Sentences with phrase «less action movie»

Less action movie style, imagine that this is the home of a middle class independent comic book publisher who has a gun ready to go at home after receiving many death threats for publishing comics that show Zeus in a disrespectful light where an intruder could have mixed motives to steal and / or kill.

Fuglsig's feature debut is ultimately less an action movie and more a procedural, one in which incremental gains and minimal casualties are as much as can be hoped for.

Not exact matches

The International Boxing Club, pursuing at last a policy of enlightened self - interest, has opened two small clubs in Chicago, where for 99 cents, less than the price of a movie, the fans have been seeing some live, well - matched action and taking their wives and girl friends to ringside.

There have only been two weeks of NFL action and we have already seen more surprises than a David Lynch movie, only with less haunting music and more commercials for Draft Kings and Fan Duel.

For most of his action - movie career, he has come across as a less romantically nimble, less self - amused version of Douglas Fairbanks, the swashbuckler who leaped through the silent era.

«Rampage» would surely sink a less sturdy action star, yet even here the wayward mishmash of monster - movie tropes only seem to ping off him like bullets deflected by Superman.

Guillermo Del Toro's «Hellboy» isn't exactly a balanced movie; it kinda sides with the friendly side, which results in less action sequences than you think.

There are many McGuffins here, a McGuffin being the word Alfred Hitchcock used to describe the more or less irrelevent instigation or event that sets in motion a movie's action.

Black Panther's third act is less impressive by comparison, as the movie's action gets bogged down in CGI overload and its plot beats lack the emotional resonance of earlier moments, either because they are rushed or a bit too conventional (re: predictable).

While DC's live - action movies have suffered from the need to appeal to a broad audience, the animated features have less pressure, and can please the hard - core fans without leaving newcomers in the dark.

French director Pierre Morel more or less started the «aging action star» trend with Taken, and now he's giving Sean Penn the «Neeson» treatment with The Gunman, an international action thriller that unfortunately won't be Penn's springboard into genre superstardom because frankly, the movie's sort of a bummer.

Of course, now that we have a play and movie, it's difficult to avoid viewing Mr. Bennett's actions as anything less than inspiration for his writing... though the extended charitable actions can not be minimized.

Don't mistake this for a nonstop action movie either, there is less action than both, but is a better movie overall.

Beyond the fact that Statham's partner this time out is a kid, this looks more or less like most of the other Jason Statham action movies that have hit over the past few years.

Each movie gets a 5.1 DTS - HD MA track; in the sense that Dumb and Dumber To doesn't get a chance to showboat with a big action sequence, it's the less impressive - sounding of the two, but they're on a par technically.

The latest DreamWorks adventure, shown in 3D and packed with action, thrills and flaps of giant dragon wings, is a quintessential popcorn movie, in which scale, emotion and adventure are all never less then epic.

Between the non-stop action and the lack of a strong male lead, your chance of hooking up after taking someone to this movie is slightly less than the chance that «Ultraviolet» will win the Best Picture Oscar in 2007.

Ant - Man is okay, nothing more than a safe and sanitized big - screen version of a comic book, and nothing less than a slick and tidy packaging of action - movie stereotypes.

And in a completely unsurprising move - though surely no less welcome by our readers - Guardians of the Galaxy won Best Action Movie and Best Hair and Makeup.

Less than enamored with that calling, he left to begin directing live - action movies, but not before making two shorts at Disney: the stop - motion animated Vincent (1982) and the half - hour black and white live - action Frankenweenie (1984).

Black, who marveled that the scripts bought for the most money were the ones that looked the least like those scripts when the movies finally came out, later described the film as «a frustrating proposition, so much potential, then a lot of «big action» which evolved over time and bloated a much less grandiose blueprint.

The eventual «Long Kiss Goodnight» movie hedged fairly close to Black's revised draft, but the movie, while attracting an almost instantaneous cult following, never connected with large audience and eventually made less than $ 90 million worldwide, a shameful showing considering how much better American action movies tend to fare overseas.

The movie is said to contain no less than 17 different action sequences, adding up to well over an hour of footage and moreover, Evans has promised to keep some surprises for when you see this in theaters.

But there's probably less action in this superhero movie than any other of recent vintage, or at least it seems that way.

So even if Johnson wanted to venture from his action - adventure sandbox into something a bit more character - driven, something a little less fast and furious, his options are limited because Hollywood just isn't making many movies these days that don't allow for sequels, merchandising and expanded Cinematic Universes.

