Sentences with phrase «by as a mercenary»

Getting by as a mercenary for hire, Wade is enjoying life until something unexpected comes along.

Not exact matches

The point of playing armchair umpire over David as mercenary and king is to blow the whistle when one catches this rogue being unforgivably forgiven by God.

Would you not prefer to see Mourinho exposed as a mercenary that can only win titles by spending billions in the transfer window?

The NPP has insisted that the three were neither «mercenaries» nor «terrorists» as being alleged by some officials of the NDC, but were experts who were only training bodyguards for Nana Akufo - Addo and his running mate Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

Unlike a film such as Spielberg's Munich, where it is easy to feel sympathy and empathy for the Mossad agents led by Eric Bana, where you admire the craft of what the filmmakers created, it is impossible to empathise with Meinhof, who it is clear from the start is way out of her depth and the mercenary Ensslin.

When challenged by the host that even BNI didn't tag the three South Africans as «mercenaries», Mr. Anyidoho said, «I am saying they are mercenaries!

This was even as the Governor warned the opposition party against importing into the state hoodlums and mercenaries for the purpose of unleashing mayhem during the coming Osun West Senatorial by - election.

«No Niger Delta leader or person from this region that truly shares the pains of the people will subject him / herself to the antics of our oppressors; not now that our existence and dignity as a people is being threatened by Islamic mercenaries masquerading themselves as Fulani herdsmen.»

Not at this time that our lives and dignity are being threatened by Islamic mercenaries masquerading themselves as Fulani herdsmen with impunity.

The script, credited to Reynolds, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, finds the mutant Deadpool meandering his way to the X-Mansion and joining various X-Men members — including Domino (Zazie Beetz) and Colossus (computer effects plus the voice of Stefan Kapičić)-- as they try to protect an alienated, rebellious teen mutant called Firefist (Julian Dennison) from assassination by the Terminator, er Looper, er mercenary - from - the - future Matthew Cable (Josh Brolin, aka Young Nick Nolte Returned, playing his second Marvel character in less than a month).

Director Brad Peyton competently stages most of the action, from George breaking out of his sanctuary, to a canister retrieval in Wyoming, led by scarred mercenary Burke (a briefly used Joe Manganiello), that turns awry, to the film culminating in mass destruction of Chicago as the three animals, well, rampage to get to the sonar signal at the top of the Wydens» skyscraper headquarters and Davis safely crashes a helicopter.

Directed by, as the opening credits note, «One of the Two Guys Who Killed John Wick's Dog,» the first 10 minutes of «Deadpool 2» feature roughly the same amount of spectacular bloodletting as both that film and its sequel combined, as wiseacre mercenary Deadpool slices a gruesome swath through waves of villainous henchmen.

Inspired by a popular video game that was released in 1986, screenwriters Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal and Adam Sztykiel assemble a scenario that enables Dwayne Johnson to be heroic as he endeavors to save his best friend George, with the help of Dr. Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris), who formerly worked at the evil company run by Claire Wyden (Malin Akerman), and Harvey Russell (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a mercenary who begins working for the evil company and then is tempted to the side of the good guys.

Willem Dafoe stars as Martin David, a mercenary hired by a mysterious biotech company to hunt for the last remaining Tasmanian Tiger.

Adapted and Americanized from the 1974 novel by popular British author Frederick Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File), Dogs casts Walken as Jamie Shannon, one of several mercenaries making a narrow exit from war - torn Central America in the film's opening sequence.

Smartly weaving in the traditional origin tale with a revenge piece, Deadpool explains his previous life as mercenary Wade Wilson and why he left his fiance, Vanessa (a terrific Morena Baccarin, Gotham), to take part in an experimental procedure led by Ajax (Ed Skrein) in hopes of curing his terminal cancer diagnosis.

Sharlto Copley turns up as a slick mercenary and Amanda Seyfried plays a passing tourist, but all are thrown to the wolves by a messy screenplay that never decides which tone to pick.

