Sentences with phrase «few action sequences»

Granted, action, not story, is the main interest here, and even in that respect Elektra disappoints, as the stunningly few action sequences are unimpressive; the falling, billowing sheets accenting one swords - «n - sais faceoff may have been slightly interesting had we not already seen it done far more memorably in Zhang Yimou's Hero.

The surrounds do convey some subtle ambient effects in the woods and during a procession in the town, but only really come alive in the few action sequences.

It should come as little surprise that a revenge thriller like this doesn't really care about violence, except as a means for a few action sequences and plenty of blood to splatter around various spaces.

He's clearly proficient at staging a few action sequences, while toning down his swooping style for more of the movie, attempting to focus on his characters and their inner turmoil.

There are a few action sequences of shocking coherence in «Transformers: The Last Knight,» the fifth of Michael Bay's clang - clang - clang - went - the - robot adventures, but fear not, fans of the franchise: if you're here for the director's trademark chaos editing (where fights go from points A to D to Q), toxic masculinity (and female objectification), comedy scenes rendered tragic (and vice versa), and general full - volume confusion, you'll get all those things in abundance.

There are a few action sequences, as well as plenty of shots of the cast and crew hanging out — and cutting up — between takes, but the crowd - pleaser will likely be the look at how they pulled off the bus flip.

An immersive ambience is successfully created most of the time with full - bore surround and LFE cutting in impressively during the few action sequences.

There's a treasonous conspiracy afoot, and a few action sequences, which are effective enough, pepper what is otherwise a series of jokes.

But it still has its lighter moments to break up the drama, and the few action sequences in this film are decently put together.

Though they perform admirably with the material provided (especially Freeman, who could have easily phoned it in, collected his paycheck and called it a day), the movie is a terribly grim and gloomy affair that doesn't even seem to find pleasure in its few action sequences.

And on a technical level, Wright brilliantly mimics the structural characteristics of these films, with rapid - fire editing (Wright deploys Bay's fast - edited style to such a degree that there can be up to eight cuts per second in a few action sequences, a noticeable and hilarious gag) and swooping, circling and slow motion camerawork that would make John Woo proud.

The few action sequences don't really offer much punch.

The hallways here, the parking garage mentioned earlier, and a few action sequences later on will definitely leave you yearning for more of the creativity on display during the nightmare scenes.

I had fun getting reunited with some of the characters from Season 1 and seeing how things have turned out after those events, but Hero in Residence didn't really impress me, and I'm hoping the rest of the episodes deliver a more coherent narrative and fewer action sequences...

It was a challenging experience because of the limited ammo, but they really could have cut out a few action sequences here and there to trim it down a bit.