Though still less than half the film, they definitely are employed with greater frequency than on the last movie, with many establishing second unit shots and significant action moments going with the screen - filling 16:9 now more commonly used for television than feature films.

He reminds me of Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke — whose 2006 Caché this movie resembles in procedural style (though with a different sin at its core)-- only with less action, more psychology.

Recommendation: Emotionally engaging but ultimately familiar and never as deeply cutting as it could be, as an epic family tragedy that unfolds piecewise, What Happened to Monday (Seven Sisters) offers enough solid thrills and wicked action sequences to be memorable but as a broader commentary on what's going on in our world today as far as overpopulation, this movie fails to express its concern in a way that's truly noticeable, much less urgent.

This film is basically Whedon's attempt to top himself as no movie series, much less a series in the comic - book genre, ever aims to do less action or fewer amazing set pieces.

If there's anything less interesting than a dull action movie, I have yet to find it.

She doesn't hit one false note in the whole movie, and evokes a huge amount of empathy for a character whose actions are often less than honorable.

Action movies grew more violent and intense, making them less palatable to general adult audiences and of greater interest to young males, a demographic being simultaneously courted by graphic shooter video games.

Anyone who felt burned by Tarsem Singh's Self / less will feel a familiar sting as Morgan similarly takes an appealing sci - fi proposition, builds it into something of interest and squanders that potential, smushing it into shapeless action movie goo that's sure to be forgotten by dawn.

Many people are going to be quick to compare «Kingsman» to «Kick - Ass,» but while the former boasts the same punk - rock attitude, dark plot twists, and kinetic, no - holds - barred action sequences (including an extremely violent set piece inside of a church that rivals Hit - Girl's blood - soaked exploits), «Kingsman» feels less like a satire of an entire genre than the product of a filmmaker who grew up loving spy movies.

SKIP THIS MOVIE IF: you prefer your action flicks to focus on action and not slapstick comedy OR you are already convinced Channing Tatum is less talented than Jason Statham despite his appearance in most movies these days (admitted exaggeration)

Whilst other action movies rely on shaky camerawork to cover up their leads less than stellar fighting skills, here Reeves is front and centre, and even at 52 he can still kick ass.

But while this might be Bird's first live - action movie, between his ensemble cast, the guiding hand of Abrams as producer, and the decision to shoot some of the film on IMAX, you would be crazy to expect anything less than non-stop entertainment.

And there are long scenes when the action is simply becalmed in the museum, and the movie starts looking like an upmarket, grander, but less entertaining version of the Night At The Museum franchise.

There's probably less action in this film than in any other recent Marvel movie, and the change is welcome.

This week's new Blu - ray releases include one of the most entertaining films of 2014 (directed by David Fincher no less), extended editions of the first three Twilight movies, the latest film from writer / director Jason Reitman, a genuinely good action thriller starring Liam Neeson, a futuristic Western, and more.

Itâ $ ™ s a slightly less â $ œcomic bookâ $ tone than when compared to an Iron Man or Thor movie in terms of the action.

Director Justin Kurzel's adaptation of William Shakespeare's Scottish play immediately establishes itself as a movie far less concerned with words than it is with action.

At a time when so many action movies overwhelm us with plot, here is a lesson in economical storytelling that defiantly takes the stance that less is more.

At times the spectacle seems distracting from the human story, at other times his determination to ground the action in human terms (with all the mortal dangers involved) becomes alarmingly intense, less a superhero action movie than a grim urban tragedy (Berg's on - the - job directorial training on the medical drama Chicago Hope comes in handy here).

Kathryn Bigelow's «Point Break» and Michael Bay's «Bad Boys II» are both referenced and commented upon, while, slightly less directly, «Hot Fuzz» checks off every item on the list of action movie clichés from countless films.

The Killer is still a big flashy John Woo action movie, but the story is simpler, there's less action, and there's more work in developing at least Chow's character.

With less than two weeks to go until Pacific Rim Uprising arrives in cinemas, five new banners have been released for the upcoming sci - fi action sequel featuring the Jaegers; check them out below along with «A Look Inside» featurette for the movie... SEE ALSO: Watch five clips from Pacific Rim Uprising The globe - spanning conflict between otherworldly -LSB-...]

Taylor Kitsch's new out - of - this world action film John Carter has smashed opening day box office records - in Russia.The much - hyped movie was less...

Fitting neatly into the limited expectations I had for the movie, Avenger: Age of Ultron is nothing more and nothing less than a big - budget action movie that takes no risks and delivers no surprises.

What's left is something much less interesting, an action movie that goes in one ear and out the other.