Sentences with phrase «as an action hero in»

I didn't mind Brody as an action hero in King Kong, but the difference here is that Brody seems to be acting tough.

Additionally, it positions Sarah as an action hero in the film with the tagline, «A woman's work is never done.»

«The Devil Wears Prada» actress takes on her first role as an action hero in her latest movie, and even though she prepared for it with...

Chan was no fan of guns, but John Woo developed a balletic, two - fisted style of gunplay while imagining romcom mainstay Chow Yun - Fat as an action hero in the Clint Eastwood mold.

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Anthony Borges, the student hailed as a hero for his actions during the shooting at Stoneman Douglas, has filed the first lawsuit in the case.

Shaw told DeGeneres that while he doesn't mind being celebrated as a hero for his actions, he mostly just wants people to know that a «regular guy did it,» and that they're capable of the same sorts of remarkable acts in chaotic situations.

Whether they did so quietly in the shadows, or publicly standing in the town square, whether they did so out of religious training or from a deep sense of justice and compassion without religion - we must remember the actions of these people and hold them as our heroes.

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Ethics has in its possession no chance, and so matters do not come to an explanation, it does not jest with dignities, it lays a prodigious responsibility upon the shoulders of the puny hero, it denounces as presumption his wanting to play providence by his actions, but it also denounces him for wanting to do it by his suffering.

However, as a huge fan of the legendary action hero, sharing an elevator and meeting him in person remains at the top of her all - time favorite moments at Windsor Court.

The fallacy is easily exposed in both instances simply by reversing the positions: if Evra played for Liverpool and Suárez for United, then everyone would be enthusiastically marching in the opposite direction, just as enemy soldiers can be never heroes, however heroic their actions, by simple virtue of being on the wrong side.

He's a Hollywood action hero now, but as a kid in Australia, Eric Bana dreamed of being a race car driver.

Two of Great Britain's medallists from the first day of competition in Apeldoorn were back in action today, as Chris Latham took part in the first new - look men's omnium event of the World Cup programme, while team sprint hero Joe Truman rode in the keirin.

«The findings confirm this is an urgent societal crisis and will serve as a call to action in galvanizing communities and inspiring individuals and organizations to raise awareness and increase support for our nation's hidden heroes.»

The ability to regrow limbs lost through accident or the action of their nemesis is a power usually thought of as belonging only to comic - book heroes, but in nature the ability to regenerate tissues and even whole limbs is surprisingly widespread across the plant and animal kingdoms.

In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action - hero in order to survivIn the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action - hero in order to survivin order to survive.

O'Connell, also the star of the brutal Irish prison drama «Starred Up,» again illustrates his robust physical presence here as a naturalistic action hero, hinting at the prospects for bigger projects in his future.

After making her film debut in That Night (1992), Heigl balanced movie work with high school, playing a small role in Steven Soderbergh's Depression - era drama King of the Hill (1993), starring as Gérard Depardieu's difficult daughter in My Father the Hero (1994), and Steven Seagal's niece in the action sequel Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).

Cruise is very good as an intelligent action hero, and his character echoes Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan in «Patriot Games» and «Clear and Present Danger.»

disarming as it introduced the unlikeliest of action heroes — an eternally hungry, overweight panda named Po, voiced by Jack Black — in a rousing and funny underdog tale.

However, his luck would change with 1992's Medicine Man and get even worse with 1993's Last Action Hero, a post-modern action fantasy regarded as one of the decade's biggest flops.To get Last Action Hero's taste out of his mouth, McTiernan returned to familiar territory in 1995, helming Die Hard with a Vengeance, the third in the sAction Hero, a post-modern action fantasy regarded as one of the decade's biggest flops.To get Last Action Hero's taste out of his mouth, McTiernan returned to familiar territory in 1995, helming Die Hard with a Vengeance, the third in the saction fantasy regarded as one of the decade's biggest flops.To get Last Action Hero's taste out of his mouth, McTiernan returned to familiar territory in 1995, helming Die Hard with a Vengeance, the third in the sAction Hero's taste out of his mouth, McTiernan returned to familiar territory in 1995, helming Die Hard with a Vengeance, the third in the series.

At this point in his career, if Tom Cruise is not starring as a dark loner or a sci - fi action hero, there isn't any point to watching his movies, but back in the early 90s he really had that special spark that has garnered him the reputation he has today.

Even if it may feel a bit overlong, this fantastic sequel is perhaps even more thrilling than the first film, this time investing more in the action and first - rate special effects with a bigger budget to create something epic - and it is always awesome to see Schwarzenegger as the big hero.

Known for its combinations of action and comedy as well as a varied cast, the titular hero is a musician and slacker extraordinaire who, in order to actually date Ramona Flowers, the girl of his dreams, he must engage her seven ex-boyfriends in kung - fu battle.

The casting that has sparked the most curiosity, however, is Tom Cruise as Stacee Jax as it is a massive sidestep from his action hero norm (although his cameo as Les Grossman in comedy «Tropic Thunder» is an indicator of his versatility).

The distinction between heroes and villains isn't as clear in Free Fire as most action movies.

