Sentences with phrase «heist scenes»

The heist scenes are also well shot and add some much - needed energy to a film that moves at a rather leisurely pace, but the biggest reason for its success is Gosling's magnetic performance.

Soderbergh still knows how to pull off well - crafted heist scenes; get great work out of his ensemble cast, though we'll single out Daniel Craig and Riley Keough; and his ability to embed class - consciousness in his entertainment without making it a college - course lecture is still there.

Disney literally showed the media the first footage of the casino heist scene back in April during a Marvel press day.

In the middle of the heist scene, we're just about as involved as if the movie starred George Clooney and Julia Roberts.

But if they were really concerned about pacing and runtime — they should have removed the entire casino heist scene with Finn and Rose, which was a long sequence of wasted space (no pun intended).

Charles Crichton directs this amiable caper with good humor and applies crack comic timing to the heist scene and climactic chase.

The 35 - minute heist scene is justly famous, thrillingly executed without a word spoken, and the entire film is meticulously shot with an eye for the dingy beauty of the Paris underworld.

That heist scene at the end is really fun.

Hardy's rogue agent, Ricki Tarr, delivers a romantic subplot with a jaw - smacking tenderness, while Cumberbatch almost steals the film from under Oldman's nose with a superb heist scene.

The cheating scenes are exhilarating, edited as excitingly as a nail - biting heist scene.

The opening heist scene is instantly enthralling even as things don't go perfectly according to plan.

It opens on a heist scene that reminds of Point Break and Heat (plus a thousand other heist films), segues into a home invasion / child - snatching that recalls Michael Douglas's own Fatal Attraction, proceeds into a cell phone cat - and - mouse like Ransom, ends with a cascade of particulate debris that brings to mind Witness, and touches base to varying degrees with Sliver, Nick of Time, Instinct, Nuts, and Awakenings in particular in its sloppy patient / doctor dynamic (and the naming of a secondary character «Dr. Sachs»).

Not exact matches

The director's most ambitious work to date is a wildly successful romantic heist comedy, propelled from scene to scene with a lively soundtrack that elevates its slick chase scenes into a realm of musicality that develops its own satisfying beat.

There are a handful of tense scenes in Eddie Coyle too, such as the cold and calculated bank heists and a stake out at a train station which ends in a brief flash of Yates» car chase handling skills, but these aren't what really make the film shine.

But the show's better moments are its heists, chase scenes, and the strategies concocted to ensure Hood & company always come out on top.

I heard director Edgar Wright call his film a soundtrack with a movie attached — a perfect description of the heist picture for which he selected a series of songs, then wrote each scene to fit the songs.

Yet perhaps Bahranis greater achievement is to make the minutiae of property foreclosure no less compelling: a scene in which Garfield steals a vacated homes air conditioner has all the sweaty tension of a bank heist or drug raid.

The mention of a girl gang heist might conjure imaginings of Ocean's Eleven - style shenanigans, but Hot Thrills and Warm Chills outlines the heist and then jumps to its aftermath a little later (once we've watched a few more sex scenes and dance sequences).

The director's most ambitious work to date is a wildly successful romantic heist comedy, propelled from scene to scene with a lively soundtrack that elevates its slick chase scenes into a realm that develops its own satisfying beat.

Back in 1996, Wes Anderson announced himself as an exciting new voice in America's burgeoning indie film scene, adapting his earlier short film into a feature - length heist caper starring the then - unknown Wilson brothers.

Now, while that film was mediocre at best, that one scene, which is satirical of the concept of the botched heist, just couldn't escape my mind while I patiently waited for the lights to dim and Ben Affleck's latest directorial effort The Town to commence.

He doesn't so much have supporting players in the film as he does an extended family of cherished guests who he invites to stay for a while, relax and soak up the ambience: French it girl Léa Seydoux has a part as a maid which may as well be non-speaking; Owen Wilson plays one of M Gustave's concierge brethren and gets a line (if not a laugh); even Tilda Swinton makes a flying visit to Wesworld, caked in gristly prosthetics as an ageing dowager who drops dead after her first and only scene, her passing acting as deus ex machina for an elaborate art heist involving the whereabouts of the apocryphal, priceless chef d'oeuvre, «Boy With Apple».

Solo: A Star Wars Story features some ably executed action scenes, with the key one being a train heist about midway through.

Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) The diner scene alone, where heavyweights Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro face off (for the first time in cinema history) would be enough to put Heat on the list, but the whole heist and cat - and - mouse story holds up all the way through.

We get the little robot, countless platitudes about believing in oneself, a heist sequence, a scavenger hunt across Los Angeles, a hastily portrayed rise - and - fall - and - reunion plot, random cuts to viral Internet videos in the middle of scenes, a semi-love story, and an uncritical presentation of fame as the only thing that serves as a genuine measure of self - worth.

