard series etc causing a stir in what was perceived as crime and action back then and even in the present day film industry.