Sentences with phrase «as an action hero with»

Sam Fisher was pretty much portrayed as an action hero with cover mechanics, in - motion lethal accuracy and Max Payne slow - mo.

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It looks like they are going to portray as a ancient action hero with a penchant for mammals, the scratch and sniff cards would be a nice touch.

In addition to the phrasing of B.I.h, with its echo of the Shelley quotation, B.I.e, «General dynamics and the principle of least action,» reminds one, by anticipation, of the role Maupertius will play as hero of «victorious analysis» in Science and the Modern World.

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.

Guber Polls: Bayelsans Steadfastness has prevailed - Fayose Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, declared on Monday that the Bayelsa State Governor and the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Seriake Dickson and the millions of the good people of the state have shown steadfastness with PDP during the state's governorship election, which was, declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, noting that with the action which exemplified peoples» power against Abuja political oppressors, Bayelsans can rightly be described as «worthy heroes of democracy».

Because this is no longer «Rampage» if, instead of getting to root for the monsters (who started out as normal predators, «weaponized» by a malicious gene - mutating formula), we're asked to identify with a Dwayne Johnson action hero instead.

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).

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.

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.

Stallone's reputation as a muscle - bound 1980s action hero belies his work behind the camera, with a filmography that's far more complex and thoughtful than he is often credited with.

As soon as action jumps to the present day with a warbling youngster, her hot sister, and our troubled hero, however, any pretense of a creepy, coherent mythology flies out the window as the flick devolves into an inexorable - killer flick amped - up to «11.&raquAs soon as action jumps to the present day with a warbling youngster, her hot sister, and our troubled hero, however, any pretense of a creepy, coherent mythology flies out the window as the flick devolves into an inexorable - killer flick amped - up to «11.&raquas action jumps to the present day with a warbling youngster, her hot sister, and our troubled hero, however, any pretense of a creepy, coherent mythology flies out the window as the flick devolves into an inexorable - killer flick amped - up to «11.&raquas the flick devolves into an inexorable - killer flick amped - up to «11.»

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

The film never shakes off an air of familiarity; the challenges and arcs that can technically be called original play as anything but and the action climax complete with feared hero death is as conventional as anything.

The 6» 4» Neeson is perfect as an action hero, and this is the fourth action movie he's completed with director Jaume Collet - Serra.

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

Starring Oscar nominee Felicity Jones as the unlikely Rebel hero Jyn Erso, as well as Mads Mikkelsen, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, the film is sure to satisfy «Star Wars» fans with some of the best action and most dazzling visual effects of the year.

His best roles are the ones that harness that silliness, but even as a dour action hero, Jackman has enough charisma to emerge with his dignity intact.

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).

1987's «RoboCop» re-defined the sci - fi / action genre, with Peter Weller starring as the Detroit detective who became a half man / half machine anti-crime hero.

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

«With Lego The Incredibles, fans can experience the non-stop action from both movies while fighting crime together as a super hero family.»

One of the best action - hero movies of all time is made with amazing action scenes, but is ultimately driven by the acting of Heath Ledger as The Joker.

LOST IN SPACE Packed with «Star Wars» - style visual dazzle, this warm but dumbed - down action picture, based on the 1960s TV series, offers the surprising Matt LeBlanc as likable hero Major Don West.

Directed by Korean filmmaker Kim Jee - woon, the movie not only reintroduces Schwarzenegger as an older, wiser action hero, but it harkens back to earlier films like «Commando,» when you could get away with being silly as long as it was fun.

But brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, who return as co-directors after «Civil War» and its predecessor, «Winter Soldier,» move the pace briskly and with frequent levity, as heroes from various Marvel franchises keep throwing things - sometimes literally - at Thanos, and as the scene of the action shifts from the «Guardians of the Galaxy» team's spaceship to Black Panther's African homeland of Wakanda to, at one point, Scotland.

But the question is — as was with the similarly European - backed, one - word titled thrillers «Taken,» «Taken 2» and «Unknown» — what to make of this unlikely action hero turn for Neeson at 61?

As seen in a previous Nintendo Direct, the game is filled with insane action that sees parties of heroes taking on massive monsters in an effort to defend New Los Angeles.

That cast was wonderful, as the fun was balanced with the hero's righteous indignation and the plethora of action.

