Sentences with phrase «climax of an action film»

Theoretically the climax of an action film should tie together all of its emotional and plot conflict into one big moment of physical catharsis.

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The action scenes highlight Rodriguez's trademark ability to choreograph firefights and explosions, but they're doled out with uncharacteristic stinginess between long stretches of exposition that clear up much less than they should, as the film builds toward a climax featuring some strangely underpopulated riot action.

The film is so contrived that a key element of Atom is that he has a «shadow» function — he can mimic another's actions in real time — which we're told is «rare» and yet turns out to be crucial to the film's climax.

The screening we were at was packed with kids who were mostly silent for much of the film, but seemed to wake up for the final action - packed climax.

Despite the fact that «Ant - Man» is rooted in San Francisco, «Spider - Man: Homecoming» is an ode to the bridge - and - tunnel crowd, and «The Avengers» climaxes with a «Battle of New York» that looks curiously like Cleveland, all of these films still feel like glimpses into a parallel universe made out of plastic — a bizarro alternate timeline (complete with its own 9/11) where everyone has been reverse - engineered from their own action figures.

The film never shakes off an air of familiarity; the challenges and arcs that can technically be called original play as anything but and the action climax complete with feared hero death is as conventional as anything.

By the time we get to the climax, the film does come to life with some witty banter and fun action, but the «good bits» of The Expendables 2 would probably only culminate in 10 minutes of screentime.

The film goes south when it devotes a lot of time to a disappointingly routine action climax whose idea of imagination is the repeated task of cutting a plane's engine mid-flight to avoid suspicious background noise on a cell phone call.

Director / Screenwriter (and part - time comic book writer) Joss Whedon's love for comics is apparent right from the start with an opening act that would be the climax in many action films and carries through to one of the more spectacular final battle scenes you're likely to see for years to come.

But even without such biographical details, that are far from conclusive, the interest in refugees and exile is apparent within the substance of the film, most prominently in the finale that is not only a fitting climax for the action that has preceded it, but also a drastic step for the MCU as a whole.

Just as they did with Shaun of the Dead, the makers of Hot Fuzz seek to play in the sandbox made by other guilty pleasure favorites, but this time, the gags don't crack as sharp, the action isn't as assured, and the climax of the film goes on entirely too long.

The voice acting is perfectly used, as is the excellent use of music and delivery of exciting action towards the climax of the film.

It's a lovely portrait of male friendship; considering «Shaun of the Dead» and «The World's End» so frequently put Frost and Pegg at odds, it's nice to see their characters so thoroughly on the same team and enjoying one another's company, delighting in their killer cop movie one - liners and the intense action that invariably breaks out near the film's climax.

The action moves from Chicago to China, which gets a chance to shine in the climax consisting of roughly the film's final 45 minutes.

There's a touch of «Pineapple Express,» another Rogen project, to this film's violent action climax.

Political campaign speeches, action film climaxes, television season finales, and video game combat systems all exist primarily because of this assertion.