Sentences with phrase «better than the thriller»

The romance works rather better than the thriller element, as the plot becomes so convoluted and melodramatic it gets rather silly and never seems to be sure whether to takes itself seriously or not.

Not exact matches

If you're looking for a good thriller, you can't do better than this classic.

It is very good; a thriller in the classic Koontz mold that really gets taut in the last 30 pages.But there is more here than a very good thrill ride — although that would be enough.

Richard T. Kelly's new political thriller The Knives — which follows a fictional Tory home secretary through a blizzard of political and personal traumas — explains this better than anyone in recent times.

The movie works well as an engaging thriller, but don't expect much more than that.

There might be purists who'd argue that what Crichton writes are better classified as techno - thrillers than works of science fiction, because drawing petty distinctions is what being a purist is all about.

It was more of a thriller than a comedy, which was good.

Here it is on Oscar night: All eyes are on Billy Crystal who says, «And now to present the Oscar for this year's Best Accessory, please welcome Sharon Stone from last year's thriller Basic Instinct and Jeremy Irons whose latest movie, Damage, is hotter than mustard on a Polish dog.»

The gunplay (what little there is), is done well, and even though the film is more style than substance, and could stand to be trimmed up greatly, it's a thinking man's drama / thriller, and not a blockbuster action film.

Because the film is intended to be fun for computer - illiterates as well as techno - geeks, it's more successful than other recent efforts to bring some digital - age updating to the familiar thriller formula.

First - time writer - director Aimee Lagos» time - skipping thriller ultimately adds up to less than the sum of its parts, but good performances by the youthful cast help compensate for the overly familiar story.

A man learns being an avenger for good is tougher than it looks in this independent thriller from filmmaker Chris Chan Lee.

Based on Martin Booth's novel, «A Very Private Gentleman», it is less a action thriller than a visual paean to Clooney's ability to look so good while never being permitted to smile.

The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.

Gritty and claustrophobic, this British horror - thriller holds our interest with well - played characters rather than the wobbly plotting.

Calling big - screen legal thriller «The Lincoln Lawyer» the best TV pilot I've seen in a while really isn't meant as a putdown — the truth is, there's more good stuff on the tube these days than in theaters, especially at this time of the year.

Much ballyhooed for its on - location filming in and around the United Nations building in Manhattan «The Interpreter» works better as a captivating drama than it does as an espionage thriller due to some sticking plot points that prevent the audience from

A fiendishly effective holiday - gone - wrong thriller that's better at cranking up the agoraphobic action than fleshing out its characters.

Apt Pupil is an entertaining and good thriller that could have been a lot better than it is, but it manages to still have a good story and got thrills.

If the last newspaper thriller of note, the Academy Award - winning Spotlight, better than it had any rights to be, focused on the mechanics of reporting and breaking a story, The Post, though it features similar elements, has somewhat different aims.

Entertainment One earned less money in 2013 despite releasing more films than in 2012, possibly because those films weren't all that good; only one, horror thriller We Are What We Are, managed to collect positive reviews.

It's more of a political thriller than a straight - up action movie, but it still does a good job with an intriguing story and well - done action scenes.

Sydney Pollack's («Three Days of the Condor» / «Out of Africa») well - made but unimportant political thriller (more a character driven than a plot driven story) is set in New York City and frames its story around an assassination plot of an African leader set to speak at the United Nations.

More drama than thriller, the movie does a slightly better job with period detail than with character building.

Gripping Drama - Fuzzy Politics Kidman And Penn Elevate UN Thriller By Cole Smithey Much ballyhooed for its on - location filming in and around the United Nations building in Manhattan «The Interpreter» works better as a captivating drama than it does as an espionage thriller.

A better - than - average thriller.

When: October 18th Why: The talky financial thriller «Margin Call» did a better job of showcasing writer / director J.C. Chandor's screenwriting skills than his ability behind the camera, but for his sophomore effort, Chandor has bravely removed that variable from the equation.

With so many teen thrillers taking the route of bad, sensationalist horror, it's nice to see a standard suspense vehicle come out once in a while, with better characterizations and fright earned through putting characters in potential jeopardy, rather than just cheap jump - scares and shrill music.

If there's anything worse than seeing a bad movie, it's seeing a good movie made badly and sadly Eye of the Beholder could have been much better in the hands of someone more qualified in making smart thrillers than quirky art comedies.

The Russia House is a darn good film, more than just the typical spy thriller one is accustomed to.

«Paranormal Activity 3» (Oct. 21) will try to replicate the success of the second movie, a low - budget ghostly thriller that was even better than the first; Rowan Atkinson returns for more spy - themed high jinks in «Johnny English Reborn» (Oct. 28.

This looks okay, but doesn't seem like anything more than a standard detective thriller set in LA, even though the crime they've investigating is very well knonw.

The film shifts between thriller and drama, and it might have been better if it had gone for one or the other, rather than straddling both with only a modicum of success.

With a fistful of Oscars (including Best Picture and Best Actor), a couple of sequels and a twenty - years - later remake and spin - off TV series, this adaptation of John Ball's lean thriller obviously qualifies as more than just another small town murder mystery.

Surely an Oscar - nominated filmmaker like Atom Egoyan («The Sweet Hereafter») can do better than this nasty and unconvincing thriller.

It's still a good novel, but the level of intrigue almost felt like the novel should have been part of a different series, since it was more reminiscent of espionage thriller than a murder mystery.

A beyond - twisty thriller co-written by Aaron Sorkin and Scott Frank looks even better now than it did in 1993.

It's better than Sicario and right up there with Hell or High Water as a contemporary thriller that feels timeless.

Less a fully realised thriller than a series of rampaging set pieces, this rollicking movie at least provides some goofy good fun for audiences, plus one terrific performance.

However, that sort of straightforward approach present all throughout The East, while coherent, consistently hinders the film from excelling into anything more than a well - crafted and cogent thriller (which, admittedly, we're in short supply of these days).

Surprisingly, it's a very effective and entertaining thriller, with a few moments even better than that.

The rest is a fairly bland survival / post-apocalyptic thriller that we have seen a hundred times before, and often done much better than this.

«Ends up a better than average atmospheric thriller with well developed characters that the director makes sure the audience cares for» — Gilbert Seah, Festival Reviews

The result is a much better January thriller than you might expect.

It appears the feel - good holiday film was more attractive to audiences than a dark thriller on the weekend after a tough presidential election and Donald Trump's surprise victory.

«The Orphanage» is simply content with getting through the entire story without tripping over its own flaws, and though it's definitely better than most supernatural thrillers, it doesn't belong in the same camp as del Toro or any of his films.

On the strength of this the Coen Brothers appear to do cold, dark thrillers better than they do comedies but Hail, Ceasar!

In between, the picture gets better, tighter, and tenser than a sub-Tom Clancy military political thriller starring Steven Seagal has any right to be.

So far, so good — many a memorable seventies thriller has gotten by on less plot than «Frank and Lola» offers.

It's more the popcorn thriller than I expected but with a strong cast and beautifully subdued visuals, its clichéd stunts and endless sight gags seem to work well.