Sentences with phrase «fi chase thriller»

Part terse sci - fi chase thriller, part parenthood parable, this story of a former cult member (Michael Shannon) trying to protect his supernaturally gifted son never lets on more than it needs to, expressing itself in subtleties and nuances in a style that brings to mind classic films by Steven Spielberg and John Carpenter.

Not exact matches

Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film receiving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci - fi chase film Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, or of the historical epic The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick.For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral.

Before it morphs into a disappointingly interminable chase picture, In Time comes off as a sporadically baffling yet persistently watchable sci - fi thriller that often feels like a companion piece to Niccol's (far superior) debut, Gattaca.

Allison (Sarah Wayne Callies) and Daryl (Arlen Escarpeta) take professional storm chasing to a whole new level in the cli - fi disaster thriller, «Into the Storm,» as they get up close and personal with a monster EF5 tornado destroying everything in its path.

Apparently borrowing its title from the Creedence Clearwater Revival song of the same name, Midnight Special sets out its stall as an atmospheric chase movie before revealing itself to be an ambitious supernatural thriller in the spirit of a Close Encounters - era Steven Spielberg sci - fi.