Sentences with phrase «as an adventure thriller»

The film does work pretty well as an adventure thriller.

Not exact matches

This attractiveness allows you to soak in the subject matter of this drama, which, as I've said time and again, is overwrought, with an exhausting amount of layers to mishandle with focal unevenness, in addition to stylistic unevenness and questionability which further thins substance, but hardly into obscurity, for their is enough intrigue to this Middle Ages adventure thriller and provocative deconstruction of humanity to hold up a lot of potential.

There's style and intensity in this nasty little British thriller, but a thinly developed script keeps it from generating much real suspense or meaning as the story gets increasingly brutal.On a motorbike adventure, four city...

His 1928 thriller Spies (Spione) belongs to a different tradition, one that came out of the rapid - paced adventure and crime serials of the twenties that were inspired primarily by the hugely successful (and at times surreal) pulp crime serials of Louis Feuillade in France, such as Fantomas and Les Vampires.

James Vanderbilt has been primarily known as a screenwriter for many years, having written everything from superhero movies (THE AMAZING SPIDER - MAN), to serial killer thrillers (ZODIAC), to action - adventures (WHITE HOUSE DOWN).

Starting as a clever Contagion - style investigative thriller, this fiercely paced apocalyptic adventure begins to fall apart early on when smart logic is jettisoned for the more visceral thrills of seeing Brad Pitt save the planet...

While this submarine adventure starts out as a brainy thriller with superior production design, it eventually gives in to the demands of the genre: silly plotting and corny melodrama.

This snappy 1944 espionage thriller, made on a budget comparable to an ambitious American B movie, finds romantic adventure in wartime intrigue in Algiers as Mason flees the Nazis with vital information for the Allies, or so he tells the American girl (Carla Lehman) who becomes his ally.

It's easy to forget that Costner's industry high point, at least as far as trophies are concerned, remains a historical frontier adventure, since he largely built his popularity around thrillers and sports movies.

Jude Law stars as a rogue submarine captain after sunken treasure in the depths of the Black Sea in Focus Features» upcoming adventure thriller BLACK SEA, directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald.

Revolution is described as an «epic adventure thriller» and centers on a family that struggles to reunite in a post-apocalyptic America where every single piece of technology has mysterious blacked out.

51) «xXx: Return of Xander Cage» Smart Rating: 34.70 Release date: Friday, January 20, 2017 Genre: Action, adventure, thriller Starring: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone Description: After coming out of self - imposed exile, daredevil operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) must race against time to recover a sinister weapon known as Pandora's Box, a device that controls every military satellite in the world.

Under the renewal of their deal, IMAX will be showcasing the previously announced Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and this December's In the Heart of the Sea, as well as a slew of upcoming movies like Guy Ritchie's spy thriller The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ritchie's currently filming King Arthur movie, David Yates's 2016 adventure film Tarzan, Andy Serkis» motion - capture Jungle Book: Origins, the thriller Geostorm, and more.

Directed by Joe Wright (Antonement), the action - adventure thriller centered on a girl raised in the wilderness of northern Finland by her father (played by Eric Bana), an ex-CIA operative, who trains her as an assassin.

In addition to A Monster Calls, current and upcoming releases from Focus include The Boxtrolls, the new family event movie from LAIKA, directed by Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable with a voice cast that includes Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, and Tracy Morgan; the true - life dramatic thriller Kill the Messenger, starring Jeremy Renner; the romantic drama The Theory of Everything, directed by Academy Award winner James Marsh and starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones as Stephen and Jane Hawking; Black Sea, the suspenseful adventure thriller starring Jude Law for director Kevin Macdonald; the romantic drama A Little Chaos, directed by Alan Rickman and starring Kate Winslet; Tarsem Singh's Selfless, starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Kingsley; Leigh Whannell's Insidious: Chapter 3, the newest chapter in the terrifying horror series; Sinister 2, directed by Ciaran Foy; and Stephen Hopkins» Race, starring Jeremy Irons, Jason Sudeikis, and Stephan James as the legendary athletic superstar Jesse Owens.

«Apocalypse Now» will be a physiological thriller that throws players into the film's narrative, in the same vein as Telltale Games» choose - your - adventure format.

