A.O. Scott at The New York Times slammed the film's «pretense that this fantasia of misogyny is really a feminist fable of empowerment,» while Sady Doyle at The Atlantic declared that director «Zack Snyder's gooey mix of fetish gear, rape fantasies, and girls - with -
guns action sequences represents the nadir of a long, slow, steady decline in action films starring women.»
Not exact matches
The
action sequences are phenomenal and the combat feels perfect whether you're playing the game stealth or going in
guns blazing.
It also has other good
action packed
sequences while Sheen and Kinski are eluding and running away from the Mafia, and it has some
gun - shooting parts to it as well.
(PG - 13 for thematic material including
sequences of
gun violence and
action) ★ 1/2 (M.L.)
There are scenes where Jolie and Pitt sizzle, and there are some moments of fantastic scripting, where the violence and
gun battles become something more than just great
action sequences... they become commentary on the process of working out one's differences with another.
«One Man Army: Training and Fighting» (6:40) gives thought to Washington's training for
action sequences that almost never saw him handling a
gun.
This was merely a two - plus hour long video game
action sequence with an nonsensical plot (stealing, erm, I mean drawing heavily from Christopher Nolan's Inception) and an excuse to watch young women in short skirts wave swords around and shoot machine
guns.
Violence: Several
action sequences involve fighting hand - to - hand, with
guns and futuristic weapons.
They break in with
guns blazing, and there's an extended
action sequence ending with one of the heroes diving out of an upper floor on a bungee cord, just ahead of a shattering explosion.
As such, he would waltz unflinchingly into an R - rating, and could deliver on the
action sequences featuring Deadpool's
guns and katanas.
This lends itself to the
action sequences, as the environments add varied aesthetics and different personalities to the onslaught of fistfights,
gun battles and car chases.
After the monologues trickle to an eventual stop, there come the sort of Matrix - inspired
action sequences involving fast impact and slow - motion resolution, lots of
guns in the John Woo tradition, and lots of water in the Adrian Lyne tradition.
Even when we are in the middle of an
action sequence, the camera is always more focused on the characters than the
guns.
We get the requisite
actions sequences, too — laser - blaster fights (Caine's
gun, amusingly, sounds like a barking dog), gravity - defying chases with the help of Caine's gravity boots (He had wings at one time, but considering that his boots make him fly, that seems a tad showy), ship battles through Chicago and in space, and plenty of climbing up and jumping across collapsing edifices.
It will all come in handy as Joe finds himself constantly embroiled in one violent situation after another, ranging from the slow torture of his former jailer (Samuel L. Jackson with a fetching poodle cut), to a send - up of classic chop - socky
action sequences pitting Joe against a horde of oncoming assailants armed with everything from
guns to 2x4s.
Robocop is rated a disappointing PG - 13 for intense
sequences of
action including frenetic
gun violence throughout, brief strong language, sensuality and some drug material and has a runtime of 108 minutes.
For mainstream viewers, there are big
action sequences, a heady battle montage, a»40s setting featuring über - Nazis with glowing laser -
guns, and plenty of well - timed one - liners.
I'm not saying that there's no subtext to «Point Break,» but when we rewatch it, we rewatch it for the insane
action sequences, and for Keanu Reeves firing his
gun in the air and screaming because he loves Patrick Swayze too much to shoot him.
Most people know Tomb Raider as a series of video games about Lara Croft, a badass,
gun - toting archaeologist / adventurer who gets into amazing
action sequences, discovers a lot of lost cities that contain evil spirits, and often saves the world.
MPAA Rating: (for
sequences of
gun violence,
action, destruction, language and some suggestive material)
Though it represents the bulk of the
action, there's more to The Gunstringer than just running and
gunning, breaking up the
action with chase scenes, cover - based enemy encounters, and
sequences that have you brandishing a pair of auto - firing six - shooters, a shotgun, a flamethrower, a sword, or just your bare fists.
On the show floor at E3, Twisted Pixel showed off a few new gameplay features too: dual -
gun shootdowns, sidescrolling
action, which looks quite similar to the amazing Comic Jumper, and a
sequence where you are taken into Gunstringer's past, in his flesh and blood form.
Its best
action sequences take place in big open areas and its variety of
guns and vehicles mean you could take a new approach every time you go through.
Love explosions,
action sequences, and big
guns?