The phrase
"unlikely hero" means someone who is not expected to be a hero but ends up doing something brave or remarkable.
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Lead this band
of unlikely heroes on an epic adventure through a mysterious, dynamic world.
If you like movies about
unlikely heroes who make good, even at great personal cost, then Bad Day for the Cut is sure to please.
The game follows two
unlikely heroes on their journeys across worlds to save the very fabric of reality from falling apart.
A story of life, loss and redemption with
unlikely heroes in the persons of a soft robot health care nurse, a mourning teenager and a collection of science nerds, Big Hero 6 mixes standard superhero tropes with well - drawn (in every sense) characters.
Written and directed by James Gunn, the tale follows Peter Quill and a band of
unlikely heroes as they hurtle through space, dodge and sometimes fight angry foes, trip over their own foibles, and wisecrack their way through adventure.
Jack Black voices Po's (totally awesome) journey from bumbling martial arts fanboy to
unlikely hero with such sincerity that it's hard not to get swept along, especially given the equally strong performances by Dustin Hoffman as the perpetually exasperated Master Shifu and Ian McShane as the menacing Tai Lung.
The main cover for the
most unlikely hero of the year, by the awesome Erica Henderson, is a delightful reflection of the zany antics inside.
Before our eyes, this trashy, ill - mannered, not so attractive couple
becomes unlikely heroes, invaluable to a major ongoing criminal investigation.
Trollhunters
found unlikely hero Jim (the late Anton Yelchin, who will still be heard in the new season thanks to the amount he already recorded for the show) and his best friends discovering that beneath their sleepy small town, a war between opposing troll forces was raging - and they got dragged into it.
In this way we can have our cake and eat it too so to speak, allowing us to add much more gameplay variety compared to the original but at the same time continuing the story of our five
unlikely heroes from the previous game.
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Finally, depose evil Uncle Dick.With his priorities straight, one
very unlikely hero moves to Hawaii where he meets deranged mentor Ray (master pot grower / insane egomaniac).
Dam Nation continues the explosive «what - if» series about two
unlikely heroes fighting to defend the working class during America's Great Depression, a historical thriller with unsettling contemporary parallels.
video has come online that pairs up two
unlikely heroes yet to be released for the toys - to - life game.
Several
unlikely heroes join forces to save Umbra, a beautiful but harsh world that mysteriously stopped spinning thousands of cycles ago.
The film takes place in a dystopian future Earth after nuclear war has destroyed most of society, as cities now roam the globe on huge wheels, battling each other, and two
unlikely heroes form a bond in an attempt to change the course of the future.
«Rise of the Guardians» is your basic by - the - numbers
unlikely hero tale, although it does give audiences something that has been missing from the other movies of this year — an old - fashioned villain.
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She gets to have every woman's actual secret dream job, which is to be the lone female on a team of guys — in this case a samurai - like cadre of
unlikely heroes assembled by Trevor to thwart the deployment of an ultra-lethal poison gas by a rogue German commander.
It is the most valiant, courageous, and dedicated group of women I have ever encountered — an army of «gogos» (grandmothers) and an odd assortment of
other unlikely heroes.
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As the houseguests are murdered one by one,
unlikely hero Erin (Shari Vinson) surprises everyone — including the killers themselves — when she begins to fight back, proving that she's the most dangerous of them all.
EVOLUTION (Grade: C +): Ivan Reitman's uncredited remake of his own 1984 comedy classic, «Ghostbusters» — about a team of
unlikely heroes saving earth from an alien life - form.
as the desperate wife, Corden makes a
fine unlikely hero and Anna Kendrick's Cinderella is..
The acting is respectable across the board, with Byrne (Sunshine, The Dead Girl) and Renner (North Country, SWAT) making
solid unlikely heroes, and the child actors, Muggleton and Poots, deliver well in demanding performances that require constant fear and emotional turmoil.
Fittingly for its subject matter, this movie might just be the
great unlikely hero that the DC movie universe needs right now.
The Other Guys, the new comedy starring Ferrell and Wahlberg as a pair of
unlikely hero cops, took a smidge over $ 36 million at the US box - office this weekend, compared to the $ 18.6 million that Christopher Nolan «s masterpiece made in the three days.
Even a subversive speech from Rocket about
how unlikely our heroes» union is becomes undermined by the comic book formula that follows.
The LEGO Movie Video Game follows the story of Emmet, the generic looking, yellow - faced, orange -
clad unlikely hero of The LEGO Movie.
With Javier Bardem installed in the role as chief nemesis, Captain Salazar, the plot involving the unlikely bond between Sparrow and two
unlikely heroes definitely evokes feelings of the first film in the series, The Curse of the Black Pearl.
In de Blob 2,  join mischievous prankster and
unlikely hero Blob to battle Comrade Black and his Inky minions by repainting the world any way you want.
The story unfolds through gameplay itself, and the main character is not some
angsty unlikely hero or a grizzled soldier — it's you.
In a period of great conflict, a group of
unlikely heroes led by Jyn Erso, a daring fugitive, and Cassian Andor, a rebel spy, band together on a desperate mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.»
But when two of its most
unlikely heroes stumble upon an enchanted, talking blade in Have Sword, Will Travel, they embark upon an adventure that will alter the courses of their lives forever.
«In WORLD TRIGGER, Mikado City will never be the same once the aliens invade and it's up to a team of
unlikely heroes armed with weapons called Triggers to defeat them and save mankind,» says Hope Donovan, Editor.
This cast of
unlikely heroes embarks on a quest to fight alongside Handsome Jack as he tries to save Pandora's moon.
As the Titans march toward death,
unlikely heroes arise: a young scavenger named Rex and a living weapon called Pyra.
Kicking off with a cinematic in which the ball from Pong becomes our newly
sentient unlikely hero, A Pixel Story engages players in an enjoyable albeit tongue in cheek heavy retelling of the history of game development in the format of an open 2D world puzzle platformer.
Set in an alternative America where the 1973 oil crisis has never been resolved, it
follows unlikely heroes Groove Champion and Taurus as they go up against a Mad Max - style army of muscle car psychos.
In this massive adventure, you'll lead a band of
unlikely heroes across a kingdom tormented by a troublemaking jester.
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