Sentences with phrase «casting of action cinema»

For one, there's his casting of action cinema's favorite intense sadsack, Jean - Claude Van Damme, as Hong's seen - only - in - flashback mentor (Hyams, by the way, is the son of Timecop and Sudden Death director Peter Hyams, making him a second - generation Van Damme wrangler).

Not exact matches

All of this is a shame, because the seeds of a conceptually daring project are present here: a mainstream Hollywood special - effects action extravaganza retelling a classic Japanese legend with a cast made up mostly of Japanese actors, many of them mainstays in the country's contemporary cinema, and all of whom are allowed to occasionally take the spotlight away from its more widely known marquee star.

To paraphrase, when a master filmmaker attempts to reclaim the action cinema from the graveyards of money, CGI and mis - cast star power it's been moldering in, «How could you not enjoy that film?»

This little gem features American treasure and all - around genre cinema maestro John Carpenter discussing his 1988 sci - fi / action / horror cult classic They Live, going into detail about such things as the conceptual ideas behind the movie's premise, his casting of professional wrestler «Rowdy» Roddy Piper as the protagonist, and the rebellious inspiration for the film's infamous fight scene between Piper and the great Keith David.

A time - travel adventure featuring live action segments and a stellar cast, Quantum Break takes Remedy's love of cinema to its natural conclusion