Sentences with phrase «attempt of an action film»

What we got was a dull attempt of an action film, made worse because of the slow direction, O'Neal's clunky acting, an awful rubber suit and laughable attempts at comedy (and not in the intended way).

Not exact matches

Director Ron Howard brings his usual light touch to the proceedings and manages to hold the viewer's interest even through the narrative's oddly action - packed final third (ie once the truth about Hannah's character is revealed, the film becomes more of a thriller than a cute little romantic comedy and there's even a chase sequence as the army attempts to capture the mermaid / woman).

What is so offensive about this film is it's attempt to apply a similar kind of blind action movie for

What is so offensive about this film is it's attempt to apply a similar kind of blind action movie for the guys / shallow romance for the chicks aesthetic to an actual, tragic event.

The first third of the film shows them in action, with each character attempting to do anything that's possible to earn some money.

To paraphrase, when a master filmmaker attempts to reclaim the action cinema from the graveyards of money, CGI and mis - cast star power it's been moldering in, «How could you not enjoy that film?»

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction

The action sequences and visuals this film attempts to live off of come off as stale regurgitations from the first film.

In addition to the opening plane stunt, the film has a handful of remarkable action sequences, including an extended, rhythmic assassination attempt inside a Vienna opera house.

However, even though there are a decent number of heavy - hitting action set - pieces, Killer Elite is a narrative mess that convolutes a pretty straight - forward plot with loads of bizarre character relationships and added «drama» in an attempt to elevate the film beyond a throwaway action experience.

If «Lincoln» the film is a portrait of the difficult process of moving the needle forward even slightly, Lincoln the performance is about how historic figures attempt to wrestle with the possibility that their every action and failure will have consequences that affect generations of people.

Precision cutting and flowing camera movement would come to define the action film, blowing away the tension - based American system with a surfeit of bullets, preferably fired by a man clinching a match in his teeth, firing two handguns at once it a vain attempt at exorcising his existential pain.

In describing what attracted him to Brad Pitt's new film, World War Z, a global action drama in which UN investigator Gerry Lane (Pitt) leads a desperate attempt to stop humanity coming to an un-dead end, director Marc Forster is clear that the universality of the threat was key.

2016 brought an eerily similar story when director Alex Proyas» $ 140 million fantasy action film Gods of Egypt - starring Gerard Butler (who barely attempted to alter his Scottish accent), Danish Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster - Waldau, and Australian Brenton Thwaites as the three male leads - opened to a domestic weekend of just $ 14 million.

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 crimes.

Without giving much consideration to the context that breed such an environment, bar a couple of fleeting scenes where one of the Day's gang attempts to find work as a farm hand, it begs the question as to what the film is trying to accomplish by focusing on the gang; especially when the film's ephemeral style distances the action from reality, laying blame on the gangs for Day's downward spiral into a life of crime and not the faulty idealism behind the myth of American opportunity.

If its many action scenes weren't so exciting or its characters less charming, it might seem businesslike, just another part of Marvel's continuing attempts to build the film equivalent of its comic - book universe.

For instance, last year we had the fantastic Troll Hunter, a Norwegian fantasy film directed by Andre Ovredal about a group of students who get more than they bargained for when they attempt to capture the actions of a supposed bear poacher on camera.

His daily attempts to keep Penny safe from the clutches of Dr. Calico (voice by Malcolm McDowell) are only staged so they can be secretly filmed for a television action series.

Monahan's script adapts the story of James Toback, whose actual gambling exploits first inspired the 1974 film; only in this 2014 version, the character drama is saddled with an attempt at greater depth, with Monahan relying on lengthy explanations and pontifications where the original film preferred action and implication to convey its deeper themes and ideas.

Director Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2) takes his talented team of animators and attempts to embrace the late Belgian artist and author Peyo's creations in a way neither of the two live action films did.

The situations are realistic for the most part, and one gets the sense that even director Michael Caton - Jones (Memphis Belle, Basic Instinct 2) thought the film drags too much, as there are a few attempts at action that break the rhythm of the film, providing the worst scenes.

«The Dark Knight Rises», starring Christian Bale, has started its attempt to take over «The Avengers» as the highest grossing action hero film of all...

Outside of the fights however, the film doesn't feel particularly well put - together: the direction is weaker than the previous outing — jerking between various scenes, locations, filler Thailand Tourist Board type shots... and there's no attempt at updating anything about the generic 80s action plot.

Despite giving a superb cast half - baked characters to play — and attempting to tackle the issue of technological progress with insufficient moral / ethical development — and resorting to action film moves instead of wit, Transcendence almost works.

The first Alien film had a wonderful sense of atmosphere, the second, Aliens, was a rollercoaster ride of action, the third installment was a compelling, if heavily flawed attempt at bringing something profound to the series, but this fourth chapter ditches what remnants of credibility the series had left in favor of stomach - churning gore.

At times it seems as if they attempted to humanize him, which leads the film into bouts of melodramatic mush, but it is essential to move the story along and creates the swells needed for the many crescendos of action and conflict throughout.

The Lord of the Rings: Remastered Deluxe Edition (Warner)-- Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated feature film combines traditional cel animation with live action reference footage in his attempt to get J.R.R. Tolkien's sprawling fantasy adventure epic on the big screen.

Aside from that, there's a couple of moments of attempted macho - ness that are adorably camp, the big pre-volcano final battle in the arena gets close to the levels of enjoyably over-the-top action Anderson has become known for and the film ends on a note of such astoundingly high melodrama that you can't help leaving the film having a little chuckle.

An action film starring Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson attempted to define the state of cool for 1991.

Directed by Dick Powell in a deliberate (at times plodding) manner, the film offers its share war movie action but the focus is on the battle of wits, a kind of chess game played with torpedoes and depth charges, with the two captains attempting to outwit the other by anticipating one another's movies.

The whole thing looks and feels like an extended episode of some Starz series, and you almost get the sense that first - time feature film director Aleksander Bach is attempting to ape the Resident Evil movies, another franchise with bad writing, silly action and only the most tenuous connection to the video games that inspired it.

Attempting to addresses stork folklore using comic characters and perilous action, the film exhibits moments of charm while simultaneously barraging kids with its family friendly messaging.

Rad Rodgers» story is reminiscent in concept to a videogaming equivalent to that of Arnold Schwarzenegger action comedy film Last Action Hero as it revolves around young gamer Rad waking up after a marathon night of gaming to find that his retro console has turned itself on, producing a vortex that places Rad as the star of his own videogame with the retro console providing support in a buddy duo team - up scenario as they attempt to save the inhabitants of a jungle and return the Elder Tree as guardian of theaction comedy film Last Action Hero as it revolves around young gamer Rad waking up after a marathon night of gaming to find that his retro console has turned itself on, producing a vortex that places Rad as the star of his own videogame with the retro console providing support in a buddy duo team - up scenario as they attempt to save the inhabitants of a jungle and return the Elder Tree as guardian of theAction Hero as it revolves around young gamer Rad waking up after a marathon night of gaming to find that his retro console has turned itself on, producing a vortex that places Rad as the star of his own videogame with the retro console providing support in a buddy duo team - up scenario as they attempt to save the inhabitants of a jungle and return the Elder Tree as guardian of the land.

The film even references Ryu at the end as if it was planning to follow up with some kind of Legend of Ryu sequel, this being a double edged sword, the way this film was received there is no chance of them butchering Ryu or making a film ever again, on the other hand, we may need to wait for Street Fighters 50th anniversery before we see another live action Street Fighter attempt.