Mass panic sets in as comfort, convenience, and confidence crumble, but McClane isn't one for panic — he's one to go into action, grumbling all the way («You know what you get for being a hero?»

Although no contemporary toys were created for the series, several Thanos action figures have been created in the years since that include the Infinity Gauntlet either as an accessory or as part of the sculpt, such as the 12 inch Marvel Select toy [82] and the 2 inch Super Hero Squad toy.

Denzel Washington balances the scales of justice — and challenges Liam Neeson for a slice of the middle - aged action - hero pie — in «The Equalizer,» an ultraviolent update of the 1985 - 89 CBS drama series that featured Edward Woodward as a former government agent turned pro-bono avenging angel.

But it's not nearly as out there or impactful as Diesel's other 2017 action - adventure, «XXX: Return of Xander Cage,» which also boasted an action sequence opening in an exotic location that has Diesel's hero save the day, then being roundly cheered by the locals.

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Liam Neeson would run away from a fist fight.The 65 - year - old actor starred as action hero Bryan Mills in the «Taken» franchise, but in contrast to...

We saw our first glimpses of fan favorite heroes in action, like Marth, Chrom, female Corrin, Ryoma and Xander, as well as the game's original heroes.

Gal Gadot returns as the DC Super Hero in the epic action adventure from director Patty Jenkins («Monster,» AMC's «The Killing»).

Released earlier this year in Japan as Battle Fengshen, Mystic Heroes is an action game with a heavy emphasis on cooperative melee fighting.

Schwarzenegger stars in a dual role, as fictional action hero character Jack Slater, and also as himself.

The Heroes Of Telemark — Decent enough WW2 action film set in Norway as the Allies try to blow up some Nazi reactors to prevent them from developing heavy water (necessary for an atomic bomb).

Though once a light, blandly handsome lead in musicals and romantic comedies, Payne remade himself as a taciturn post-war tough guy and used his broad - shouldered physique and the strength of his physicality to make himself a formidable action hero.

That new perspective is the way the film looks like an action movie, filled with car chases and fights and shoot - outs, while behaving in a way more akin to a musical (For further evidence of the musical's influence, one need only look to the opening credits, which has the hero dancing around the city, as an assortment of visual gags highlight certain lyrics).

Maybe in years to come, this film will be seen as Stallone passing on the torch to the younger action hero, as he ends his career and Momoa begins his.

The combination of clever how - to details and wild fantasy is a throwback to the days of Disney's live - action man - against - nature films (only slightly grimmer), but it's flanked by a more down - to - earth depiction of the hero's youth in a zoo - owning Indian family, as well as a closing sequence that changes the meaning of everything that's come before.

King Hu rose to prominence in the 1960s and»70s as a superb director of wuxia films («A Touch of Zen»), a popular Chinese action genre of swords, sorcery and chivalrous heroes.

It gives the idea of consumerism run wild the short shrift that it deserves (and the cynicism that an intervening quarter - century demands), touching on the original's explanation of the zombies» affinity for the shopping mall and the human heroes» delight at their newfound material wealth before becoming a bracing action film that, like Marcus Nispel's reworking of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the source of which didn't need updating as much as Dawn arguably did), is more firmly entrenched in the James Cameron Aliens tradition than the Seventies institution of disconcerting personal horror film.

Hugh is set to solidify his status as an action hero as the actor has signed up to fight robots in a new film.

Official Synopsis The world's greatest legends collide in a future universe with Jordan as a live - action hero entering a spectacular animated world.

Hollywood hunk Hugh Jackman is set to solidify his status as an action hero as the actor has signed up to fight robots in a new Steven Spielberg production.

This is all the more appropriate since, as a whole, Civil War can be summed as part effective superhero action / thriller, but also equal parts, if not more so, engaging dramatic / psychological thriller that features Earth's Mightiest Heroes; though admittedly, while the title might suggest otherwise, Civil War is only really a superhero war movie in a figurative sense.

As for genre fans, that itch could be scratched by remake «We Are What We Are ``; live - action «Wreck - It Ralph «- ish «Virtually Heroes ``; found - footage sequel «S - VHS ``; Dermot Mulroney in «The Rambler ``; and / or Leslie Bibb and Rob Corddry in horror - comedy «Hell Baby.»

When: April 27th Why: In what can only be described as a half - hearted attempt at cashing in on the success of the «Sherlock Holmes» films, James McTeigue's «The Raven» re-imagines American poet Edgar Allen Poe as a sort of makeshift action hero who solves crimeIn what can only be described as a half - hearted attempt at cashing in on the success of the «Sherlock Holmes» films, James McTeigue's «The Raven» re-imagines American poet Edgar Allen Poe as a sort of makeshift action hero who solves crimein on the success of the «Sherlock Holmes» films, James McTeigue's «The Raven» re-imagines American poet Edgar Allen Poe as a sort of makeshift action hero who solves crimes.

However, the action really does drag in this instalment as, to be honest, the storyline is pretty dull and just involves our pint - sized heroes camping in a field and squabbling like they're on a Duke of Edinburgh expedition for much of the time.