Sentences with phrase «grabbing second film»

Director Barry Sonnenfeld and the scriptwriters make the central relationship of J and K firsthand again, with the action and special effects aiding, rather than dominating (as with the cash - grabbing second film), the story on display.

Not exact matches

Bad Company is an example of what happens when filmmakers decide to engage in a feckless cash grab — a greatest hits compendium of stolen moments so bombastic and dreary that when the film actually rips off a gag from Fletch (like that balding loser at the bar thinking himself a wit while well into the second decade of quoting Chevy Chase vehicles).

Clearly meant as a cash grab to piggyback off the success of the second film, this monstrosity is nothing short of unplayable.