The opening sequence of the movie has a lot of elements to it that classify it under the genre of thriller. Some elements are clearly visible, for e.g.: The score is very eerie, scary and action –packed, these contribute in categorizing the movie as a thriller.
The low key lighting makes the scene seem freaky and mysterious, this connotes the film to thriller. It makes the audience feel there is something bad it going to happen.
The face of the antagonist was not shown in the scene it hides the person’s identity making the audience wonder, this also adds a kick into the movie making the audience want to continue watching to see where it would lead them to, The antagonist has a cloak on which raises the subject of him being mysterious, also the time the film was dated relates to the fact that during that era a cloak would be most associated with the genre of being a ‘film noir’ which was used in the 50’s and 60’s. There was a dead body in the scene this shows there has been a crime. There was petrol, this gave the viewer an idea that there was going to be an explosion, which we later witness when the faceless antagonist enters and leaves the scene. There was a man lying critically injured next to the petrol on the floor, he was smoking a cigarette which is known to be very dangerous seeing that petrol is flammable and could easily be triggered to pick fire from any source of heat, this tells the viewer that the man smoking isn’t scared to die and probably knew that he was going to die, later on we see he was shot dead by the mysterious man who later after he kills him lights the petrol on the floor causing the whole boat to explode and burst into flames.