The momentum of a thriller should the main contributing factor. Evn in thriller novels like the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child are told at break neck speed but have the copasity to slow down to an easily digestable state. This should definatley be the case with a thriller film, as there is as much point as a film that doen't make sence at there is one that is simply unentertaining. For example, the Bourn films are always told with quick, assuming cuts and shots that keep the story interresting even if the pace slowed down, like in the car scene when he is traveling with the woman in the car to Paris the scene is slow yet the pace is still ingaging.
However i found this not to be the case in thrillers such as "Public Enermies". It wasn't a bad film as such but it i kept inagining seeing the Film4 logo appear in between scenes from time to time. This was at the cinema, which is not good.
A thriller needs to be either quick and exillerating with snappy shot and cuts with interessting camera angles to take complete control of your attention, or, if it is slower in pace, needs be interresting enough to captive the audience and play on their couriosity of the characters.
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