Sentences with phrase «in other action films»

Not exact matches

Contrast the alleged actions of this alleged Coptic Christian with that of Muslims killing and maiming Coptic Christians and blowing up their places of worship... INSULTING Coptic Christians in far worse ways (literally «insulting» them TO DEATH) than is done (or ever could be) in this or any other film.

During his film career, Adkins has been cast in mostly direct - to - DVD movies like the two Undisputed sequels, Assassination Games, Ninja, however he finally got to get a bigger role in Stallone's ensemble cast testosterone - packed movie «The Expendables 2» and star along other great action stars like Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, the all - powerful Chuck Norris, Jean - Claude Van Damme and many others.

The other is that this is the last live - action film in which Walt Disney was personally involved; he died two years before the film's release, but supervised the scripting process and some of pre-production.

The film lacks any kind of real «action», which makes it a departure from Mann's other work like Heat or Last of the Mohicans, but it still feels like an action movie because of the aggressive way in which Mann directs it.

As in «Infernal Affairs,» the Andrew Lau film upon which «The Departed» is based, the action centers on the two cops» attempts to uncover each other's identities while protecting their own secrets.

Other than a budget boost which means better CGI and more muscular action set - pieces, you'd be hard pressed to spot any major differences in the craft behind the two films, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Good sci - fi has all these things, of course, but «bigger» isn't better, and most of the «big» idea movies use «the future» as a setting for action and adventure, whereas true sci - fi films (and books) use that setting to tell human stories in new ways; human relationships (with others, with self, with the environment, etc...) are are the core of the best sci - fi movies we've seen.

The Movie: The idea of George Clooney playing a (mostly) silent assassin holed up in the Italian countryside with gorgeous European women sounds like recipe for a solid dramatic experience, so why Focus Features is marketing «The American» as some sort of action thriller when in fact it's an arty European film, will throw some moviegoers off and just outright anger others.

For those of us who prefer to judge Gibson solely in terms of his art, the movie is a virtuosic piece of action cinema — particularly in its second half... And while there has been no shortage of recent films that decry the horrors of war and man's inhumanity to his fellow man, I know of none other quite this sickeningly powerful.

While Harlin's big action sets in other films like Die Hard 2 suffered from an unfortunately dated sampling of CGI, everything you see in CutThroat Island has been constructed — and destroyed in grand fashion.

Overall, this one is a very good action film that entertains in spades and thanks to Hoffman's spectacular turn as the antagonist here, it is elevated above the other installments in the series.

Written and directed by Karen Leigh Hopkins, the film's tone looks to be all over the place, but it's good to see James Badge Dale as something other than a supporting character in an action blockbuster.

The action is a horrible muddle of skating, blood, fighting and stupid bike stunts all crammed within this tiny arena, at the same time you have other players skating down from higher levels or platforms for no apparent reason other than to look cool in the film.

The action sequences were done great and I loved how well this film tied in with the others in the universe.

Instead we are presented with an absolute turd of a film with shockingly bad «action» set pieces (despite not actually requiring major action set pieces for the plot), dreadful visuals that might as well be that «Gladiators» TV show complete with glitter and sparkles, a god awful thrash / heavy metal soundtrack just in case you forgot this film was suppose to be tough and your obligatory dire big name cast hot of the heels of other poor major blockbusters (yeah stick him / her in it, big name, can't go wrong, doesn't matter if they actually fit the role or not pfft!).

The film is at its best when it drops its focus from action beats, superb though they may be, and redirects itself towards quieter moments of clandestine favors and conversations between old contacts: of Zharkov and Cross drinking together and discussing the merits of Communism; of Zharkov's heart - felt talk with an Austrian contact whom he rescued decades ago from a Nazi concentration camp; of Cross and Scorpio confronting each other first in a midnight botanical gardens and then in a shadowy parking garage.

Comedy, sci - fi, horror, romance, adventure, action, drama, and thriller, it covers quite a lot of territory in a short amount of time, and does so with its own sense of style that makes it different from any other film, even if it is an homage film at its core.

i only wish those thousands went to work on movies of more substance than fighting robots... and you don't have to apologize to me, i can in fact compare «Real Steel» to «The Fast and the Frivolous» films because in essence they are one - in - the - same, simply just the flavor of the week kind of flicks that have no real pull behind them other than big name actors, CGI and a promise of action.

It should be obvious by now that the Hong Kong film industry is one of frequent cross-pollination by its writers, directors, actors, action choreographers and others, and if the many names dropped in this article are confusing, one more title is available to stream which might clarify things.

On top of this, the action is superb and the train sequence has never been surpassed in any other superhero film.

While the film does not offer easy solutions, it allows us to discover the power to face our own demons, knowing that redemption does not lay in revenge, but only in acknowledging and taking responsibility for actions that may have caused harm to others.

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction

By this point the action is flashing by like a fire engine without any clear end in sight, other than more and more violence, and the film feels as if it could go on indefinitely, or at least until the whole of Queens lies dead on the restaurant floor.

More than any other film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Panther addresses the world today in ways that, while not distracting from the action and adventure, fills the movie with deeper meaning and moral weight.

The other films sacrificed character for action, this one almost goes in the opposite direction sacrificing action for character work.

