Sentences with phrase «for action movies»

The good news is the demand for action movies requiring technical diving to spice up the danger is resulting in celebrities taking to the ocean and getting PADI certified on a regular basis.

I am a total whore for action movies and I've been torn for months about whether I can be strong enough to resist seeing this movie.

It's nothing new for action movies to be crafted on the fly, but rarely has one with such pedigree felt so half - assed.

For parents who tire of searching for action movies suitable for young teens, Stormbreaker may fill the list of traits your kids are looking for.

Now he's mostly known for action movies with Mark Wahlberg, Contraband and 2 Guns.

I'd also be a hypocrite if I denied my love for action movies that skimp on the plot.

Director Breck Eisner has the basic feel for action movies down as he sends Dirk and wacky sidekick / homoerotic love interest Al Giordino (Steve Zahn) off in search of a lost Confederate ironclad buried in the Sahara sands.

Sure, Fury Road is somewhat light on plot, as most of the dialogue is shouted over revving engines, but it's revolutionary for an action movie in both its artistry and its strong female characters.

However, don't let that description fool you into thinking that this is just one insignificant film, it sets a new benchmark for the action movie genre that will hard to beat — and it looks and sounds great — definitely a worthy entry to this list.

Reduced by Refn almost to the point of abstraction — it could have been called Notes on a Rehearsal for an Action Movie — Drive may do little to win over multiplex crowds who prefer the fast and furious to the moody and languorous, but it reconfirms Refn as one of the most exciting young directors around, and Albert Brooks (stealing the film as a small - time Jewish gangster with an aversion to loose ends) as a national treasure.

Hot on its heels with 10 nominations is Mad Max: Fury Road, a rare showing for an action movie.

If «Wonder Woman» proved that a lady can lead a superhero flick as well as a gentleman, «Atomic Blonde» does the same for the action movie.

It's also perfect for an action movie — chaos and disaster and all kinds of things for the remaining heroes to fly around trying to solve.

For the most part, Last Action Hero is a funny and irreverent good time, not only for action movie junkies, but for film buffs that know and love all of the conventions that the action genre holds.

The previous entry Die Hard with a Vengeance 12 years ago focused on a mad - bomber destroying parts of New York City, and it's hard to imagine now that at one point that plot seemed only like fare for an action movie.

For the action movie lovers, this was an absolute treat to the eyes.

There is no shortage of action, which is typically good for an action movie... but here, it seemed that one monster vs robot fight led right into the next one, and the next.

Sales were off 40 % from the first weekend, a relatively modest decline for an action movie.

Fuqua's Magnificent Seven seems to be happiest when it's mindless action spectacle, and if you're looking for an action movie that happens to take place in the Wild West, then this is a movie that exists.

However, Greengrass didn't believe that a summer release date for an action movie means the audience should be allowed to turn off their brains.

A sluggish, dull excuse for an action movie, Life On the Line wastes too much time on its boring characters.

Even the score is thankfully reserved for an action movie.

To fuel the fire, I enjoyed The Equalizer - for an action movie based on a TV show I was impressed.

In the middle, there was this decent hit, a solid rental for action movie fans if they suitably lower their expectations.

It is a very strange structure for an action movie (and Bond movie) to take on, throwing you into the chaos at the start and then easing down instead of building towards a grandiose climax.

That just doesn't work for an action movie in 2018 featuring so much gun violence.

Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger team up for an action movie set inside an impregnable prison.

The result of which is a highly stylized picture with more swooping camera effects than you can shake a stick at, well - filmed action sequences, and some of the worst dialogue ever written in a screenplay with perhaps the dumbest excuse for an action movie plot.

Yet no, Brian A. Miller simply introduces this world and uses it as a template for his action movie.

Island Adventures» tours offer you an experience fit for an action movie.

Payday 2 has hit paydirt for action movie fans, as they are bringing in Sharlto Copley in the game, in the form of his character in the film Hardcore Henry, Jimmy.

A few moments later, Even Pricks approximates the look and sound of a trailer for an action movie: the words THIS SUMMER / DESTROY YOUR LIFE / EVEN PRICKS / DIGESTED / ASSHOLE dart onto the screen as a sequence of five loud gunshots and explosive graphics announce what seems to be a coming attraction.

«For an action movie like Wolverine, the director, James Mangold, rode me hard — he wanted me to have a deeper version of the character.

Not exact matches

Netflix premiered a movie trailer for The Cloverfield Paradox, the third film in a loosely - connected sci - fi trilogy from producer J.J. Abrams, during one of the very expensive commercial breaks between the action of last night's game on NBC.

While we'll admit the Hoff is a spot on look - alike for the original Nick Fury, that doesn't mean the then 46 year old actor should've been playing the Marvel character in a TV action movie.

None of the upcoming movies listed over the next two years will have women behind the director's chair and, as Casey Cipriani and Melissa Silverstein of IndieWire have noted, no woman has directed a live - action film for the studio since 2010.

TeleXitos is the Telemundo Station Group's national multicast network that serves as a destination for viewers who want to watch their favorite action and adventure television series and movies from the 1970s to 2000s in Spanish and without subtitles.

Additionally, Disney has announced four «Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action)» movies for December 22, 2017; November 2, 2018; March 29, 2019, and November 8, 2019.

Since the «Star Wars» prequels, in which George Lucas was heavily criticized for using too much CGI to create the worlds and characters, many big - budget movies have tried to find that happy medium of practical and visual effects to give the action on screen a more grounded feel.

Cruise is famous for his heroic actions — having also saved the victims of a sinking sailboat during a vacation in Italy and a trampled boy at an L.A. movie premiere.

Because that whole tracking people's every action and location thing worked out so well for Tom Cruise in that movie, right?

Cruise hit the pause button on doing action movies, turning to dramas like «Lions for Lambs» and «Valkyrie.»

Hans Gruber makes for an unlikely business icon, but the villain of the classic 1988 action movie Die Hard (played with gleeful malevolence by the late, great Alan Rickman) had an apt insight into the nature of success.

Michael Bay is known for two things: his blockbuster, action - packed movies and allegations of sexist on - set behavior towards female stars.

There was a Legend of Zelda animated series that ran for 13 episodes in 1989, and a live - action Super Mario Brothers movie in 1993 that was something of a critical misfire.

The 70 - year - old action movie icon, who's also a former Mr. Universe and governor of California, has played the tough - guy persona for decades.

It's all about the unpredictable at the MTV Movie Awards, hosted by comedian Kevin Hart and action star Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson, where fans vote for their favorite films and performances from the year.

With the best Rotten Tomatoes score for any Bay movie (66 %), the mix of action and lighthearted moments made it one of the biggest box - office hits of the year.

Though he's a punching bag for critics, Bay's movies — from the action - comedy «Bad Boys» to the thrilling «Armageddon» — have grossed over $ 2.1 billion at the United States box office in his career.

Isabel fears the shooting will make it impossible for her to watch action movies anymore, despite her interest in film.