Sentences with phrase «action film of»

Ubisoft and New Regency are bringing out a featured live - action film of Assassin's Creed.

Best action film of 2018?

It may seem too soon to declare «Wonder Woman» the best female - led action film of all time.

«Easily Woo's best film and just as easily the best action film of the nineties, Woo perfected a cinematic alchemy» — BH on the rare unspooling of the 35 mm print (TIFF Bell Lightbox, July 29th)

John Wick was hands - down my favorite action film of 2014 (and that's saying an awful lot for a year that also had The Raid 2), and that was largely because of the slick style and cleverly (and clearly) shot action sequences that Leitch and Stahelski brought to the table.

Aliens — It's an odd year indeed when Top Gun isn't even the best action film of the year, but that's the case this year when the competition is perhaps the single greatest action movie of all - time.

Terminator Salvation is a stupid action film of the highest order.

Speaking of action, the best action film of the year came from a surprising yet not entirely unexpected place.

«Black Panther,» which will probably be the most popular action film of the year when 2018 is over, was released in February.

Whodathunk that the 6th installment in this series that began when I was a freshman in college (don't bother looking it up, it was a long time ago) would be the best action film of the year, so far?!!! The cast is reliably charismatic, there's plenty of flashy automobiles / jiggle factor, and Michelle Rodriguez and Gina Carano have some of the best girlfights since Uma vs. Vivica and or Lucy Liu in Kill Bill 1.

«The Visitor,» Tom McCarthy's follow - up to the critically acclaimed «The Station Agent» is probably the most critically acclaimed live action film of the year.

Lucy, reviewed: Scarlett Johansson stars in early contender for nuttiest action film of the year

With Haywire — his 23rd full length feature — he takes another stylistic left turn this being an independently financed, relatively low budget B - movie style action film of which a large portion was filmed in Dublin back in 2010.

Though Con Air was a disappointment from a critical perspective, it was the top box - office action film of the year and audiences thrilled to the kinetic action sequences that also cemented Nicolas Cage's abilities as a viable action star (following on the heels of Bay's previous mega-hit The Rock [1996]-RRB-.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, one of the most dumbed down action films of 2001 gets the sequel treatment (that everything is getting this year), turns out to be one of the few that actually works better than the original, if only slightly.

Thus the Robert Rodriguez production of Nimrod Antal's Predators, one of the more [or, rather, few] enjoyable action films of the summer.

Quentin Tarantino's sprawling homage to action films of both the East and the West reaches its conclusion in this continuation of 2003's ultra-violent Kill Bill Vol.

With its diverse group of anti-heroes, believable action and absence of smart - ass self - reflexivity, it delivers the sort of engaging spectacle that characterises the action films of the 1980s.

If you were someone, like myself, who thought that Infernal Affairs could have been one of the best action films of the new millennium if only it had some character development, you absolutely need to watch its sequel, Infernal Affairs II, as the entire film is almost nothing but.

Feige also said that the movie will pay homage to the action films of the era, which sounds pretty interesting.

The Bourne Identity was easily one of the best action films of the last decade or so.

Not only is Dredd one of the more viscerally accomplished action films of recent memory, it's easily one of the best comic book adaptations as well.

The guy is a former Mr. Universe, Mr. Olympia, was a governor, is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and, oh yeah, stared in the greatest action films of the 80s and 90s.

But overall «The Great Wall» is a disappointing film compared to most American fantasy - action films of this nature.

It is in no way a bad film and it is, moreover, one of the better action films of recent cinematic efforts, far outstripping anything such as the Jason Statham release, Safe, for example; that film was just a rehash of multiple other action pictures but delivered with one tenth of the quality.

For intense violence, including many disturbing images and strong language, «Fury» is easily one of the hardest R - rated action films of 2014.

Its existence provoked strange thoughts in our heads — just what are the most violent action films of all time?

Director / star Jiang Wen has crafted a modern take on the wild Hong Kong action films of the eighties heyday, with all the energy, dotty humor, broad performances, and mad plot twists, and drops himself in the center as the eye of calm at the center of the chaos.

When I was about 10 years old, I probably would have written something similar to the things that transpire here, but shouldn't we expect more from Besson, the man that crafted The Professional and La Femme Nikita, two of the finest action films of the last twenty years?

Maybe it was because it promised to hark back to the ultra-violent action films of the late 80s / early 90s.

Considered as one of the greatest Carpenter sci - fi action films of all time, Escape From New York was released in 1981 and is now known as a true cult classic.

IndieWire named «Fury Road» one of the best action films of the 21st century.

Now, three years later, «Dawn of the Planet of the Apes» raises the bar as one of the edgiest and most satisfying action films of the year.

Mad Max: Fury Road was among the most visceral and dynamic action films of the decade.

While the end result may be admittedly more uneven in spots than [Tsui Hark's] best - known works, this lavish period piece contains enough thrills, spills and moments of cinematic grace that not only manage to push it through the rough spots but allow it to put most American action films of recent vintage to shame.

Heavily plagiarizing everything from Indiana Jones to Rambo, the film is a mish - mash of cliches from action films of the last 25 years, with almost nothing new to speak of save the star.

I'm guilty as charged for being snobby because this is one of the best action films of the 2010's.

FRIGHT NIGHT is easily one of the best supernatural action films of the past ten years, and it also makes you wonder why Tennant isn't in more Hollywood films after his scene - stealing turn as vampire hunter Vincent.

I AM LEGEND is one of the most engaging and unnerving supernatural action films of the past ten years.

Already hyped as one of the best action films of the year «The Raid» is on a lot of must see lists for film fans, and for a very good reason.

«[It's] one of the best action films of all time,» he adds of the film also hitting theaters March 28 via Sony Classics.

Whether it's the storybook compositions of his recent movies or the surrealist riffs on action films of Bottle Rocket and The Life Aquatic,...

He contributed to some of the biggest blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including work on Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout.

As one of the studio's highest - grossing live action films of recent years and one not based on a true story, it shouldn't be too surprising that a sequel was greenlighted.

Rather, this is Rodriguez's Latino answer to the blaxpoitation action films of the seventies, complete with Trejo as an accidental sweet sweetback sex machine, irresistible to every woman he meets without making the slightest overture to toward them.

From what's been said so far it may sound like Kingsman: The Golden Circle is a disaster of a follow - up to arguably one of the best action films of the decade so far, but it's more a matter of a rocky first hour that is disoriented in combining the forces of the spy organizations.

When people think of Park Chan - wook, they usually jump straight to his most popular movie, Oldboy, known as one of the leading action films of Asia, and quite possibly the best Korean film ever made (not an easy statement to make).

1981 — Close behind 1980 on peak, but with a few more good films rounding out the depth is this year, led by three of the greatest action films of all - time: Steven Spielberg's Raiders Of The Lost Ark, George Miller's The Road Warrior, and Wolfgang Peterson's Das Boot.

While Warner Bros. had dominated the period action / swashbuckler genre with their in - house star Errol Flynn in monster hits like Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk, Fox was taking modest pokes at the genre in non-oceanic outings like The Mark of Zorro — one of the best period action films of the forties, and arguably the pivotal film that made Fox chief Darryl Zanuck realize that film's star, Tyron Power, could move closer to boats, swords, and more bare - chested combat.

We, as did many other gamers out there, quickly realised that, unlike many of the other first - person shooters on the market and most action films of the time, going it alone was a foolhardy mistake.