Describing Sweet Country as an adventure movie or a crime thriller is disingenuous as the fleeting moments of tracking through the bush, fleeing on foot and high - tempered violence are window dressings to the deeply felt drama that characterizes the soul of the film.

The description makes it sound like Geostorm is trying to be a sci - fi disaster film, a space adventure, and a conspiracy thriller all at once, when the more advisable route would be to concentrate on making just one of those elements as good as it can be.

Make no mistake though: purely as a space adventure action / thriller Sunshine works reasonably well even though it treads familiar ground.

As an agent, she represents contemporary romance, thriller, adventure, paranormal / urban fantasy, science fiction, combinations of the genres listed, middle grade (fantasy, adventure, science fiction), picture books (special stories that deliver a subtle, non-didactic message; illustrations not needed), self - help, science nonfiction, and business books.

His last novel, The Small Boat of Great Sorrows, was hailed as «a relentlessly crackling mystery and adventure tale» (The Baltimore Sun) and «a new standard for war - based thrillers» (Los Angeles Times).

For example, The Accusers is probably best described as a courtroom thriller but other books in the series have been written in the style of police procedurals, classic whodunnits and thriller - style adventures.

The market views.99 in my genre (action / adventure thrillers) as toilet paper.

While my books are based on biblical history and archaeology, they are about as Christian as James Rollins, Simon Toyne, Steve Berry and others who write mainstream conspiracy thrillers / action - adventure.

First, my fiction is written for readers of thrillers and action - adventure, with Amazon as my primary marketing vehicle.

Adrenaline genres such as thrillers, adventure, and suspense make incredibly versatile blending ingredients.

As well as continuing to deepen the worlds of Fathom and Soulfire, Aspen continually creates thrilling new properties including it's newest titles the adventure - comedy Shrugged, the action - adventure series Executive Assistant: Iris, the supernatural - thriller Dellec, and the action - espionage series Mindfield, and the steampunk mystery series that debuted as a top - selling independent book, Lady MechanikAs well as continuing to deepen the worlds of Fathom and Soulfire, Aspen continually creates thrilling new properties including it's newest titles the adventure - comedy Shrugged, the action - adventure series Executive Assistant: Iris, the supernatural - thriller Dellec, and the action - espionage series Mindfield, and the steampunk mystery series that debuted as a top - selling independent book, Lady Mechanikas continuing to deepen the worlds of Fathom and Soulfire, Aspen continually creates thrilling new properties including it's newest titles the adventure - comedy Shrugged, the action - adventure series Executive Assistant: Iris, the supernatural - thriller Dellec, and the action - espionage series Mindfield, and the steampunk mystery series that debuted as a top - selling independent book, Lady Mechanikas a top - selling independent book, Lady Mechanika.

As a small press publisher we specialize in adult fiction novels specifically in the genres of action, adventure, mystery, thriller, suspense or a series, and we normally do not venture outside of these genre's.

The result of 13 years of writing and research, including collaborating with an Egyptologist to confirm the accuracy of the story, «The Maya Papyrus» is a political thriller detailing war and adventure as the protagonist Aye rises to power.

There are now 9 books in the ARKANE action adventure thriller series, described by readers as «Dan Brown meets Lara Croft.»

It's an exciting and entertaining page - turner of romance and adventure as are my other romantic suspense mystery thrillers.

Say if you had decided to target Religious and Inspirational as well as Mysteries and Thrillers and Action and Adventure.

For Exodus, I might consider keywords: thriller, action adventure, exodus, ark of the covenant, israel, freemasons — as those are the themes of the book and people searching for those things will be interested in it.

With an engaging story mixing together thriller and comedy elements with occult themes and plenty of dark humor, as well as some interesting characters, Yesterday Origins is a point and click adventure game that fans of the genre will surely appreciate.

[Reviewed on PC] A group of teenagers dice with the paranormal during an island vacation gone wrong in this thriller adventure, but Oxenfree is as much about relationships as it is about ghosts and ghouls.

The Remedy thriller, announced in 2005 for both 360 and PC, has gone in a matter of weeks from being almost entirely under wraps to a 360 exclusive, a May release, an episodic adventure in an untraditional gaming sense, a project inspired by Twin Peaks and as having «seasons» with planned DLC.

Hidden Agenda could be simply classified as an interactive crime thriller action - adventure game played entirely from the third - person perspective.