Sentences with phrase «excellently threads the needle»

While the beginning of the film feels like it's setting the audience up for a somewhat boring lesson on drone warfare (I'm looking at you, Good Kill), Hood — still wiping the sting of X-Men Origins: Wolverine off with Ender's Game and now this — excellently threads the needle of tension and, before you know it, the thriller aspect of the film becomes abundantly clear as the series of events play out in semi-real time over the course of one day.