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With that said, you don't go to a movie like «The Equalizer» for the story or the acting, and Fuqua is well aware of this, populating the film with some excellent action sequences and unexpected moments of brutal violence on both sides.

And its closure would provide a firm break from the history of brutal violence on Rikers Island by inmates and, particularly, by correction officers that resulted in a 2015 federal court settlement.

Not exact matches

Frazier's decision to step down from the council came after President Trump failed to immediately condemn head - on the white supremacists whose rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend led to violence — including the brutal death of a 32 - year - old counter-protester.

@LinCA: then i guess it's convenient the quote wasn't «It is a brutal act of violence on a mother performed as a walk - in surgery.»

Violence — in general — is ceaseless and brutal, so too is greed, and so too is prejudice, and so on and so forth, that is just what we observe.

It is a brutal act of violence on a mother.

«The brutal crackdown on protesters and residents in the western counties, part of a pattern of violence and repression in opposition strongholds, undermined the national elections,» said Otsieno Namwaya, Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW).

New York will spend $ 18.5 million to fund programs designed to keep young people on Long Island from joining MS - 13, a brutal gang tied to murders and violence.

Any plan to close the crumbling facilities, which have been the site of brutal episodes of violence and are now subject to federal oversight, would probably require Mr. de Blasio to embark on a yearslong political war fought in many pitched battles.

Even when directors like Meir Zarchi claim that their brutal works were actually feminist critiques, it's an assertion that rings false, due to his camera lingering on the acts of sexual violence like a porn director's would a salacious fuck scene.

The Signal (R for brief nudity, pervasive profanity and brutal bloody violence) Experimental, sci - fi adventure flick shot in three parts by a trio of directors (David Bruckner, Dan Bush and Jacob Gentry) and set on New Year's Eve in a mythical city where mysterious electronic transmissions being broadcast via TV, radio and cell phones are sending the citizens who receive them on a homicidal rampage.

Hostiles Rated R for strong violence, and language Rotten Tomatoes Score: 73 % Available on Disc and Streaming Christian Bale plays a decorated Army Captain who is tasked with escorting a dying Cheyenne war chief and his family back to their tribal lands, only to discover a woman (Rosamund Pike) who is the lone survivor from her family after a brutal Comanche attack.

At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, The Tribe won the Critics» Week Grand Prize; however, viewers should be prepared for a difficult watch — not so much in determining what's going on, but in the film's controversial depictions of teens having explicit sex and committing brutal acts of violence.

An R - rated cut of I Spit on Your Grave was passed, citing «pervasive strong sadistic brutal violence, rape and torture, nudity and language.»

(In French and English with subtitles) Goon (R for drug use, graphic sexuality, brutal violence and pervasive profanity) Seann «Stiffler» Scott stars in this overcoming - the - odds hockey comedy about a halfwit bouncer who leads a ragtag, semi-pro team of misfits to glory on the ice.

The Killer Inside Me Rated R for disturbing brutal violence, aberrant sexual content and some graphic nudity Available on DVD and Blu - ray Casey Affleck is the polite, good - natured sheriff in a small 1950s Texas town who doesn't even carry a gun because he doesn't feel it's necessary.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (R for rape, torture, brutal violence, profanity, frontal nudity and graphic sexuality) David Fincher directs the English - language version of the Swedish thriller based on the first installment of the Stieg Larsson trilogy about the effort of a disgraced journalist (Daniel Craig) to restore his name by solving a decades - old missing person case with the help of a sociopathic computer hacker (Rooney Mara).

«Stepping Into Darkness: The Visual Design of Sicario» focuses on crafting the film's look and defining cinematography, «Blunt, Brolin and Benicio: Portraying the Characters of Sicario» features interviews with the three leads, «Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario» researches the brutal history of drug violence along the border (it features graphic imagery so beware), and «A Pulse from the Desert: The Score of Sicario,» which runs about 6 minutes, profiles composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.

Sicario (Lionsgate, Blu - ray, DVD, VOD), a violent, chaotic, adrenaline - fueled thriller set in the brutal violence of the drug war on the American border with Mexico, is a film that constantly seems to be spinning out of control.

However, the lessons and morals in this film are far more subtle and deep, and the violence is harsh with dozens of on - screen shootings, brutal physical attacks, jump scenes, and innocent bystanders in peril.

It's a perfect example of a horror movie for whom a PG - 13 or an R rating is irrelevant, because it relies on creeping dread rather than brutal violence to scare its audience.

It makes for one of the most brutal moments on film, although the violence isn't physical, it's the simple declaration to a Mafia guy (Joe Pesci) with whom CIA wants to do business about who owns the United States and who doesn't.

