Sentences with word «gladiatorial»

You can fight in gladiatorial arenas.

Thor loses his hammer and faces the Incredible Hulk in gladiatorial combat in the action - packed first look at Thor: Ragnarok

Developed by the same studio responsible for the Tenchu and Way of the Samurai series, Gladiator Begins combines the bloody, brain - smashing violence of Gladiatorial combat with deep customisation options — where your choices outside battle greatly affect your chances of victory in the arena.

The doctors of the Knickerbocker Hospital are shown to engage in daily gladiatorial battles with the limitations of their own knowledge and of the human body, and their inevitable feelings of grandiosity are frequently cut down by the brutal, humbling biological, technical, and political specifics of their occupation.

But first, the Asgardian prince must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest against a friend and fellow Avenger who was last seen rocketing into outer space aboard a Quinjet at the end of 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Free from all pretense of constraint by historical fact, the writing team of David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson crafted a simple but stirring action - adventure yarn cloaked in the pomp of the Roman Empire and the grizzly spectacle of gladiatorial games.

It's a sentiment that once cruelly downplayed the grotesqueries of young people entering into gladiatorial arenas and killing one another for sport (and for great television).

But it's a fun subplot, which is all that really matters, involving a planet obsessed with gladiatorial contests.

Synopsis: Imprisoned on the other side of the universe, the mighty Thor finds himself in a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against the Hulk, his former ally and fellow Avenger.

The giant - sized mastiffs were also used by the Romans for gladiatorial fights.

«Formula 1 is the ultimate gladiatorial sport, and the future we envisage will be a high tech, high performance showcase that excites fans like no other sport.»

Gladiatorial schools purchased the finest physical specimens and then spent months or years training them in armed and unarmed combat.

Public Health theology argues that beyond the individual egotism which threatens to reduce humanity to a mass of gladiatorial combatants, there are dynamics in society itself which even the most saintly will not change by their saintliness.

With colourful make - up and a smile, Goldblum's Grandmaster keeps his prisoners against their will (Thor included) and forces them to fight in gladiatorial matches, profiting from their demise.

As for Zombies, there will be a wider range of customization and tons of Easter eggs, with the three launch maps consisting of the Titanic, an Ancient Roman gladiatorial arena, and Alcatraz.

In 1913 the Zliten mosaic, a Roman mosaic famous for its many scenes from gladiatorial contests, hunting and everyday life, was discovered in the Libyan town of Zliten.

The Monaco Grand Prix also has the (well - justified) reputation of attracting the rich and famous but every year tens of thousands of ordinary race fans flock there to view the sight and (incredible) sound of 200 mph projectiles dicing with each other inches away from the barriers in what is almost gladiatorial style combat.

That's merely a consequence of having various portals, including one that recalls the old joke about orifices, «Hotter than...» Also home to a kind of interplanetary gladiatorial tournament, Thor is reunited here with the reigning champion, Hulk / Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) and introduced to the MCU's first gaylien — Korg (an ad - libbing Waititi).

Rome is synonymous with the Coliseum and its epic gladiatorial battles.

I can't remember if it was mentioned but for dystopian gladiatorial entertainment, I recommend Death Race 2000 with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone, if you like B - movies.

Featuring a unique, fully physics driven combat engine, GORN combatants will be able to creatively execute their most violent gladiatorial fantasies in virtual reality.

Where Spicer's first appearance before the press corps could charitably be described as gladiatorial, Scaramucci blew the news media a kiss.

So, who in the political space will next jump into this new gladiatorial arena?

Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally.

Before The Hunger Games, before Battle Royale, there was another movie based on a book about a dystopian future where an evil government distracts the masses with a popular series of gladiatorial deathmatches.

For some artists, a Turner nomination has proved to be a poisoned chalice, a hugely demanding gladiatorial experience in which they and their work are subjected to unwelcome media scrutiny and forced to compete with their peers.

It's almost as if this second chapter to the immensely popular «Hunger Games» franchise is trying to simulate the spectacle of «Ben - Hur,» what with the chariots, arena - based gladiatorial games, and the Roman / Grecian designations (including Octavia, Flavius, Caesar, and Plutarch).

Originally, the war - centric gladiatorial planet is where the Hulk found himself enslaved, forced to endure battle after battle, until becoming Ruler of the unforgiving land.

Many gladiatorial combats were held in the Colosseum.

For the vast majority, the Super Bowl has become a post-modern gladiatorial contest.

Though we no longer watch gladiatorial contests, Lena Dunham's celebrity suggests that we now take a prurient interest in watching young women exhibit their hangups, insecurities about body image, and sex lives, all in excruciating detail.

These days, the Marvel movie on everyone's lips is Black Panther, but we'd be remiss to entirely forget about Thor: Ragnarok, a shaggy, sci - fi buddy comedy that just happened to take place against a vista of wild, intergalactic gladiatorial combat.

Truly gladiatorial to the last 2nd as if it was a cup final.

When you think of the current Atletico Madrid side managed by Diego Simeone, you think of their organised gladiatorial approach that frequently causes Spain's big two a number of problems.

would be nice to see a real gladiatorial marginal in play..

At conferences she's first onto the microphone after every talk, jumping on the speaker with gladiatorial fervour.

A futuristic Roman gladiatorial update of sorts.

Played by Jeff Goldblum with all of his quizzical, hesitant Jeff Goldblum - ishness, and sporting a golden wizard's outfit that would have been rejected as being over-the-top by Elton John in the 1970s, The Grandmaster forces Thor to take part in a brutal gladiatorial contest, but the thunder god runs into two people who might just help him get back to Asgard: a mysterious warrior (Tessa Thompson) with a link to his past, and his old pal the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo).

And even if boxing, in its very nature, is a barbaric, gladiatorial pastime, and cinematic depictions continue to struggle with new ways to broaden its possibilities (this year's Southpaw is a great example of familiarity's hindrance), Creed is a rarity in that it matches its own paranoia on notions of legacy and manages to be a mighty successor to an iconic cinematic heirloom.

This time, that gladiatorial horrorscape is tricked out with poisonous fog, feral monkeys, and tsunami waves, and the competitors are culled from previous Hunger Games victors, which occasions terrific cast additions like Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin, and Jena Malone (deliciously unhinged and — calling it now — a dark horse Supporting Actress nominee).

So, what is it that has forced Chuck to come to Fortune City and risk his life in the modern day gladiatorial contest, is he trying to recapture the fame of his motocross days, does he have a reason to hate zombies, or is it simply the lure of big money?

And for the climax, Mann stages a glorious mano - a-mano gladiatorial combat amidst a grotesque celebration in the Roman forum as decadent as any Cecil B. DeMille pagan spectacle.

With the U.S. economy in collapse and gladiatorial blood sports on the rise (a not - so - subtle dig at the film's intended audience), the corporate forces running the penal system hit upon a brilliant notion.

Her character, Valkyrie, a traumatized Asgarian expat, fits right in; she makes a living capturing potential gladiatorial combatants and selling them to the Grandmaster (played Jeff Goldblum) for booze.