Sentences with phrase «central characters put»

All four central characters put forth a strong effort and the story does not disappoint.

Not exact matches

Gunn is strong as the central character, channelling the no - nonsense strength of her Breaking Bad character to put real meat on the bones of this shrewd investment banker.

With this central focus, a lot of the well - casted supporting characters are put on the back burner development-wise compared to Zamperini and «The Bird.»

Only occasionally does a master director implode it from within (Martin Scorsese with Raging Bull, less a conventional underdog tale than a character study that puts us in the ring with a defiantly confrontational and horribly fascinating central figure).

There are some standout scenes here, and certainly defining moments for the central conflict within Caesar's character, yet I couldn't help feeling that the narrative shift put the three - film sweep on pause, exactly when it seemed to be building toward a monumental climax.

Series co-creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan continue to put the central character, Tommy Gavin (played by Leary), through a psychological ordeal.

Filmmaker Joe Johnston, working from Adam Mason and Simon Boyes» screenplay, delivers an opening half hour that is, to put it mildly, less - than - engrossing, as the movie is initially concerned with the central character's work - related exploits and his company's efforts to mount a case against a powerful mafia family.

But the slate diversifies to also include a feel good medical drama centered on a man out to disrupt bureaucracy and put care first («New Amsterdam»); a spy - hunting thriller two - hander starring Jennifer Carpenter and Morris Chestnut («The Enemy Within»); a crime - solving drama with the supernatural twist of its central character being able to communicate with the dead («The InBetween»); and an extended family drama focused on the residents of a NYC apartment building («The Village»).

The film's comparison points are clear — a little bit of «Scum,» a little bit of «A Prophet «-- but it sets itself apart by making Jack O'Connell «s central character Eric (who is «starred up,» prison slang for being a high - risk violent offender) a hair - trigger, emotionally fucked psychopath, and by putting him in the same wing as his father Neville (Ben Mendelsohn), a long - time lifer who's the right - hand man to prison kingpin Spencer (Peter Ferdinando).

Like its central characters, at least Cave and Hillcoat are straightforward about their intentions (apart from the awkward placement of its female characters, who are mostly forgotten whenever they aren't necessary to the plot), and the story unfolds in a flurry of pummelings, shootings, and stabbings that punctuate the battle of wills between men with few moral qualms (One particularly gruesome episode really puts a character's legend to the test).

At first, the central question is the theoretical one put forth by Nathan, but just as the movie starts to peel back the layers of its thoughts on human consciousness, the questions becomes a far more mundane: Which of these three characters can we trust, and if we can't trust them, why can't we?

This is an incredibly busy film, with a three - way narrative that follows the plot of Tolkien's book, begins the process of revealing the central villain that will put all of Middle - earth in jeopardy, and, for some reason, inserts a romantic triangle between an ancillary character, a character from the previous films who has no role in the actual story, and another who is the creation of the screenwriters.

These top - of - the - morning meetings, which under his initiative came to take up the first 45 minutes of each school day at Bruns and later at Newell Elementary, are a central feature of a revamped curriculum that puts an emphasis on social - emotional learning — that is, development of character, empathy, selfmanagement, and other life skills that lie outside the domain of the three R's.

The melodious V8 is central to the car's character, however, especially in the Sport and MC Stradale versions, which emit an intoxicating V8 howl when you put your foot down.

Unfortunately, that isn't the case as more effort was put into making a new character the central focus of the game's story and gameplay.

It appears that this title is putting more of a focus on a central story and characters beyond what we usually get in a Monster Huner title.

«These top - of - the - morning meetings, which under his initiative came to take up the first 45 minutes of each school day at Bruns and later at Newell Elementary, are a central feature of a revamped curriculum that puts an emphasis on social - emotional learning — that is, development of character, empathy, self management, and other life skills that lie outside the domain of the three R's.