Sentences with phrase «american revenge tales»
Bruce Lee, Brian De Palma, Shaw Brothers, Sonny Chiba, and a plethora of others all add up to what can only be described as a magnum opus of pulp Asian and American revenge tales of old.
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The tale is pure pulp, a catalogue of seventies martial arts revenge dramas and American B - movie action thrillers, and the style is pure Tarantino: snappy titles, a timeline that leaps back and forth through the story, a mad mix of styles and musical references, and an attitude of loving affection for his inspirations.
Starring Hemlock Grove's Kaniehtiio Horn — a First Nations Mohawk who grew up on the Kahnawake Reserve — as a Mohawk woman driven to violence by soldiers» assault on her family and her ancestral home in early 19th - century New York, the film engages with the horrors of American history in an uncommonly blunt way, using them to tell a tale of supernaturally tinged revenge.
Clearly a fan of legendary Korean filmmaker Park Chan - wook, The Gift resembles Park's own stories of vengeance, not only for its similar twists and turns, but because of its understanding of slow, methodical vengeance, as opposed to the the usual bloody, action - filled tales of revenge that American audiences have grown so accustomed to, since that is what usually makes it to our theaters.
There are other standouts in the pack, such as German director Tom Tykwer's (Heaven, The Princess and the Warrior) whirlwind romance between an American actress, played by Natalie Portman (V for Vendetta, Revenge of the Sith), falling for a blind Parisian, as well as Sylvain Chomet's (The Triplets of Belleville, The Old Lady and the Pigeons) quirky tale of a mime who finds his soul mate in another mime while in prison.
An epic tale of revenge and survival, Only Killers and Thieves is a gripping and utterly transporting debut, bringing to vivid life a colonial Australia that bears a striking resemblance to the American Wild West in its formative years.
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