Sentences with phrase «electrifying thriller»

For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife.

New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo delivers an electrifying thriller in which Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must confront a dark evil to solve the mysterious murders of an entire Amish family.

In spymaster Alan Furst's most electrifying thriller to date, Hungarian aristocrat Nicholas Morath — a hugely charismatic hero — becomes embroiled in a daring and perilous effort to halt the Nazi war machine in eastern Europe.

In spymaster Alan Furst's most electrifying thriller to date, Hungarian aristocrat Nicholas Morath becomes embroiled in a daring and perilous effort to halt the Nazi war machine in eastern Europe.

A riveting, frequently electrifying thriller, Point Blank follows male nurse Samuel Pierret (Gilles Lellouche) as he's blackmailed into helping a criminal (Roschdy Zem's Hugo Sartet) escape from police custody after thugs kidnap his pregnant wife (Elena Anaya's Nadia)- with the film subsequently detailing the various complications that ensue as crooked cops, deadly mobsters, and various other nefarious figures enter the picture.

Acrimony: In Tyler Perry's sexy and electrifying thriller, a faithful wife (Taraji P. Henson) is driven over the edge when it becomes clear she has been betrayed by her devious husband.

It may not be Wright's best film (that honor likely goes to Atonement) nor is it his most exciting (I'm a huge Hannah stan personally) and it's very far from his lower - tier material (The Soloist, Pan) but Darkest Hour sees the English auteur flexing his muscles in new and exciting ways, turning historical nonfiction into a calculated character study, an intoxicating courtroom drama and an electrifying thriller in its own right.

Not exact matches

And the actor behind the camera, the one who brilliantly sums up Iranian / U.S. history and the awful day the embassy was overrun in 12 electrifying opening minutes, the one who keeps the clock ticking on this superb «ticking - clock thriller»?

Grove's neo-noir is a smart, action - packed, and colorful thriller with an electrifying score.

Set in the final days of a rapidly unraveling crime organization, Montana is a slow - burn thriller that serves up high - velocity intrigue and electrifying entertainment.

She was electrifying as an alien seductress in Jonathan Glazer's 2013 horror Under the Skin and is at her very best in Luc Besson's high - concept action thriller Lucy, which opened here yesterday, playing a women whose mind becomes explosively powerful after she's injected with a synthetic drug.

«The critically acclaimed elevated horror / thriller from Jeremy Saulnier — currently Certified Fresh at 89 % on Rotten Tomatoes — continues to electrify audiences and garner incredible word of mouth thanks in part due to the diabolical one - of - a-kind performance by Sir Patrick Stewart,» A24 said Sunday when reporting its numbers.

He crafts a slick, retro - style thriller that recalls the early days of Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven and John Carpenter, and building tension with a stripped - down efficiency that's in no small part due in large part to cinematographer Ryan Samul's (We Are What We Are) electrifying camerawork.

Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix, Golden Globe winner Claire Danes and Academy Award winner Sean Penn star in this electrifying suspense - thriller set in a futuristic apocalyptic world.

WHY: A gripping, electrifying and brutally unrelenting thriller, Damien Chazelle's sophomore effort draws you in from the very first beat of the drum and never lets go, like a freight train of intensity and emotion that leaves you breathless and your heart still pounding when it's over.

So until that dark day comes — and it will, I'm sure of it (if I thought of it, at least one Hollywood bigwig already has)-- one should savor the flavor and originality of Tom Tykwer's electrifying German action thriller, which was perhaps too outré to earn a spot among the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

A gripping novel full of suspense and pathos that Dennis Lehane calls an «electrifying, tomahawk missile of a thriller.»

Detective Alex Cross must confront his most terrifying nemesis ever — and his own deepest fears — in this electrifying new thriller from the master of suspense, James Patterson.

A promising talent makes her electrifying debut with this unforgettable novel, set in the Alaskan wilderness, that is a fusion of psychological thriller and coming - of - age tale in the vein of Jennifer McMahon, Chris Bohjalian, and Mary Kubica.

Fast paced like a thriller and electrifying in intensity like a romance novel When You Can't Trust Love will keep you at the edge of the seat and shake you to the core when you finish reading it.

«In this first of a trilogy, best - selling author Iles brings back his Southern lawyer in an absorbing an electrifying tale that thriller fans will be sure to devour.»