Sentences with phrase «buddy action»

The performances save this film from being a standard police cop / buddy action flick.
Walter Hill pretty much created the contemporary buddy action movie with 48 Hrs., his first genuine blockbuster and (the grindhouse success turned cult phenomenon of The Warriors aside) his breakout film.
A gritty, cynical, hilarious, and mostly satisfying bit of L.A. noir, Shane Black's The Nice Guys sees the bad boy writer - director make a slick return to his signature brand of buddy action comedy.
What looks like a rather standard buddy action comedy is elevated by a smarter - than - normal script,...
Though director Walter Hill has made his share of fun buddy action films (including «48 Hours» and its sequel), that formula has been run so far into the ground that only a dinosaur like him would think it's still relevant.
A tactical assault officer is saddled with a hard partying star out to rehabilitate his image - and avoid jail time - in this throwback to the odd couple buddy action flicks of the early»90s.
And thank goodness, because this is a fine addition to his mismatched buddy action comedy canon.
Here is hoping to a Chris Pratt, Denzel Washington buddy action flick!
Bullock and McCarthy were well cast alongside each other in the daring first female cop buddy action crime comedy.
Directed by Roland Emmerich (the guy who blew up the White House once before in Independence Day), it has that old - school buddy action vibe, but it falls just short of really working.
He uses certain zooming and panning devices that have been used in countless buddy action pictures and thrillers before, but never to be taken seriously here.
The Trust looks like it will fall somewhere in the middle but all I am expecting from it is a fun little buddy action comedy.
Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson, stars of the New Line buddy action comedy «Central Intelligence,» are among a precious few in Hollywood who have emerged as box office draws in the past five years.
The return of screenwriter Shane Black to the L.A. buddy action - comedy (a genre he defined with Lethal Weapon) made us set our expectations unreasonably high.
Tatum and Foxx work well together and it's a shame that Emmerich and Vanderbuilt couldn't fully commit to making the Secret Service / President buddy action element the centerpiece.
The film is also, more subversively, both sendup and tribute to the 1980s buddy action comedy.
It's another opposites - attract buddy action - comedy, with Hart playing the staid guy and Johnson the well - meaning but potential crazy CIA agent who may have gone rogue.
Compadres (Unrated) Unlikely - buddies action thriller about a disgraced ex-cop (Omar Chaparro) who joins forces with a young hacker (Joey Morgan) to exact revenge on the mobster (Erick Elias) who kidnapped his girlfriend (Aislinn Derbez) and framed him for a crime he didn't commit.
For myself, Martin Brest's MIDNIGHT RUN is the greatest buddy action - comedy ever made.
In the midst of Vulture «s big update on the projects that are moving around over at the Warner Bros. lot, they dropped a little nugget of info right at the very end of the piece: Justin Timberlake is now attached to star in the Joel Silver produced buddy action flick «Fully Automatic.»
Despite its convoluted plot and wild improbabilities, a pretty enjoyable buddy action movie.
Bring a friend and play the game as intended in your own buddy action movie as two of the meanest mofos in video gaming.
Fighting titans alone isn't how it's done, you have to form your team deploying four at a time, it's your team that offer buddy actions that help when taking down titans in training and against the real titans.
Standard buddy action flick adventure fare where gold hunters wind up saving an African country in the process.
When: June 17th Why: With the «Ride Along» movies, Kevin Hart has proven quite adept at the mismatched buddy action film, providing lots of laughs for audiences.
A tactical assault officer is saddled with a hard partying star out to rehabilitate his image - and avoid jail time - in this throwback to the odd couple buddy action flicks of the early»90s.
Continuing with the formula they've established of taking typically male - dominated genres (raunch comedy, buddy action movie) and inserting a dominance of women into the primary characters, this one sees McCarthy take on the role of Susan Cooper, a well - trained CIA agent who has spent her time in the agency as the desk - bound partner in the earpiece of well - groomed field agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law).
There is as much bad as there is good in The Hitman's Bodyguard, the latest in the recent slew of buddy action - comedies that have been barreling down the pike.
What looks like a rather standard buddy action comedy is elevated by a smarter - than - normal script, skilful direction and surprisingly offhanded chemistry between Washington and Wahlberg.
The Rock and Kevin Hart are joining forces with «Central Intelligence», a buddy action / comedy from the director of «We're the Milers».
Director Adam McKay made his disgust with the industry responsible for the 2008 financial crisis crystal clear in The Other Guys, a buddy action comedy that ended with a number of charts and figures bemoaning bankers» reckless, largely unregulated, entirely self - serving practices,
Keanu is funny and fresh, if slightly formulaic, buddy action comedy.
The film is a buddy action comedy in the vein of «The In - Laws» and «Midnight Run,» with a splash of 1930s movie slapstick.
«It will be a busy weekend at the multiplex, as moviegoers will also flock to «Central Intelligence,» a buddy action comedy that will appeal to fans of Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.»
The original, airing for a half dozen seasons starting in 1977, was a buddy action drama basically revolving around the heroic exploits of a couple of mismatched motorcycle cops, with Ponch often going rogue, much to the chagrin of his relatively - straitlaced partner.
The buddy action comedy isn't always tried and true, and we've already seen a plethora of them this year including Hart's Ride Along 2, Keanu, and The Nice Guys.
As previously reported, Headshot is a buddy action flick that revolves around a veteran hitman (played by Stallone) who teams up with a younger NYPD detective (Jane) to exact revenge on a corrupt politician.
The top box office draw for fans of ridiculous action this week is undoubtedly 2 Guns — a buddy action movie starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.
But when the film becomes a buddy action movie — Pineapple Express owes more to Lethal Weapon than anything else — it gets fantastic.
Blu - ray Review by Kam Williams Unlikely - Buddies Action Comedy Available on Home Video World - class bodyguard Michael Bryce's (Ryan Reynolds) services were in great demand when a Japanese tycoon (Tsuwayuki Saotome) was executed on his watch.
They fight international espionage with odd - couple chemistry in this buddy action comedy.
Owen's mainstream breakthrough came not long after in the buddy action comedy «Shanghai Noon» with Jackie Chan.

Phrases with «buddy action»

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