Sentences with phrase «more suspense in»

More suspense in this one, which I love.

There's more suspense in this low budget dialogue - driven sci - fi thriller than many effect - heavy, $ 100 million + blockbuster wannabes.

Not exact matches

If there was little doubt or interest in wagering that the Cowboys would out - score the Bills, the sportsbooks figured there might be more suspense as to whether or not Dallas would out - score Jordan in his game that weekend.

Still, it is obvious that in order to fill more seats and lure back TV, women's tennis needs to find some strong competition for Evert, or it will continue to have finals that have all the suspense of shark vs. sardine.

A great trailer gives you enough information about what to expect from a film while still keeping you in suspense and making you want to learn more.

Action, suspense, gunplay, action, a hot blonde, action, guys in wing suits, explosions, action, Shia LaBeouf, action, betrayal, McDreamy, explosions, Autobots, action, explosions, Decepticons, the dark side of the moon, action, teleportation, Chicago, more explosions — all in 3D!!!

More suspense and mystery than action in this superhero showdown.

De Niro's performance begins to seem more a matter of well - practiced gestures than real conviction, and the long, silly finale more an exercise in empty panache by director Tony Scott than a truly gripping suspense piece involving people we care about.

That Collateral — a four - part Netflix drama involving the struggles of migrants seeking asylum, the evils of human trafficking, perfidious intelligence agencies, women's sexual victimization, drug - dealers and more — succeeds in achieving a certain suspense is no small miracle, given the confusion resulting from its hugely overcrowded script.

The far - from - engrossing vibe is compounded by a quizzical dearth of action or suspense oriented interludes, and it does, as a result, become more and more difficult to work up any real interest in or sympathy for the central character's exploits (which proves especially problematic by the time the twist - laden finale rolls around).

Packs more suspense, tension, and spine - tingling moments in 8 episodes than Americans does in 13.

I love the actors, I love the suspense, I just wish they would speak more English in the TV series.

Another standout sequence in Public Enemies is more effective for comedy than suspense, and involves Dillinger's reaction in a movie theater to an on - screen announcement warning the audience to be on the lookout for him, America's «Public Enemy # 1.»

It's more engrossing being involved in the suspense rather than guessing what crazy turn might come next, as she's learned from her previous series.

In addition to Mr. Tarantino's trademark dialogue - heavy, suspense - filled set pieces, there are moments of pure silliness, like a gathering of hooded night riders (led by Don Johnson), and a late escapade (featuring Mr. Tarantino speaking in an Australian accent) that perhaps owes more to Bugs Bunny than to any other cultural archetypIn addition to Mr. Tarantino's trademark dialogue - heavy, suspense - filled set pieces, there are moments of pure silliness, like a gathering of hooded night riders (led by Don Johnson), and a late escapade (featuring Mr. Tarantino speaking in an Australian accent) that perhaps owes more to Bugs Bunny than to any other cultural archetypin an Australian accent) that perhaps owes more to Bugs Bunny than to any other cultural archetype.

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

Alex Garland's screenplay is pretty lean in terms of story (in the way that Jaws can be described as lean) and is more concerned with psychological suspense as opposed to philosophical speculation.

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More than anything else, the film keeps its preeminent place because this is the movie in which Hitchcock became «Hitchcock,» earning the reputation he never relinquished as «The Master of Suspense.»

clouzot deserves far more respect than he receives in the U.S., and this film simply adds to his legacy of astoundingly good suspense and horror films.

Then, around the time we hear the dreaded thesis line, «The Wall» starts to crack and starts looking and feeling more and more artificial in its suspense constructs.

Michael Sheen and Frank Langella are swell as David Frost and Richard Nixon in the adapted - from - the - stage - adaptation movie, but I feel — and I believe the above clips demonstrate — that these five minutes provide more compelling drama and suspense (and adrenaline) than the entire feature film.

As with his later Pickpocket (1959)-- also a great film — Bresson is more interested in the everyday details of the escape, and not the suspense.

Jonathan Mostow: More so than sci - fi, I'm interested in dramatic tension, so the filmmakers who influence me most are the ones who are masters at creating suspense and tension...

One of the more consistently underlined truisms in Hitchcock / Truffaut, a work of cinephilic devotion that takes the titular 1966 book as its starting point, is the notion of the master of suspense as a director with full control over every effect in his films.

Opting for straight - line suspense, the filmmakers had to forgo subjective cutaways like the plainclothes cop's reflections on his tortuous relationship with a Third - World - infatuated feminist; again, Stone writes in a more bedrock commentary on metropolitan backsliding by refusing to reveal which of the hostages is the cop, so that the police monitoring the stolen train are led to wonder whether it's a man or a woman and chauvinistically calculate a woman's chances for taking effective action against the hijackers.

Compared to the previous entries, the action in Alien 3 is fairly minimal, with the alien attacks coming more out of shock than suspense this time out.

