Sentences with phrase «budget action flick»

American Ultra also benefits greatly from absolutely face - numbing cinematography, worthy of a big budget action flick, a kick - ass soundtrack, and some novel storytelling devices, and the emotional subtext between Phoebe and Howell.

It looks like Spidey's found his next film, and it's not a big - budget action flick.

Wade (Tye Sheridan) is the teen hero of Spielberg's latest big - budget action flick Ready Player One, based on the novel of the same name.

There's nothing Unknown about it, but this low - budget action flick's similarity to Liam Neeson's back catalogue applies to the entertainment factor too: The Expatriate proves you can have just as much fun as Liam with a lot less money.

Both performances earned strong reviews, and the following year Snipes found himself as the lead in his first big - budget action flick, Passenger 57.

Check out Bright, Netflix's big - budget action flick starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton.

In a pathetic, won't - you - please - like - me kinda way, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Franchise has transmogrified from the actively sucky, loud, overblown, bombastic original into perhaps the most perfunctory big - budgeted action flick ever.

Big - budget action flicks, family - friendly films and much - anticipated sequels are among the blockbusters that have had fans flocking to the theaters every summer.

As I recall, I said the exact same thing about the last movie directed by Louis Leterrier, Unleashed, so I think he has found a niche job in case directing big budget action flicks doesn't pan out.

Michael Bay has directed a number of high - budget action flicks including Armageddon and Pearl Harbour.

Like Robert Ryan, the great, long - gone Hollywood actor who specialized in playing cheerfully troubled neurotics, Olyphant seems to understand that low - budget action flicks are just the place for an actor to cut loose and have fun.

In general, however, his pictures seem lifeless and flat, with little to differentiate his work from any other big - budget action flicks.

It's a tribute to both Reynolds and director Rodrigo Cortes that they were able to take such a claustrophobic, one - actor situation and turn it into a movie as intense as most big - budget action flicks.

Not exact matches

A foul - mouthed send - up of testosterone - infused, small - budgeted»80s action flicks, MacGruber is more of a functional than revelatory success — its script doesn't really substantially or satisfyingly delve into a number of amusing character defects it sets up for its self - involved hero.

Continue reading Mechanic: Resurrection — Fun Action Flick Proves You Don't Need a $ 200 Million Mission: Impossible Budget!

The brilliant low - budget sci - fi action flick that launched James Cameron's career begins its mirror dance of destruction and destiny with a tank - bot crushing human skulls in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and two nude figures materializing from blobs of animated lighting in mid-1980s Los Angeles.

The reason that's noteworthy is because the film is almost 30 years old, and low budget sci - fi action flicks that are three decades old don't typically age well.

A superstar - making movie for Bruce Willis (Hudson Hawk, Pulp Fiction), and a hell of an action flick on its own terms, Die Hard set a standard for high - concept, high - octane action blockbusters that few could touch on the silver screen — even its higher budgeted sequels.

The low - budget brit flick, which Creevy claims is inspired by the late Tony Scott's Hollywood action efforts, pits James McAvoy's obsessive detective, Max Lewinski, against career criminal, Jacob Sternwood, played by Mark Strong.

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain may be the ballsiest of all of the Hong Kong director's epic feats, an attempt to wed the action flicks of his home with the kind of big budget fantasy pieces beloved by Western audiences in the»80s, and later made ubiquitous by directors like Jim Henson and Wolfgang Peterson.

He learned from those two scrappy action flicks, grappling with budget and time constraints before moving to the big leagues.

But this is a new age for Kia, and the 2016 Kia Sorento isn't a straight - to - DVD movie, it is a big - budget summer action flick.

If you don't come in expecting The Evil Within or Resident Evil and keep your expectations in check, you'll likely find something about this budget psychological action flick that you'll like.

A perfect vehicle for Jason Statham or Luke Goss, Green Beret would make the perfect jumping - off point for a straight - to - DVD action flick in the mould of low - budget fare like Red Scorpion.