Sentences with phrase «espionage plot»

By contrast, Mission: Impossible is a spy caper, and by design it is more concerned with the nuts - and - bolts of convoluted espionage plots than anything about the characters.

Keeping Up with the Joneses (PG - 13 for sexuality, violence and brief profanity) Action comedy revolving around a suburban couple (Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher) which becomes embroiled in an international espionage plot after unwittingly befriending their seemingly - innocuous, new neighbors (Gal Gadot and Jon Hamm) who happen to be government spies.

With the world supposedly free from Kaiju threat, the movie spends its first hour toggling between «Top Gun» - style cadet rivalries and a corporate espionage plot that's not unfamiliar, except that you almost never see it done well in this kind of movie.

This relationship has been and remains essential to the security of both nations, has stopped many terrorist and espionage plots against this country, and has saved many lives.

It's got an involved espionage plot that makes you feel smart and sophisticated.

WHAT: Married suburban couple Jeff and Karen Gaffney (Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher) unwittingly become entangled in an international espionage plot when they discover that their mysterious new neighbors (Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot) are government spies.

Zero - budget British thriller which has a preposterous hi - tech espionage plot, despite looking as dingy and grey as any kitchen - sink drama.

One's first impression of Ishtar is that it's a tad tone - deaf like its protagonists, but once it hits the desert for an unfunny and uninteresting espionage plot, you start to understand the notoriety the film won't soon be able to shake.

The game is a major departure from the series political espionage plot and is the first game in the franchise that doesn't have creator Hideo Kojima involved.

Feig also provides a decent if convoluted espionage plot — complete with tense action sequences, a surprising twist and 007 - inspired opening credits — while spiked with a high percentage of gags that actually succeed.

You can hack terminals and find hidden messages scattered around the Abstergo Entertainment studio as you slowly become tangled within a corporate espionage plot.

It isn't all that invested in its espionage plot or action mechanics beyond motivation to bring this odd assortment of characters together and keep them moving from one swank - looking locale to the next.

While snatching politically sensitive documents as part of an espionage plot might be part of statecraft and intelligence efforts (rightly or wrongly), Motherboard's Rid points out that leaking those documents (and potentially manipulated ones) to a global audience represents an unprecedented and dangerous attempt by a foreign government that is openly hostile to U.S. policies and interests.