Keep the kiddies entertained with the featurettes On Set With Brad Garrett: Unpacified, On Set With Mr. Diesel: Action Hero and Nice Guy, and Special Ops TV Commercials, as well as a collection of deleted scenes and bloopwith the featurettes On Set With Brad Garrett: Unpacified, On Set With Mr. Diesel: Action Hero and Nice Guy, and Special Ops TV Commercials, as well as a collection of deleted scenes and bloopWith Brad Garrett: Unpacified, On Set With Mr. Diesel: Action Hero and Nice Guy, and Special Ops TV Commercials, as well as a collection of deleted scenes and bloopWith Mr. Diesel: Action Hero and Nice Guy, and Special Ops TV Commercials, as well as a collection of deleted scenes and bloopers.

He might be better known as a Hollywood action hero but Steven Seagal is about to tour Europe with his band Thunderbox.

In 2002, Damon showed surprising action - hero moves as a trained government agent with amnesia in 2002's «The Bourne Identity.»

There he teamed up with some stunt friends of his going back to The Matrix, and together they brought a new action hero to the screen that was as much graphic novel as it was action film.

Plunked down in his very own third - person action game, Deadpool acts as a sort - of - parody of third - person action games, with its hero regularly commenting on various video game tropes, his displeasure with High Moon's script, and even you, the player, when you aren't performing to his expectations.

«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...

MacLean doesn't let logic get in the way of a good action sequence, as when the heroes drag prisoners with them when attempting a narrow escape.

Bollywood star Deepika Padukone plays Serena, a knife - wielding free spirit who falls for Xander; Thai martial artist Tony Jaa is hanging out as a bleached - blonde stunt grunt; and Hong Kong action hero Donnie Yen (recently seen doing a Zatoichi bit in Star Wars: Rogue One) is gang leader Xiang, who can melt hearts with a side - eye and a battle pose.

It may not have the same level of intrigue or dialogue as the first three movies, but let's remember that this is the same rogue action hero who killed a bad guy with a rolled - up magazine in The Bourne Supremacy.

Guy Ritchie does a decent job at reinventing Sherlock Holmes as a modern action hero with the help of excellent performances from Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.

Bello is a reckless action hero, as she deals with workplace sexism from the precinct's «beef trust.»

Creevy's sophomore effort as a filmmaker, Welcome to the Punch, is a story of hero and foe uniting, a potentially trite set up that makes for a refreshingly streamlined film with a reliance on practical action.

The story, such as it is, is recounted in flashbacks by the 16 - year - old narrator - hero, David, as he sits alone in a train compartment at night, looking out the window at the dark countryside; it has to do with the deterioration of his father, Frank (Denis Leary), after he loses his factory job (he becomes a wife beater), and then of his mother, Sarah (Diana Scarwid), after Frank goes overseas to fight in Italy and is killed in action (she gradually goes mad).

(9) As with The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China was ahead of its time, and audiences in 1986 were not ready for the flamboyant Hong Kong style action films or for the mockery of the emblematic American action hero.

It may not boast Gary Oldman doing a Russian accent, Nic Cage in a wife beater or Jack Lemmon at the controls but, with king of the disyllabic action movie skies, Liam Neeson, as its plucky hero, this is pure guilty pleasure cinema.

What follows in both Gibson's film and Fulci's is a period fantasy leaking blood and viscera, scored with drama and shot in operatic slow - motion: tales of martyrs and heroes, of battles against the unclean (more suggested in Gibson's film as a steely - eyed, newly - risen saviour gets ready to rock), and, in their different / same ways, reduced to the barest elements of conflict - action - resolution, repeat.

Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt — until, in a blaze of action - packed situations and encounters with outrageous characters, Rango starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.

He has a great cast, with Butler delivers a strong performance as the pull - no - punches action hero.

Her character was great because Shane Black has a knack at writing parts for kids that make them equal to adults, not support them as evidence with movies like The Monster Squad and Last Action Hero.

However, Banning comes off as a late - 80s action hero who's been inserted into a 2016 movie that's been peppered with special effects that feel very 2000.

As a prelude to next year's massive The Avengers, Captain America succeeds in introducing many of us to one of that film's key heroes and does so with retro charm, efficient action sequences, and enough heart to care about the scenes in between all of the explosions.

As with Dr. Stanley Goodspeed in The Rock, Ben Gates is a scholar who suddenly finds himself being called upon to be an action hero.