For my taste McQueen lingers too long on scenes of brutal floggings and assaults (though the sex is not tastelessly explicit), which may be what white viewers need to be reminded of — except excessively explicit violence is a staple of many modern films, where the old saying that «less is more» has long been forgotten.

While we knew Logan would be R - rated for quite some time, it was made official yesterday, with James Mangold revealing on Twitter that the movie was given the R rating for, «strong brutal violence and language throughout, and for brief nudity.»

Obviously obsessed by masculine aggression and brutal violence, writer Kurt Sutter (TV's «Sons of Anarchy») and director Antoine Fuqua («Training Day,» «The Equalizer») dwell on physical brutality and intense realism.

Beast (R for profanity, sexuality and disturbing violence) Psychological thriller set on a tiny English island where a young woman (Jessie Buckley) leaves home to move in with a free - spirited newcomer (Johnny Flynn) only to discover that he's the prime suspect in a string of brutal murders.

Hardcore Henry Rated R for non stop bloody brutal violence and mayhem, language throughout, sexual content / nudity and drug use Rotten Tomatoes Score: 48 % Available on DVD and Blu - ray Told like a first person shooter video game, Henry is a man, reconstructed with robotics, who must go on a killing rampage to stay alive and rescue his girl.

Take out the nihilism and mercilessly brutal violence and you'd have a thriller that Hitchcock could have appreciated: It's little more than a cat (Rutger Hauer) and mouse (C. Thomas Howell) thriller that takes place on countless desert highways in the middle of nowhere, but it's that nasty edge that keeps the viewer on their toes.

In Django Unchained (2012), Quentin Tarantino takes on one of his favorite genres: the spaghetti western, with all its extreme violence, operatic drama, eccentric characters, and brutal portrait of frontier existence.

B The Girl Who Played with Fire Rated R for brutal violence including a rape, some strong sexual content, nudity and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Swedish with English Subtitles The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo returns in this second film of the trilogy and this time she is in deep trouble due to some incriminating evidence found at a crime she didn't commit.

High - Rise Year: 2016 Director: Ben Wheatley High - Rise begins with the past tense of Wheatley's traditional mayhem, settling on tranquil scenes of extensive carnage and brutal violence inflicted before the picture's start.

The brutal, sickeningly realistic scenes of violence were met with audible gasps and appreciative applause in turn, and in the Q&A after the screening, director Jeremy Saulnier — by his own admission a little tipsy — waxed nostalgic about his teenage punk days and praised Patrick Stewart for his professionalism after Saulnier «shit the bed» on the first day of shooting.

Although it gets off to a brutal beginning, the messages learned by the Gridiron Gang outweigh the violence in this based - on - a-true-story movie.

With some scenes accurately portraying the brutal violence inflicted upon protestors and one on - screen shooting, parents and teachers would be wise to preview this fine film.

Savages Rated R for strong brutal and grisly violence, some graphic sexuality, nudity, drug use and language throughout Available on DVD and Blu - ray Oliver Stone (Wall Street) wrote and directed this tale of two California drug growers (Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson) who get tied up with the wrong Tijuana kingpin and her henchman (Salma Hayek and Benicio Del Toro).

Johannesburg cop Albertus Beeslaar has transferred to a post on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, hoping to escape big - city violence but finding instead that brutal crimes are being committed on small farms in the area.

Also, several reviewers touch on the game's extreme, brutal violence.

Her celebrated work operates on several dichotomies that have become central to her practice: hard / soft, male / female, flat / three - dimensional, Western / non-Western, stable / fluid, figurative / abstract, powerful / delicate, brutal / beautiful, violence / harmony.

The on - going murders continue to affect and force people to live in fear, as they encounter brutal violence due to gender expression and sexuality, in a country that claims to guarantee these human rights.

His art is the comment on the ongoing global political turmoil, senseless violence, communal riots and brutal affairs and he further affirms that love, care and positive attitude are the constructive solution to these human agonies.

While discussions of Nauman's video works from this period have focused on issues of performativity, endurance, and the body, Ligon was interested in how Nauman's discordant note can be heard as a soundtrack to the war in Vietnam or the brutal violence faced by civil rights workers.

The monster's brutal treatment at the hands of its maker and of the humans it encounters leads it to violence and murder, but it lays the blame for its evil conduct entirely on the man who made it.

Today, on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, we recall the brutal murders of 14 women at Montreal's École Polytechnique in 1989.

Dear friend and supporter, Today, on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, we recall the brutal murders of 14 women at Montreal's École Polytechnique in 1989.