Sentences with phrase «for unbearable tension»

Director Paul Greengrass seems to thrive on finding the line for unbearable tension and hectic, claustrophobic action.

Not exact matches

On Sunday the melodrama finally ended in laughter and champagne, but for six long days the tension had been almost unbearable

Annihilation has its share of action — including one horrifying encounter that ratchets up the tension to an almost - unbearable level — but this movie, unlike something produced for mass audiences, is about what happens in the calm moments between the loud, splashy sequences.

For almost two hours the tension is nearly unbearable.

For his sophomore effort Don't Breathe, director Fede Alvarez dials down the blood and gore in favor of almost unbearable tension generated through masterful deployment of set design, sound design, cinematography and one sparse but effective premise.

Saulnier has made a film of almost unbearable tension, a no - frills pressure cooker that rattles the senses not just for what occurs (the brief moments of violence are convincingly staggered and upsettingly abrupt), but for what's waiting just off screen at every turn.

Our reviewer found that the film avoids the wish - fulfillment of much of its genre, and as a consequence it's a movie «of almost unbearable tension, a no - frills pressure cooker that rattles the senses not just for what occurs, but for what's waiting just off screen at every turn.»

If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone complain that he or she was sick of the «unbearable tension... between a big - firm profit model and the needs of businesses that are suffering through difficult economic times, whose legal affairs must be managed effectively and efficiently,» well, I'd still hate paying for my own health insurance.