Sentences with phrase «from gunfights»

All I can say to the old professor is stay away from gunfights.

Not exact matches

Lehner's death has gripped the community because it did not stem from the usual police dangers like a gunfight or ambush, Higgins said.

True Grit is just a couple bloody gunfights removed from an old - fashioned Disney yarn.

In the first half, Jodorowsky plays a violent, black - clad gunfighter who, accompanied by his naked son, sets off on a murderous mission to challenge four Zen masters of gunfighting, and learns from each of them a Great Lesson before they die.

Most filmmakers could never tickle such a notion from a gangster / noir boilerplate like this; they'd just focus on the gunfights and be done with it.

Barry (Bill Hader), having already murdered his Marine friend Chris (Chris Marquette) to keep him from turning himself into the police over their roles in the gunfight with the Bolivian cartel members, got even further away from his self - justified delusion of only killing «bad guys.»

Once the Furious movies slipped the realism leash, they went from being pulpy B movies to something like blockbuster superstores — a one - stop - shopping center where you can sample Mission: Impossible - style assignments, MMA bouts (see Furious 7's Michelle Rodriguez and Ronda Rousey's formalwear tussle for a combo of both), A-list action heroes, gunfights, analog stunts, CGI spectacle, capeless superhero movies and a bit of broad comedy on the side.

Adapted from the numerous Tom Clancy books your grandfather reads, Jack Ryan stars Krasinski as a CIA analyst who always ends up in gunfights.

Bekmambetov is a visual effects maestro (as he's proven with the Russian fantasy films «Night Watch» and «Day Watch»), and though most of his SFX trickery is squandered before the end of the first act, he still stages a mean gunfight; one good enough to rival even the most impressive sequence from «Shoot «Em Up.»

Aside from the aforementioned instances of blatant depth manipulation, Walsh keenly seizes the more pragmatic uses of the illusory optics, in the form of interior staging, with tables and bottles and barrels serving as prominent parts of a scene's foreground design, and in a wonderfully mounted gunfight, shooting through doors, windows, and fences.

As a storyteller, he fills his shots with nostalgic imagery as well as modern beauty but one thing that separates Super 8 from other summer blockbusters is that, amidst the explosions and gunfights, there's also heart.

They steal paintings, are involved in gunfights and sled chases and one help's the other escape from prison.

A gravelly voiceover introduces the film and is never heard from again; the debt Albert promised to pay off to get out of his first gunfight is somehow paid, although how is never made clear; a gash Albert gets on his forehead disappears the day later.

Some of his other notable films include The Killers, From Here to Eternity, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Sweet Smell of Success, Birdman of Alcatraz, Airport, and Atlantic City.

It's a good thing, too — Flynn's casual performance is helped by Curtiz's ability to keep his star under constant threat from well - drawn villains (big heavy Bruce Cabot is square jawed and smug; character actor / sidekick Victor Jory is the epitome of dumb, single - minded badness) and from civilization run amok (random gunfights popping up all over; children getting dragged through the street tied to horses).

Blu - ray Highlight: As you might expect from a movie like «Safe,» the coolest piece of bonus material is a 10 - minute featurette called «The Art of the Gunfight» that takes a look at the action choreography in the film, focusing on three sequences in particular.

The tip of the baby finger on his left hand was missing, shot off in a gunfight that almost got us both killed, and he had the slightest limp from a knife wound he'd received saving my life in San Francisco many years before.

It is not clear whether this idiom originates from the battlefield where soldiers die in combat with their boots still on, or from frontier towns in the 19th century American West - where cowboys died in gunfights (or were hung) with their boots still on.

Two of them emerge from the treeline, the probable victors of the gunfight I heard earlier.

Face - Offs were won roughly 70 % thanks in part towards the Reflex, which is an increase of 10 % from 60 %, and run and gun became more effective without; easily reloading, switching weapons, and jump shooting towards victory in gunfights.

However, my main gripe with this game is when it takes the choice away from you, when it forces you into large gunfights or UAV's it really detracts from the experience and goes against what the rest of the game allows you to do.

While Elizabeth can handle herself in a gunfight, these moments feel incredibly forced and would take away from the total experience if it weren't for some fantastic character moments that are had during these battles.

In terms of gunfights and set piece action, it's doesn't break from series traditions, combining tight, fast - paced sequences with larger, more open battles.

Every time your blood gets pumping from a mediocre gunfight, you're almost instantly taken out of the action by having to wait for your teammates to reach the next area or open a door.

This leads to gunfights that focus on maneuvering to maintain a position from which the player can harm enemies yet those enemies must run past player line - of - fire to harm the player.

From the initial, atmospheric introduction, to the explosive, action - packed finale where an abrupt earthquake interrupts a vicious gunfight between soldiers and rebel insurgents, climaxing with a high - rise tower collapsing onto our hero.

Every detail stands out ten times as much as it did in third person, from driving through busy traffic to chaotic gunfights.

On the deck of a huge military tanker, still breathless from a recent gunfight, the greatest spy in the world finds a wet Cardboard Box, folds it up, and slips it into his bottomless pockets.

Better controls made traversing ruins and jungle landscapes exciting instead of frustrating, while an improved combat system transformed gunfights from chore to treat.