Sentences with phrase «actions in a muddled»

Like Vietnam itself, the three main stars of the film couch their actions in a muddled gray zone, where neither «right» nor «wrong» are clearly defined.

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English football's relationship with the ball - playing central defender is an interesting one: it (if we may for a moment reduce such a complex muddle of thought and action to a singular entity) loves them in theory, it sanctifies them when they're Bobby Moore, but it doesn't entirely trust them, and it certainly doesn't have time for them in the early formative years, when all that ball playing seems to detract from the serious business of stopping goals.

In the heat of the moment a dad's priorities can become muddled if he's had a rude awakening or he's been spurred into action by the cries of his wife.

Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun - Fat is so charismatic in his second Hollywood outing, The Corruptor, that he almost makes us forget that the movie itself is one of the more pretentious, muddled and incompetent action films to come along in some time.

The action is a horrible muddle of skating, blood, fighting and stupid bike stunts all crammed within this tiny arena, at the same time you have other players skating down from higher levels or platforms for no apparent reason other than to look cool in the film.

Directed by hi - tech action specialist John McTiernan and based on a novel by Michael Crichton, this strikingly staged, dramatically muddled adventure yarn is set in the ninth century and appears to be providing the historical background to Beowulf.

Though there are some clear seams showing (in terms of construction and sequencing), to Dracula Untold's credit the condensed narrative (90 minutes of runtime) does result in efficient movement - with action sequences coming steady and regularly to break up any lulls or muddled moments of development.

The progressively muddled storyline - coupled with the inclusion of a few decidedly underwhelming action sequences - slowly but surely transforms The Last Airbender into a lamentably tedious experience, and there's little doubt that the interminable build - up to the final confrontation results in as hopelessly anti-climactic an atmosphere as one can easily recall (with a noble sacrifice made by a periphery figure standing as the only reasonably compelling interlude within the movie's otherwise disastrous third act).

The film starts off gloriously enough with a brilliantly filmed action piece set in Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade, but Mendes and crew soon settle into a muddled, anti-climactic mishmash of old tropes and familiar ideas.

In the original many of the bigger showdowns occurred at night which, coupled with some messily choreographed action, meant that they were often a muddle, but DeKnight has wisely shifted the action to daytime and, as a result, it's easier to engage with the mayhem.

THE LAST CASTLE (Grade: B): In this muddled but mostly compelling prison drama / action thriller, Robert Redford is very good as a defrocked three - star Army general doing hard time in a military prison who uses his West Point values to challenge the authority of a corrupt warden (James GandolfiniIn this muddled but mostly compelling prison drama / action thriller, Robert Redford is very good as a defrocked three - star Army general doing hard time in a military prison who uses his West Point values to challenge the authority of a corrupt warden (James Gandolfiniin a military prison who uses his West Point values to challenge the authority of a corrupt warden (James Gandolfini).

The bulk of the action takes place in Wicklow, where the group, a muddle of unstable Americans and sardonic Continentals, are to assemble an album.

The action sequences vary wildly in quality, from a thrilling opening in Siena, Italy to a muddled confrontation staged against an avant - garde production of Tosca to a finale that's somewhere between, and which lasts several quantums of forever.

In action scenes, Ayer is exceedingly generous, allowing each character a turn in the limelight, but the film is constantly muddling its own sense of purpose, making plot decisions that feel improvisatory by its enIn action scenes, Ayer is exceedingly generous, allowing each character a turn in the limelight, but the film is constantly muddling its own sense of purpose, making plot decisions that feel improvisatory by its enin the limelight, but the film is constantly muddling its own sense of purpose, making plot decisions that feel improvisatory by its end.

Rodriguez proves that he is still a very competent director, as the film is beautifully shot and the action scenes look great, but the story is a muddled mess, and makes for a film that isn't quite satisfying on its own, and certainly doesn't work as the final chapter in the El Mariachi trilogy.

One of the best things we can do when designing our professional development is to anticipate the struggle, and create some supports to help teams «muddle through» — things such as quality models, videos of strategies in action, or ideally, coaching.