Sachar
expertly builds tension as he incrementally reveals the dangers of Biolene and its connection to fuzzy mud, ratcheting up the dangers facing Tamaya and her friends.
Vandermeer spends a loving amount of time on the personalities of each character, teasing their particular quirks out slowly and
expertly builds the tension until the very end.
This production is also especially good at
expertly building tension around situations (like the long - awaited Potter - Voldemort showdown) that anyone who knows the books knows the outcome of.
Not exact matches
The first half of the film
builds with
expertly - cranked white - knuckle
tension.