But Gates, we learn, is basically a mercenary who'd rather make his fortune by plundering other people's programming genius (such as his purchase of DOS for $ 50,000 from an unsuspecting programmer) and selling it with a little smoke and mirrors to the highest bidder.

As played by Richard Boone (in his last film), Perry is a megalomaniac mercenary who makes Custer look like a humanitarian.

Get your fledgling mercenary company sponsored by some of most notable and notorious mercenary groups in BattleTech history and battle your way through the Inner Sphere in more than 40 new missions as you doggedly pursue more lucrative C - Bill payoffs.

Director Tim Miller's freshman outing, which is sure to be a mega blockbuster, features a career - making performance by Reynolds as Wade Wilson, a special - forces soldier turned low - end mercenary who finds out he has terminal cancer - like, all over the joint.

He manages to get his own sensibility into the tale of black ops mercenaries in a culture of betrayal and retribution, with James Caan as the contract killer who returns from a crippling injury by sheer force of will and the desire for vengeance, and he stage some terrific set pieces to go with Caan's brutal odyssey.

Directed by The Nice Guys and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang helmer Shane Black, the film stars Jacob Tremblay as a kid who accidentally brings the Predators crawling back to eath when he discovers a piece of their technology — and naturally, the intergalactic mercenaries bring a whole lot of violent chaos with them that falls in the lap of Boyd Holbrook «s assassin.

Written by Ryan Condal and rewritten by Evan Spiliotopoulos, follows Hercules as he and his band of mercenaries as they tackle their trickiest job yet, which forces Hercules to reconsider his own life and beliefs.

Playing as one of the titular Mercenary Kings, players must save the Earth from the evil CLAW by creating and upgrading an ever expanding arsenal of weapons and armour.

Ryan Reynolds reprises his role as Wade Wilson, a former military man turned mercenary, who has finally met his soulmate, Vanessa, played by the beautiful Morena Baccarin.

It's a fun romp that combines elements of the Dirty Dozen, Wild Geese and Chained Heat as the mercenary Frank Ryan (Brian Thompson) is hired by the businessman Thomas (George Kennedy) to free a rebel leader in the fictitious country of Cypra.

Recent Blu - ray and DVD releases include: «Riverdale: The Complete First Season,» which promises David Lynch and delivers «Peyton Place» in its depiction of the shadows and scandals of small - town life with characters taken from Archie Comics; Ronin (1998) directed by a once occasionally great director, John Frankenheimer, involves mercenaries working for unseen paymasters trying to steal a case with unknown contents; Aretha Franklin: Divas Live, on this 2001 VH1 broadcast, released as a DVD / CD set, Franklin opens her concert with «I Can't Turn You Loose» backed by a horn - powered rhythm band that echoes the excitement of past triumphs; and Heal the Living finds people with no apparent relation to one another drawn together by an accident.

The minor payoffs — Sharlto Copley is a welcome presence as Richard's mercenary brother, and it's a kick to see Oyelowo rap along with «Gettin» Jiggy With It» — are outweighed by the broad characterizations and story inconsistencies.

Mutant Chronicles (R for graphic violence and pervasive profanity) Futuristic sci - fi adventure revolving around a couple of soldiers (Thomas Jane and Sean Pertwee) serving as corporate mercenaries who assemble a band of intrepid warriors to defend the planet when Earth is invaded by an evil race of necromutants.

He's aided by a mercenary team led by white South African madman, unhinged arms smuggler, and all - around bad guy Ulysses Klaue (appropriately pronounced «claw»), played by a wonderfully unbridled Andy Serkis, best - known as Gollum in «The Hobbit» and The Lord of the Rings.»

A third mode, Mercenary Warfare, sounds very much like Conquest from Battlefield 3 as players earn points by capturing enemy points, destroying targets of opportunity and collecting other player's Valor cards.

Judi Dench brings merciless truth - telling to her role as a society arbiter; Sutherland is deeply amusing as a man who lives surrounded by women and considers it a blessing and a fate, and as his wife Blethyn finds a balance between her character's mercenary and loving sides.