Running time: 105 Minutes Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2 - Disc Special Edition Blu - ray / DVD Combo Pack Extras: Digital copy; 2 alternate endings; deleted scenes; alternate scenes; gag reel; Plotting Tower Heist; feature commentary with director Brett Ratner, editor Mark Helfrich and co-writers Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson; Tower Heist Video Diary; U-Control; pocket BLU App; and more.

Ant - Man, on the other hand, was more than just a comedy movie, it was a heist film that managed to surprise audiences with its unique action scenes (thanks to the shrinking capabilities of the film's main hero and villain).

Ratner grew no less shy this weekend, according to Twitter and several Vulture sources: After a screening of his film Tower Heist at L.A.'s Arclight Cinemas, the director came out for a Q&A, and when asked by the moderator whether he prepares and rehearses with his actors before shooting a scene, Ratner waved his hand dismissively and said, «Rehearsing is for fags.»

There's a scene at the beginning of this TV spot in which it's clear Han is meeting Chewbacca for the first time (after the train heist).

There's the obligatory high - concept heist (with dreamy underwater scenes of overweight middle - age thugs pounding through the wall of a swimming pool) and moments of cold - blooded violence, which first - time director Jonathan Glazer directs with a confidence and leanness that belies the need for in - your - face shocks and showboat flourishes.»

It's probably a loser's game to ask for better craftsmanship from a movie like Tower Heist, but even crowd - pleasing big - budget comedies would seem to owe both of their top - billed actors a final scene.

Indeed, in any given scene Jack changes his mind about the $ 200,000 heist, preferring to enjoy the moment, whether he's having a beer, surfing, laying naked in bed with the gorgeous Nancy or playing dominoes with Walter and his friends (Harry Dean Stanton and Willie Nelson in wonderful small roles).

The American Heist Blu - ray and DVD, including a behind - the - scenes featurette, will be available for the suggested retail price of $ 24.99 and $ 19.98, respectively.

Purportedly a heist film — we know almost immediately that the story is headed in this direction — the movie surprisingly has most of its dramatic tension in the first half, during the scenes between Gal and Logan.

«The Making of Heist» (15:11) is a standard featurette serving up the usual blend of clips, behind - the - scenes footage, and talking heads.

It's more like an action heist film with comedy thrown into it every other scene.

The first «mountain heist train» scene is epic offering a fast - paced over-the-top run away intergalactic space train — that can easily race sideways.

4K ULTRA HD / BLU - RAY / DVD / DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES · Deleted Scenes · «The Eye of the Storm» Featurette · «Hollywood Heist: A Conversation with Rob Cohen» Featurette · VFX Reel · Audio Commentary with Director Rob Cohen

Okay, snark aside, the director of Tower Heist (and a bunch of other movies that were never meant to be smart) gave up his plum gig after using a homophobic slur to describe something as silly and unnecessary as rehearsing scenes with actors.

Because we know next to nothing about the heist crew and know Han and Chewie are in other movies, this scene (as well as the entire movie) has zero tension.

That's not a bad thing for a film like Silver Linings Playbook, where the plot is all genre convention, but a heist / con film can not skimp on the plotting and expect to skirt by solely on the strength of its scenes.

, where the plot is all genre convention, but a heist / con film can not skimp on the plotting and expect to skirt by solely on the strength of its scenes.

«Making of an Ant - Sized Heist: A How - To Guide» (14:34) is a brisk, general purposes making - of piece that serves up the talking heads and behind - the - scenes footage you crave and expect.

Many classic scenes can be played through as the cute Lego Tom Cruise (actual height) including the famous vault heist where he hangs on a rope and hacks a computer.

To a much lesser extent, Hilary Swank is stiff as an FBI agent investigating the heist; she plays her scenes like she picked up all the rigidity that Craig shed for his performance.

The heist itself almost secondary to the back - and - forth of the cast (and the «Goddammit, we're mad at Wall Street» mantra that awaits nearly every scene change), and indeed it's filled with plot holes big enough to accommodate tractor trailers filled with every heist film ever made.

Indeed Sidibe's Jamaican sass - monster character seems to disappear for the last 20 minutes of the heist itself (which is jarring since there's a shot that seems to set up a scene that we never see), but there are a couple of physics - defying moments in the big set piece that managed to keep the audience gasping (and would have been heart - stopping on an IMAX screen).

You'll also find storyboard - to - scene splitscreen comparisons for the «Bank Heist» and «Potter's Field» sequences (note how unlike the storyboard panels the finished shots are), as well as a «producing workshop» with Arnold and Anne Kopelson that's genuinely informative in that they distinguish between the various types of producers credited at the beginning of every motion picture.

The action, heist and chase scenes in The Town are top - notch in their execution; Affleck's clearly been a good student of the action genre and of heist films in general.

Things go terribly wrong when the carefully planned heist turns into a scene of epic carnage.»