Sentences with phrase «high action drama»

«Only the Brave» is an American high action drama based on the elite crew of firefighters who battled the Yarnell Hill Fire, a wildfire in Prescott, Arizona in June 2013 that claimed the lives of 19 members of their team.

For all the President's talk about weapon reductions, it takes a bazillion rounds of ammunition to restore law and order in this high action drama.

Not exact matches

It's a high - energy movie that combines the rapid editing of a documentary with the entertainment value of a breezy action drama, complete with authentic stunts and location shots.

Fortunately, these philosophical arguments play out in a pretty solid cop drama, executing well on the high octane car chases, shootouts and action sequences that keep the public coming back to cop movies for decades.

The most interesting drama is playing out on the Democratic left, where anti-Cuomo sentiment runs high, with no consensus course of action....

Distinguished Melaye with his high sense of drama has obfuscated the real issue by his actions, depending on who you believe, jumping out of a police to save his life from tear gas attack or attempting to escape from lawful police custody.

Surprisingly well put together and high budget action drama with an extended mag of guns, explosions, adult language and a sidearm of sauce.

But it's the unlikely affinity between a stern, pious Muslim teenager and the captive female American soldier he is instructed to guard that gives this high - octane action - adventure drama a special charm.

Surprisingly well put together and high budget action drama with an

Its high drama, awesome action, and wonderful family dynamics all working together to make a absolute fantastic hour of television watching.

It's a strange amalgamation of genres and tones that mixes high drama with deadpan humor and adventure with a dose of unexpected action.

She played Jakki Kaan on YTV's action / suspense drama 2030 CE, Sue Miller on ABC's high school drama Life As We Know It, and Bekka on Canada's one of the most popular teen series, Edgemont.

After making her film debut in That Night (1992), Heigl balanced movie work with high school, playing a small role in Steven Soderbergh's Depression - era drama King of the Hill (1993), starring as Gérard Depardieu's difficult daughter in My Father the Hero (1994), and Steven Seagal's niece in the action sequel Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).

After his superior action - drama hit Heat, writer - director - producer Michael Mann came back with 1999's The Insider, a movie about serious issues that scores high marks in every regard — quality, entertainment value, awards and just plain good filmmaking.

Lurching, gliding and sometimes dancing between humor and drama, action and repose, high art and low comedy, The New Colossus seems absolutely unafraid to make us think, churn our stomachs, or test our reflexes.

Alas, my heart sank when I realized that the film I was about to see was not a remake of the 1995 forgotten Cindy Crawford - William Baldwin classic but a in fact change of pace low - key political drama from the go to high concept action film - maker of the past decade, Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr & Mrs Smith) focusing on the Plame Affair, one of the key scandals in recent American political history.

The next James Bond film will be helmed by Marc Forster, a German - born director more associated with intimate dramas than high - octane action films, it was announced yesterday.

Suddenly, the minimalist love / character drama transforms into a high octane action film, replete with gruesome murder and intense action.

Farrell has been hard at work on a number of high - profile projects as of late, including a crime drama titled Widows, starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson and Daniel Kaluuya; and a live action Dumbo, directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito.

While all of the other movies were trying to cram tons of high - energy action sequences and cool one - liners into just 30 seconds, the first trailer for Matthew Vaughn's X-Men prequel takes its time establishing a tone and a time period, putting drama and characters above flashy visual effects.

Though it doesn't have the flashiness or high box office gross that Disney's more marketable live action films may have, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken has won over a remarkable number of people with its simple but heartfelt grounded - in - reality character drama.

Between his recent foray into the realm of action in (the underrated) Nerve and his upcoming performance as Greg Sestero in his brother's upcoming Tommy Wiseau - focused film, The Disaster Artist, he may simply have a hard time turning off his knack for high drama and going back to comedy.

So my new year's wish is that for X, actors substitute Greta Gerwig, who made sure, in Lady Bird, that even characters as peripheral to the action as Stephen McKinley Henderson's mournful high school drama teacher felt like full human beings who could have wandered in from, or off to, their own movies.

Though it is a thriller at heart, and does have a high - speed driving subtext, the film feels more like a throwback to the music video stylized, R - rated crime dramas of the 1980s than the new Fast & the Furious over-the-top, CGI - infused modern action - thrillers.

Variety has announced that Thompson has signed on to star in a «high - concept action - drama» about the iconic lifelong jewelry thief Doris Payne.

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In this tantalizing, mildly ludicrous action drama from director Gavin O'Connor («Warrior») and screenwriter Bill Dubuque («The Judge»), Affleck plays Christian Wolff, a high - functioning autistic C.P.A. hired by a tech company to balance its books after a low - level analyst (Anna Kendrick) notices discrepancies.

The Oceans 11 comparisons are easy buy Variety described the film as «a high - concept action - drama in the vein of Catch Me if You Can and The Thomas Crown Affair».

April 2015 will bring films ranging from high - octane action to historical drama.

The coming weekend sees another balanced offering, with high - concept, low - budget horror The Devil Inside (a US box - office smash, on opening weekend at least), action comedy 21 Jump Street, heist thriller Contraband and family drama We Bought a Zoo.

And to spite any snarking worry that director Sam Mendes would treat this movie simply like one of his dramas, Skyfall is still an action film that continues to roar as it ventures inward, its high stakes provided by an emotional story of Shakespearean proportions.

The first half is somewhat bogged down by scene - setting but the second half offers an exhilarating rush of dazzling CGI action and high - stakes drama.

Zhang has directed sophisticated dramas (Ju Dou, Raise High the Red Lantern) and thrilling action pictures (Hero, House of Flying Daggers).

That question splits the team, and the result is high drama and nonstop action.

Somehow director Shawn Levy, leaving the familiar waters of high - concept comedy for family drama set against a vaguely futuristic backdrop of robot action from the dregs of fleapits to the main event of a championship bout, makes it all work as a satisfying experience.

Here you have two amazing creators, all this action, robots, and the universal theme of pure good vs. pure evil, all the while staying in high school youth culture and the drama and depth of everyday kids.»

Updates include the rock - and - roll romantic drama of AI ORE and the courtly royal intrigue of THE STORY OF SAIUNKOKU, as well as the supernatural adventure of BLEACH, the ongoing high seas pirate fun of ONE PIECE, and the kinetic sci - fi action depicted in new weekly chapters of NEON GENESIS EVANGELION.

The visuals are shaping up to be as crisp and stunning as anything released this generation, and the quick video is of course filled with action sequences and high stakes drama.

While Uncharted 4 sticks to the series» guns by offering the light - hearted action romp fans deserve, The Last of Us still stands out to me as Naughty Dog's greatest story ever told - but I'm more a fan of emotional gut - punches and high - tension drama.

A mature and gritty undercover cop drama, set in a high tension underworld where every action is a risk that could blow your cover

As seen in Action Painting there is an emphasis on brushstrokes, high compositional drama, dynamic compositional tension.

As seen in action painting there is an emphasis on brushstrokes, high compositional drama, dynamic compositional tension.