Sentences with phrase «good espionage thriller»
The fact is there is really a very very good espionage thriller here... underneath the dreadful fact Statham has been miscast.
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Much ballyhooed for its on - location filming in and around the United Nations building in Manhattan «The Interpreter» works better as a captivating drama than it does as an espionage thriller due to some sticking plot points that prevent the audience from
Too violent and plot - light for Le Carré fans, not pacy or twisty enough for Bourne addicts, not shiny and fun enough for those craving James Bond and far too classy for the John Wick crowd, Red Sparrow is a good - looking, well performed, somewhat worthy espionage thriller that it's hard to recommend to anyone.
An old - school espionage thriller with a movie - biz comedy twist, all the better for being (almost) entirely true.
Gripping Drama - Fuzzy Politics Kidman And Penn Elevate UN Thriller By Cole Smithey Much ballyhooed for its on - location filming in and around the United Nations building in Manhattan «The Interpreter» works better as a captivating drama than it does as an espionage thriller.
With a new trailer for espionage thriller THE IMITATION GAME on its way this week, the good folks at StudioCanal have sent us a short Vine — which contains new footage from the trailer — to whet our appetites.
The miltiary espionage thriller lacks teeth but is bolstered by a good performance from Manoj Bajpayee
Here's a movie that calls to mind both espionage thrillers (the «James Bond», «Mission: Impossible» and «Bourne» series, notably) and the work of Charlie Kaufman («Being John Malkovich», «Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind», etc.), while also weaving a deeply affecting character study, as DiCaprio's character is haunted by his dead wife (Marion Cotillard) and... Well, you'll see!
It's still a good novel, but the level of intrigue almost felt like the novel should have been part of a different series, since it was more reminiscent of espionage thriller than a murder mystery.
This is a competent enough, if plodding, espionage thriller with mostly compelling actors (except for the lead, Jessica Chastain, a lightweight who is mysteriously being called great in this film, and who just received a Best Actress nomination) that tells the story of the painstaking intelligence gathering that led to the ultimate revenge killing, when U.S. Navy Seals exacted retribution for the murder of 3000 people on September 11, 2001, on U.S. soil.
That is the proposition posed by Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a spellbinding espionage thriller which was nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Actor (Oldman), Screenplay and Score categories.
A contemporary, potentially timely, Russian - centered espionage thriller (minus, alas, any recognizable thrills), Red Sparrow ends as it begins, as an unlikely, ultimately forgettable misfire unlikely to appear in career highlight reels for second youngest performer to win an Academy Award for Best Actress (Silver Linings Playbook).
Father knows best: Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg bring a little too much sentiment to this espionage (and civil liberties) thriller
Well, on the evidence of A Most Wanted Man, one of his final films, our loss is all the greater as he's simply magnificent in a gripping espionage thriller.
The Age of Shadows I Saw the Devil / The Good the Bad and the Weird's Kim Jee - woon's latest is this espionage thriller set in 1920s Japan - occupied Korea.
Filmmaker Reed Morano teams with dp Sean Bobbitt (his best work was Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines) for what a global espionage thriller with Blake Lively in La Femme Nikita-esque mode.
The film moves like treacle early on, but in its latter stages manages to become a relatively effective espionage thriller — significantly, this is the period of the film least burdened by political statement and well - intentioned subtext.
The best scene... and most worthy of an espionage thriller... takes place at a fancy Russian restaurant.
What makes this espionage spy thriller better than others is the creativity and intelligence behind the story and the script.
This month's best new mysteries include a tense psychological thriller set in Tokyo, plenty of high - stakes espionage and a long - awaited Swedish translation.
As well as continuing to deepen the worlds of Fathom and Soulfire, Aspen continually creates thrilling new properties including it's newest titles the adventure - comedy Shrugged, the action - adventure series Executive Assistant: Iris, the supernatural - thriller Dellec, and the action - espionage series Mindfield, and the steampunk mystery series that debuted as a top - selling independent book, Lady Mechanika.
You can expect major doublecrossing and bloodshed in this stellar espionage thriller — as well as real - life characters such as poet / playwright Bertolt «Bert» Brecht.
With An American Spy, Olen Steinhauer, by far the best espionage writer in a generation, delivers a searing international thriller that will settle once and for all who is pulling the strings and who is being played.
This month's best new mysteries include a tale of British espionage, a thriller featuring a difficult main character and a story of a South African winery weekend gone awry.
* # 4 in Amazon's «Audible Espionage Thrillers» * # 6 in Amazon's «Audible Fiction & Literature» * # 12 in Amazon's «Audible Best Sellers» — which includes all audiobook titles, fiction and nonfiction
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Originally penned in for a 2009 release, developers Obsidian returned to the workshop to fine tune the espionage - themed thriller and make sure we got the best spy - based adventure in 2010.