Feeling more Dawn of the Dead than helplessly infirmed, the titular creatures are impressively made - up in increasingly horrifying ways, but they sum up the major problem Crazies faces as it continues down a path of doom: it prefers horror over suspense.

This is a classic Hitchcock film, but credit should go more to the deft script by playwright Frederick Knott with a really smart succession of twists and turns to keep you in suspense.

While co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Ruby Sparks, Little Miss Sunshine) wring tension and suspense from the same - day build - up to the match, the match itself — captured by grainy, fuzzy TV cameras with the occasional, ground - level insert — and the immediate aftermath (symbolic and figurative, more than real or long - lasting), it's in the months - long lead - up to the match, following Billie Jean King (Emma Stone, never better) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) where Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both sides of the political divide watched in rapt attention.

It's nothing you haven't seen before and probably in a more powerful way, but there's enough tension and suspense to hold your attention.

While it shares similarities with its current - gen predecessor Silent Hill: Homecoming, Silent Hill: Downpour looks like more of a return to form in terms of how it builds atmosphere and suspense through the relative helplessness of its protagonist, Murphy Pendleton.

He doesn't seem terribly gifted or graceful in the helm, as the film shows flashes of sharp suspense thriller but is more often reduced to mindless, artless B - movie dreck.

Meanwhile, New Jersey Star - Ledger writer Vicki Hyman gave it an A -, saying,» [It] wastes little time in shedding blood (there is a rather graphic sequence in the pilot), but there's more suspense than outright scares.

The film concludes in a more conventional manner, perhaps, than might be expected, in that it's a flight to freedom — or maybe a fool's errand — but remains gripping and tense, balancing suspense and narrative drive with emotional entanglement and an unerring sense of dread.

by Walter Chaw Nicknamed «The Italian Hitchcock,» Dario Argento is more aptly classified «The Italian DePalma»: a director with his own set of stylistic excesses who, especially early in his career, borrowed many tropes from the Master of Suspense en route to crafting his own distinctive thrillers.

Peter Berg knows the power of suspense, but even more than that, he knows the virtue of the human spirit, as is demonstrated by his work in «Patriots Day.»

Twohy delivers everything we expect — attractive performers in paradise (Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich as cute urbanites fumbling through the jungle, Timothy Olyphant and Kiele Sanchez as rather more prepared trail companions), breathtaking landscapes and lush scenery, ominous tensions and plenty of action — and something you likely did not: suspense, surprise and sheer fun.

Admittedly, the production value has improved with more characterful creature effects and the claustrophobic locations make for more scope for suspense, but the pedestrian direction and tired formula makes the film feel like a TV movie with little in the way of flair or imagination.

Gillespie and Kostanski know their way around satirical genre material (check out Manborg, Father's Day, and The Editor) but this flick earns unexpected points for (mostly) eschewing the humor in favor of suspense, tension, dread, carnage, monsters, tentacles, and more carnage.

And the suspense of knowing whether or not Ana and Christian get their fairy tale ending will bring in even more people.

The director disguises the doubles he uses for the actors by cutting to distant overhead shots and jumps around the match highlights in a manner more befitting SportsCenter highlight reel than a suspense movie.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... Jaws 2 surfaces from the deep with even more terror and suspense!

Luckily Scott's formidable visual style and, more importantly, skill at the more down - and - dirty genre requirements is as sharp and confident as ever, the slow burn building up and paying off in thrilling fashion, delivering all the queasy body horror one would expect and then some with imagination and nailbiting suspense.

In a way, it is similar to Jaws in its basic story, but Carnahan lowers the suspense and raises up the contemplative moments that suggest that there is more to the design of their fate than mere coincidence — it's a test of their willIn a way, it is similar to Jaws in its basic story, but Carnahan lowers the suspense and raises up the contemplative moments that suggest that there is more to the design of their fate than mere coincidence — it's a test of their willin its basic story, but Carnahan lowers the suspense and raises up the contemplative moments that suggest that there is more to the design of their fate than mere coincidence — it's a test of their wills.

There is a psychological element in this film that works more as a gimmick than it does as an extra layer of drama or suspense, the savvy viewer should be able to spot this obvious secret pretty early on.

, my numbed brain could hardly detect what little suspense was left in the script, leaving me to conclude that this Mummy is more violent, but perhaps less scary than its predecessor.

More suspense comes from this nearly 10 - minute sequence than in all of Mark Wahlberg's remake of «The Gambler».

Normally, this hand wringing would all feel like Oscar bloggers justifying their own vocation by drumming up artificial suspense, but the fact is that more films out of this year's nominees are still thought of as being in the mix than have been ruled out.

This is certainly the strangest project in Sudeikis» career to date, and while it's nice to see him expand his range beyond more traditional studio comedies, his broad style never quite syncs with the story's odd tonal shifts between comedy, drama and suspense.