Sentences with phrase «female fighting force»

Okoye (Danai Gurira), the chief of his elite female fighting force, struggles to hone his reflexes and keep him focused on each task at hand.

Although it's billed as a solo flick, it's really about an African superteam, most of whom are women: Lupita Nyong» o's Nakia, Danai Gurira's Okoye, Letitia Wright's Shuri, Angela Bassett's Ramonda, and the nameless legions of the all - female fighting force known as the Dora Milaje are vividly imagined and endlessly engaging.

Accompanied by two spear - wielding warriors (Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong» o play members of the Dora Milaje, Wakanda's elite female fighting force), a tuxedo - clad T'Challa attempts to go incognito while South African gunrunner Ulysses Klaue (a suitably thuggish Andy Serkis, ever the chameleon) makes ready to pass the pilfered treasure to a CIA agent (Martin Freeman, who may as well be playing 007 ally Felix Leiter).

Not exact matches

A YPJ spokeswoman told AFP that Kobani and three other female fighters were battling Turkish - backed forces, refused to withdraw, and «fought until death.»

It's becoming increasingly clear that the evolutionary forces of sexual selection are not limited to male ornaments, courtship displays, and fights, and that females are as active as males in determining the fate of their eggs.

It's meaningful that Okoye (Danai Gurira) leads the Dora Milaje, a fierce fighting force that is entirely female; they defend the throne and the nation, and their loyalty and fighting skills are not questioned.

This rather bizarre action includes taking a young male and female from each area and forcing all of them to fight to the death.

Being the only female to ever win from District 12, Katniss is once again forced to fight not only for her life but for the safety of her family and loved ones.

Considered the world's first full - time, all - female combat fighting force, the N'Nonmiton were the Dora Milaje of the real world.

Those expecting something along the lines of Husson's debut feature «Bang Gang» will be surprised by its old - fashioned earnestness, and to be fair, it's hard not to be intimidated by the burden of representing the extraordinary Kurdish female forces who've been such a crucial element in the fight against ISIS in Iraqi Kurdistan.

The residents of each are compelled yearly to surrender their teenaged children into a lottery where two dozen unlucky «tributes» — one male and one female from each district — will be forced to fight to their death.

As the leader in the fight for female tennis players to be afforded the same rights and prize money as the men (a radical idea in the early 70s), she forces a coup.

This Friday's «Black Panther» spotlights the Oscar - winning Lupita Nyong» o as Nakia, a Wakandan spy who fights alongside the title character and his fierce all - female special forces unit, the Dora Milaje.

TNR programs also improve the lives of free - roaming cats: When males are neutered, they are no longer compelled to maintain a large territory or fight over mates, and females are no longer forced to endure the physical and mental demands of giving birth and fending for their young.

When males are neutered, they are no longer compelled to maintain a large territory or fight over mates, and females are no longer forced to endure the physical and mental demands of giving birth and fending for their young.