Once simply known as Jadotville, the film is set in 1961 and follows the real - life events around the siege of an Irish UN battalion by 3,000 Congolese troops under the command of French and Belgian mercenaries paid by big mining companies.

The multiplayer is nothing to sneeze at by the way as there is a lot of fun to be had there too, whether you play in the mercenary warfare mode which is a free for all of death or the Guerilla warfare mode which is head to head in a team based deathmatch setting with the ISA and the Helghast going at it.

Despite the overall direness of the circumstances, Lowery and Lind manage to make good impressions, and they're surrounded by such stalwarts as Mary Beth Hurt and Edward Herrmann as Johnny's crazy airhead parents and Austin Pendleton, who actually shines as Johnny's mercenary doctor.

This code is challenged as Dom & Co. face a bizarro version of themselves, headed by former mercenary Owen Shaw (Luke Evans).

But as Ben races from the site of France's own Statue of Liberty to the grounds of the White House, his search is hampered by the pursuit of trained mercenaries and a black market antiquities trader who wants to ensure his own place in history.

Soon after, they are recruited by SSC as mercenaries, and you spend the rest of the game traveling around the world to various conflict zones and making money.

The film (penned by future «Avengers» helmer Joss Whedon, though he's mostly disowned the finished product) sees Ripley resurrected 200 years on as a part xenomorph - clone who clashes with a group of mercenaries and scientists determined to bring back the creatures.

By now, we are accustomed to the smart - assed commentary that disfigured mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (Reynolds) offers as he narrates his life story, but it's still odd to see our main character blow himself to bits in the opening scene.

Accompanied by a small but able band of soldiers — among them Sir Guillaume (a landless lord seeking to regain his fortune as a mercenary) and Robbie Douglas (a Scottish prisoner spared by Thomas, and who now serves him loyally) Thomas is sent to Gascony to capture the castle of Astarac.

What should be easy money for the mercenary team of a freerunning ex-commando and his computer hacking partner proves to be anything but as they find themselves doggedly pursued across Europe, Canada and the United States by highly trained forces with resources vastly disproportionate to the recapture of one missing acolyte.

They belong to the «peoples of the sea» and were first defeated and then used as mercenaries in his personal guard by Pharaoh Ramses in 1350 BC.

So, you take on the role of Vulcan, a Powder Master for legendary mercenary company the Freeborn Blades who taken a contract to defend a group called the Red Scribes as they perform a magical ritual in the hopes that it may give them a way to defeat the incoming undead army, which is commanded by a group known as the Ice Lords.

Anyone can be a mercenary by registering a mech and once registered they are given a grade signifying how good they are as a hire.

Voice - overs vary for each of the mercenaries as they swear when being overrun by Zeds and communicate with team members in a serious manner to remind them of low visibility or rather humorously inform the team of their generosity when handing out some free dosh, while enemy bosses taunt your character that your defeat is inevitable and a female trader comments on your team's progression and instructs your team to return to the trade pod for re-supply after each wave has been completed.

Command one of five different civilizations: the Britons, Franks, Mongols, Saracens, or Japanese; Control special «hero» units such as Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood, Joan of Arc and Genghis Khan, whose special «hero» powers affect the entire battlefield; Lead over 45 different types of units into battle — from bowmen and monks to hand cannoneers, mercenaries and samurai; Players» can construct and upgrade buildings to help their units learn new skills and create resources for their civilizations; Research over 50 different technologies like chemistry, ballistics, siege craft and spying to advance civilization into the next age; A new Combat Advisor offers advice on certain campaign strategies and provides an assessment of the battle's outcome; Multi-player scenarios allow up to four players to wirelessly battle each other; By gaining Empire Points, players can unlock maps and units to improve their Emperor Rank.

You play as a washed up mercenary who is contracted by a mining company to investigate one of their operations on an alien planet.

Once you return to your base camp known as The Guild, it is up to you to create new mercenaries from scratch by choosing their looks and stats.