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Not exact matches
Director Nimrod Antal delivers the goods when it comes to staging and
editing exciting
action, but in terms of plot, character, and
style, Predators is old hat.
Well probably the only thing for this reviewer were the fight scenes which crackle with realism, vigour and fluidity meaning there is none of the fast
editing / shakycam technique that has become the signature
style of Hollywood
action films since the success of the Bourne franchise.
David Holmes «score pulses and blatts with
style — it's half Lalo Schifrin, half John Barry — and the film is full of long - take
action and pursuit scenes where you only realize how superbly and meticulously choreographed they are after the fact when your pulse has cooled enough to let you count the long moments between
edits.
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Hark's delirious sense of
action staging and
editing — along with the unusual blend of
styles — make portions of this film quite arresting.
In general, though, the house
style of the franchise (clean, pared - down visuals made kinetic in the
editing room) lends itself supremely well to this sort of mundane thriller, where the
action only ever alternates between chases on foot and in cars.
Several of the
action sequences are impossible to follow, with thousands of Lego bricks moving about the screen, not to mention an impatient
editing style.
Wright heaps on the
action with drunken bar room brawls and chase sequences all done with his frenetic directing
style that features sharp
editing and swift camera movement that's flows organically with each moment.
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style, cast and performances,
action and effects, sound and
editing.
Director Kathryn Bigelow gives the proceedings a hefty dose of
style, using a lot of dreamy slow motion and quick
editing, and staging the
action scenes with great energy; her most brilliant work here are the on - screen recreations of the SQUID clips, shot in long takes and with appropriately edgy and shaky handheld camera work.
And on a technical level, Wright brilliantly mimics the structural characteristics of these films, with rapid - fire
editing (Wright deploys Bay's fast -
edited style to such a degree that there can be up to eight cuts per second in a few
action sequences, a noticeable and hilarious gag) and swooping, circling and slow motion camerawork that would make John Woo proud.
This is clearly emulating the
editing style and tone of a Hollywood
action flick.