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe may be «The Nice Guys» in director Shane Black's new action - comedy, but the pair took every opportunity to needle each other at the Cannes press conference for the film Sunday.

The film starts off with some awkward, painfully lame flashback scenes of Kyle's childhood and transitions into an opening act that is loaded with full - on patriotism that sees him go to war to get back at the people who brought suffering to our doorstep in the events of 9/11 (he was already enlisted, but if we believe the film that decision was also motivated by seeing news footage of American lives being taken), but one of the most interesting surprises is how balanced it eventually becomes and how we see the way that Kyle's actions negatively impact others and how even he begins to question his commitment to the cause, despite the fact that he would never vocalize it.

In March, it's been a different story, with big - budget action films London Has Fallen and Allegiant plus horror titles The Other Side of the Door and The Witch.

Some of the CGI was a bit spotty in the final action scenes but other than that, this is the film I was hoping for.

At its core, it is a derivative film, not only because it is a remake, but it is also very similar to other films to come out in the years before it, including Alien and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but it still manages to hold its own through the fantastic action, Ennio Morricone's (The Untouchables) sparse and haunting score, and the lively acting by all of the performers, with especially memorable performances by Kurt Russell (Stargate, Tombstone) and Keith David (They Live, Final Analysis).

Captain America: The Winter Soldier on the other hand, is second to only The Avengers as my favorite film in this action packed universe.

While Tom Cruise's reputation as an action actor in Jack Reacher, the Mission: Impossible movies, Minority Report and War of the Worlds holds up in this story, the film's content, much like the content in his other movies, pushes Oblivion outside the realm of general family viewing.

The story's a simple quest / coming of age story, but in managing to stick to the story action it avoids the preachiness that some other Pixar films suffer from.

As much as everyone in Hollywood likes to deflect responsibility for putting words into action, the Oscars and the film industry share a symbiotic relationship; one can not make significant progress against history unless the other moves forward, too.

His success with «Alias» ultimately launched his career, and now, ten years later, here he is approaching A-list status, starring in a fine - looking action film, sharing the screen with none other than, in the words of Ricky Gervais, «the greatest screen - actor to have ever lived» — Robert De Niro.

Shot (with one exception) in black and white by Florian Ballhaus (son of Michael), the film is set to a score that is more industrial sound than music; yet, it is the combination of the clinically clean black - and - white cinematography, the disturbing score, and the narrative's single - minded focus on the protagonist's actions (there is no moment when the film seeks to psychologise him) by which the film manages to simultaneously solicit, on the one hand, our fascination with and, increasingly, horror about the events depicted — even long after Herold has proven how scarily easy it is for him to order mass murder (and, whenever necessary, to set an example by killing himself)-- and, on the other hand, to ensure that we keep some intellectual distance from the diegetic events.

Affleck has never exactly been the most dynamic actor in my opinion, but in the other films he's both directed and starred in — The Town and the Oscar - winning Argo — he knew how to pace the action, build suspense and make you care about what happened.

Embracing and getting swept up in the action is difficult because it's not balanced with the other ideas the film is trying to convey.

It is in no way a bad film and it is, moreover, one of the better action films of recent cinematic efforts, far outstripping anything such as the Jason Statham release, Safe, for example; that film was just a rehash of multiple other action pictures but delivered with one tenth of the quality.

Among other films in the bad action genre, it certainly isn't the worst.

They actually participate in suggesting and designing new products, and the online network of LEGO stop - action short films act as a combined marketing strategy and challenge to other users.

Underrated: Unkrich has a background editing live action, and has brought that visual sensibility to his own films and others in the Pixar catalog.

While the opening scene, which serves only as back - story and general reasons as to why it takes so long for Raleigh (Charlie Hunnam) to return to the Jaeger game, is fluff for the film and even in the moment felt unnecessary as opposed to just being retro - actively less awesome than the other greater action sequences.

The show featured Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, Burt Lancaster, Bob Newhart, Kenny Loggins and other leading film, television and music stars in an innovative production to educate and inspire action.

Although all of the characters are detestable in terms of their actions and egotism, we like them all despite their vices, and seeing them engage with each other and constantly manipulate the situation proves to be one of the more subtle delights in a film full of such choice little moments.

This CGI - enhanced film will likely fall in the PG - 13 range (as did all the others in the series) because of violent action and battle sequences.

While it riffs on a few notable sci - fi / action films and traffics in storylines audiences have seen in other YA adaptations, there is a sense of urgency that doesn't let up, a lot of well - constructed action, and propulsion to a film series fitting of the title Maze Runner.

In almost any other movie, the idea of propping your story up through amnesia would be an absurd, risible narrative course, but Liman, aided by Matt Damon, make the absence of self feel paramount in the film and its spectacular action sequenceIn almost any other movie, the idea of propping your story up through amnesia would be an absurd, risible narrative course, but Liman, aided by Matt Damon, make the absence of self feel paramount in the film and its spectacular action sequencein the film and its spectacular action sequences.

If you're a fan of 80s action films, or just like to watch villains die in fascinating blurs of bravado, you need no other reason to see this movie than the cast list itself.

She's worked with great directors and other great actors in big and small movies, she's been a key part of one of the biggest franchises of all - time and has even proved she can lead a summer action film by herself.