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Both movies are stripped down survivalist action flicks that have deliver the goods conceptually and viscerally
as genre entertainment.
No mere crime drama, but rather the latest in the recent resurgence of independently financed, spiritually themed pics that seek to couch religious dogma within the shells of B -
grade genre entertainment.
Established in 2010 and based in New York City, IFC Midnight is a leading U.S. distributor of
genre entertainment including horror, science fiction, thrillers, erotic art house, action and more.
This ever - sweeping syndrome has even spread to purveyors of
solid genre entertainment such as David Twohy, the writer and director of this pseudo sci - fi epic and much better films in the past such as Below and The Arrival.
Rather than have a piece
of genre entertainment or horrific realism, the movie starts to feel like something very, very repetitive of a lot of mediocre crime movies... or the next season of True Detective.
I love del Toro as a director and as a human being — the guy has his hands in all aspects of
genre entertainment, from films to TV to comic books to video games — and he knows how to build beautifully realized worlds.
The powerhouse ensemble is more than up to the task, Edgerton, Ejogo and Keough all having moments of pure, unadulterated terrifying paranoia where their emotions leap off the screen as if we're watching a documentary and not a fictional piece of
genre entertainment.
While it is overly ambitious in some respects, it ultimately lands in that middle ground of mindless (and instantly forgettable)
genre entertainment, despite its shortcomings.
Tomb Raider probably won't go down as the film that finally broke the video game movie «curse», but it does show that video game adaptations can make for decent (if disposable)
genre entertainment.
While subtlety wasn't expected, the never ending mugging at the camera, poorly scripted references to varied cultural phenomenon of that time (photography, burking, mob protection), and stream of celebrity cameos (Bill Bailey, Ronnie Corbett) gives the impression that Landis was more concerned in operating the cinematic equivalent of a «shock and awe» campaign, rather than making a solid piece of
genre entertainment.
By leaving John to fight inside the walls and air ducts of just one place, Die Hard just confines it a little more, drawing attention to itself as a piece of
genre entertainment.
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