Sentences with phrase «high concept thrillers»

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Summary: Despite it being the Adam Randall's first feature, this high concept thriller zips along at breakneck speed offering an exceptional lead performance, exquisite visuals and skilfully executed set - pieces to ensure this little indie thriller packs as much a punch as its mainstream rivals.

The first trailer and poster have arrived for Jaume Collet - Serra's «Non-Stop,» a high concept thriller set onboard an airline and starring Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.Neeson plays a U.S. federal air marshal onboard a trans - Atlantic flight who receives a...

It's a high concept thriller with a cast of Hollywood veterans including Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Oldman - but the age...

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French filmmaker Luc Besson (The Family, Brick Mansions) writes and directs Lucy, a loopy, high - concept science fiction thriller that, like most Besson efforts, is actually just a dumb and goofy action genre film masquerading as a smart and insightful one.

Writer and director Alex Garland manages to take a high - concept premise — a reclusive, Steve Jobs - like genius (Oscar Isaac) invites a young employee (Domhnall Gleeson) to test the android he created (Alicia Vikander) to see if she's truly intelligent — and tuns it into a claustrophobic, tense thriller, as the three circle each other through an hour and a half of vicious psychological manipulation and constant shifts in the balance of power.

Argentine filmmaker Juan Solanas makes his English language debut on this dystopian romantic fantasy thriller, which spells out its high concept quickly.

Spawned from Patrick Jean's inventive short, Pixels has is a big, brash Roland Emmerich - style alien invasion thriller welded to a high - concept Sandler comedy.

«We came to Sundance looking for high - concept, quality commercial fare, and Cortés» paranormal thriller — anchored by memorable performances from an exceptional cast — fully delivers,» said Millennium Entertainment CEO Bill Lee.

The Amazon drama is described as a high - concept thriller and coming - of - age drama which follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off - book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.

This high - concept thriller has the potential to self - destruct, especially when it dives into totally implausible territory during its final stretch.

It's a terrific character piece, a gripping prison break thriller with a wicked high - concept twist and the smartest action movie of 2011.

Most of the ingredients are here for something special - a decent enough cast, the man behind the visuals of most of Christopher Nolan's works, and a high - concept sci - fi thriller that delves into such heady topics as «neo-ludites» and the...

After making four high - octane action films with Mark Neveldine (including Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance and both Crank movies), Brian Taylor goes solo with this high - concept thriller about kids in peril.

The Strain is a high - concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Stoll), the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City.

I did not expect this after Never Let Me Go, which was heavy drama and emotionally just devastating, and Sunshine, which was a high concept psycho - sci - fi - thriller.

The high - concept thriller is set in a world where the government has eliminated privacy, which has resulted in total government surveillance on the public and de facto self - censorship.

conspiracy thriller, but «The Adjustment Bureau» is a surprisingly high - concept affair, where the baddies aren't incorrigible evildoers but rather the agents of fate itself.

Directing from a solidly plotted script by Brian Helgeland, who isn't slavish to the original film (the film credits John Godey's novel but not the 1976 screenplay adaptation), he delivers a focused and refreshingly straightforward thriller that forgoes the usual high tech confusion and contrived high - concept twists so often laid in to surprise audiences.

The great shame and irony of Antitrust is that after all the high concept — the creative use of sesame seeds, the Citizen Kane-esque skewering of a media tycoon, the constant reiterations of the hero's intelligence — the film remains a conventional addition to the thriller genre that is slightly better than it should be because of its audacious goofiness, but far worse than it could have been because of its failure to be goofier.

There's no high concept here or need for a third act twist, it's just a gritty, balls to the wall action thriller very much in the vein of the sort of revenge themed films of the 70's.

She was electrifying as an alien seductress in Jonathan Glazer's 2013 horror Under the Skin and is at her very best in Luc Besson's high - concept action thriller Lucy, which opened here yesterday, playing a women whose mind becomes explosively powerful after she's injected with a synthetic drug.

A far more more ambitious narrative and punchy directorial approach was needed to carry off the high - concept horror tropes of the deadly dull thriller Truth or Dare, a college - kids - vs - malevolent - curse bore that clearly wants to be this generation's Final Destination (or, at least, the better episodes of that hit - miss 00's franchise).

A thematic companion piece to Jones» directorial debut «Moon» in that they're both morality tales about technology, «Source Code» succeeds in taking a high - concept premise and spinning it into a captivating thriller that's simple in execution yet brain - teasingly complex the more you pick it apart.

However, by ditching the high - concept, flimsy mystery premises of their previous films and instead providing old - school action / thriller gravitas, Serra and Neeson manage to deliver their best film yet - one that should more than suitably appease fans of the genre, and / or Neeson's career as an action star.

The poster for Liam Neeson's latest high - concept thriller is clearly patterning itself on the poster for Liam Neeson's last high - concept thriller, Taken, that it's almost funny.

The high - concept thriller boasts an impressive cast that also includes Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice Eve and Michael Pitt.

Less of a happy experience is «Grand Piano» [D], a baroque high - concept thriller that sees troubled star concert pianist Elijah Wood held hostage by sniper John Cusack.

The Purge: Anarchy is a good old - fashioned revenge thriller — a good guy with a bad agenda who plays the reluctant hero — but with a high - concept twist.

The film is equal parts high - concept science fiction, Gothic horror, and psychological thriller.

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.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mom and Dad - a new horror thriller whose concept is so high it may incite altitude sickness.

While you may be tempted to pass up «Criminal» because of its ridiculously high concept — something about mind - swapping and the CIA — the thriller boasts an impressive cast that calls out for a second look: Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice Eve, Gal Gadot and Michael Pitt.

by Walter Chaw If it barely registers at under ninety minutes, Wes Craven's high - concept thriller Red - Eye is carried along by a couple of excellent lead performances (from Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams) and a revenge subtext that lends surprising gravity to the lingering sensitivity of a sexual assault victim's scars.

South Korea's specialty is slick, sleek thrillers of criminal masterminds and supercops squaring off in high - concept plots and set - piece spectacles.

As it turns out, Goldberg and Rogen navigate this minefield of prurient humor and political incorrectness with aplomb, delivering a high - concept spy thriller comedy that feels as carefree as «This Is The End,» while managing not to ruin the thrills by too clumsily dumbing down the realities the film plays with.

It's another bad gimmick movie for star Nicolas Cage, who appears to be carving out a unique niche as an actor to star in some of the most laughable high - concept thrillers of the last few years.

To some extent a companion piece to «Moon» in that they're both morality tales about technology, Jones has succeeded in taking yet another high - concept premise and spinning it into a captivating thriller that's both incredibly simple in execution and yet brain - teasingly complex the more you pick it apart.

Cate prefers more high - concept, commercial young adult, especially fantasy, fairy tale and classics retellings, mystery and thrillers, and historical fantasy.

The best high - concept YA thriller of the year is this paranoia - soaked novel in which an infected Colorado high school is quarantined by the government, leading to various cliques that transform into warring tribes.

It is neither coming - of - age story nor dystopian fiction; nor is it fantasy, contemporary satire, or high - concept adventure thriller, though it surely has elements of all of those and more.

From high - concept thrillers and white - knuckled suspense to traditional mysteries and literary crime, our titles consistently deliver driving plots, engaging characters, and stunning twists from the most talented authors on the scene.

For YA, she also would love to find fun, fast, or nail - biting thrillers and contemporary novels with a high - concept hook.

The high - concept thriller follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company — only to find themselves miniaturized and cast out into the rain forest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them.