Sentences with phrase «action girl character»

Emily Blunt is, thank god, given a bit more to do than the standard «Please explain the plot to me and protect me» action girl character, and, as ever — really, is there a more appealing young actress working today?

Not exact matches

Based on Mary Stewart's 1971 classic children's book The Little Broomstick, Mary and The Witch's Flower is an action - packed film full of jaw - dropping imaginative worlds, ingenious characters, and the stirring, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to find a place in the world.

Good points, it also irked me that the girls and boys split up in the Wakanda fight — it happens a lot in action movies (good girl fights bad girl sidekick while male character fights head villain), hopefully Danvers will be an equal opportunity ass kicker.

While it is true that the unassailable main character who leaves a wake of bodies in their path isn't often a waiflike teen girl, and not all action flicks feature European scenery (a novelty for North American audiences), the gratuitous content is just like most other offerings in this genre.

The young girl plays Athena with that certain Disney charm that many female characters had in the studio's past live - action films.

It's not spoiling anything to say that Steve refuses to fire the drone missile after first noticing the girl, and that's because the majority of Eye in the Sky follows its characters as they try to convince each other — and themselves — what the best plan of action is now that an innocent child's life might be ended by their decision.

Based on the 1971 young adult novel The Little Broomstick, Mary and The Witch's Flower is an all - ages action fantasy adventure that hearkens back to some of the most beloved animated films of all time, full of ingenious characters, jaw - dropping imaginative worlds, and the simple, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to figure her place in the world.

However, the action is best served when martial arts is employed, which is fairly often, meaning that Snake Eyes (Park, X-Men), Storm Shadow, and new movie character, Jinx (Yung, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), get plenty of screen time.

Danika Yarosh is also a part of the action, as Samantha, a young girl being used as collateral with Reacher... in one of the dumbest workarounds a movie's ever used to make a character heroic.

Through the series» first three episodes (it debuts Monday night at 10), Good Girls itself winds up facing the same dilemma as its three title characters, fighting against the implications of actions it hasn't entirely thought through, with plot choices often creating more problems than they solve.

Holly could make for a funny third - wheel Nancy Drew, ostensibly becoming the parent in the absence of her mother and the incompetence of her alcoholic father, but seeing the young girl in persistent danger of physical or mortal danger leaves a bad aftertaste to much of the action moments, and even when not in the middle of a violent confrontation, her idealized character feels unnatural and scripted.

«DUE TO ALL THE ACTION SCENES THAT [THE CHARACTER] HAD TO BE PUT THROUGH, I WANTED IT TO BE PLAUSIBLE THAT A YOUNG GIRL COULD FIGHT A MAN WHO»S OBVIOUSLY BOTH STRONGER AND BIGGER.»

Playing an action heroine was like professional playtime, and she gained five or six kilograms of muscle to play the role: «Due to all the action scenes that [the character] had to be put through, I wanted it to be plausible that a young girl could fight a man who's obviously both stronger and bigger.»

Oscar - winner Alicia Vikander («The Danish Girl») competently fills the boots of reimagined title character Lara Croft (developer Square Enix mercifully retired the heroine's original look in 2013 for something appreciably more modern) and a couple of the film's action sequences resemble the best of the series» gameplay — enough to cut a trailer, at least.

And so I created two bright, colourful, fun, loving characters, a boy and a girl, with a series of short, upbeat children's stories to exclusively portray the message of kindness and how to action it in everyday situations.

What stands out for me aren't so much the characters — protagonists Nailer and Nita are complex and believable, but many of the supporting characters are sketchily drawn — or the plot, which has a familiar shape — shipwrecked rich girl rescued by gutter rat, flight from bad people wanting to use rich girl as pawn, a big fight, a hairsbreadth rescue — but the meticulously detailed, multi-layered post-climate change world in which the action takes place.

The characters are excellent, the descriptions of magic are brilliant and original, and the story is action - packed from start to finish, yet the author manages to fit in character development and to engage the reader's emotions as they follow Agnieszka's journey from ordinary village girl to wizard's assistant to... read it and find out.

1 By Natsume Konjoh Action Comics JManga.com Firefox 3.6.24 — «Otaku girls don't care about reality,» explains one of the characters in Otaku Type Delusional Girl.

- characters are drawn in the main screen in a super-deformed style - features a lot of fan - service - play as Eduard, an innkeeper of an inn who doesn't have a lot of customers - stumble into a cave while looking for crystals and meet a girl who has amnesia - this girl also has six sisters who unlock each other's memories as you come across them - your subordinate at the inn gets the idea to put all of the girls into maid uniforms - the girls transform into battle - appropriate clothing during the battle sequences - strategy / action - RPG hybrid - unlimited movement within a circle around the character's starting point - combo system - when attacking weaker enemies, you knock them back in a fashion that takes out others and builds up a combo - extra turn awarded if you manage to take out 10 or more enemies in one swing - enemies do respawn their weak helpers at a hit point cost to them - right side of the screen shows a time bar so you know which friend or foe will attack nex - male character you play as is more of a support role in battle - he'll provide a lot of your stat buffs - events for each of the maidens that give them a chance to level up and unlock new abilities in each battle - possible 18 quests - each of the girls has their own quirks

Likewise Arcadia, who acts as Bryce's love interest, is a rather bland and witless character who never seems to be more than just your stereotypical over-the-top action girl with a pretty face.

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Cosmic League is an anime based action arena third person shooter, or TPS, featuring anime style characters which the developer describes as «Cute Girls and Killer Robots.»

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Assemble a five - girl team from over 30 characters, choose from 10 weapons, customize your team with perks from hundreds of collectible cards, and get ready for all kinds of hot summer action.

Dec 15 2004 — Jan 29, 2005 Each video presents a singular character performing a simple action: a figure on a skateboard filmed from the back in a car, a young girl playing guitar on a traffic circle in the suburbs of Paris, a swimmer, a New York doorman as he progresses through the city at night.

The film itself follows three characters --» Girl,» «WB» (whiteboy), and «Mrs. Queen Esther Bernetta White» — each existing in separate spaces, alternating between public and private moments of action.