Sentences with phrase «less a action thriller»
Based on Martin Booth's novel, «A Very Private Gentleman», it is less a action thriller than a visual paean to Clooney's ability to look so good while never being permitted to smile.
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The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.
French director Pierre Morel more or less started the «aging action star» trend with Taken, and now he's giving Sean Penn the «Neeson» treatment with The Gunman, an international action thriller that unfortunately won't be Penn's springboard into genre superstardom because frankly, the movie's sort of a bummer.
Less obvious mum - bait is Liam Neeson action thriller Run All Night.
Stone's subsequent effort, the erotic thriller Sliver (1993), was an example of this: the actress attracted notice less for her acting than for her willingness to simulate masturbation Her role in the following year's The Specialist was also fairly limiting; an action flick co-starring Sylvester Stallone, it called for Stone to run around in a tight dress in heels when she wasn't seducing various characters.
Less than one month after actor Bruce Willis boarded the action - thriller Extraction, Gina Carano has been confirmed to join the cast, along with Kellan Lutz.
With that said, however, not even the involvement of Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver makes this action thriller look any less like a Jason Bourne rip - off.
No amount of multinational money thrown at the screen can give any of its action sequences the clean, cold athleticism of the best fights in John Wick 2 (Warner, 15), a less electric follow - up to 2014's excellent Keanu - Reeves - on - a-rampage thriller that nonetheless knows all the moves.
The main carryover from Woo's Hong Kong thrillers is the elegant sense of craft in his articulation of action sequences, though the degree of stylization is much less: Woo specialties, like slow motion, tend to be restricted to short individual shots rather than taking up whole sequences.
An action thriller in January is never really a good sign, because it seems that the studio wants to put something less than great out there to start off the year.
It is slightly jarring as we are so used to the comedic timing of a witty ex-cop John McClane archetype, that here Washington plays a somewhat introverted, more pensive and less charismatic character which takes the film from an average action thriller to a suspenseful character - driven narrative.
With less than three weeks to go until the release of Drew Pearce's Hotel Artemis, a new clip has arrived online from the upcoming sci - fi action thriller entitled «Verify Your Membership» which features Jodie Foster as The Nurse alongside Kenneth Choi, Sterling K. Brown, Brian Tyree Henry, and Dave Bautista.
Yes, there are guys, girls, guns and sex, all more or less promised by those two doublings, and if they're not the hallmarks of great action - thriller cinema, then they come pretty close.
An Americanised (louder) remake of the 2001 French action - thriller, this unfolds more or less in one long and chaotic evening at a glitzy casino.
This week's new Blu - ray releases include one of the most entertaining films of 2014 (directed by David Fincher no less), extended editions of the first three Twilight movies, the latest film from writer / director Jason Reitman, a genuinely good action thriller starring Liam Neeson, a futuristic Western, and more.
With less than two weeks to go until Wheelman arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released a new trailer for writer - director Jeremy Rush's upcoming action thriller which sees Frank Grillo leading a cast that also includes Garrett Dillahunt, and Caitlin Carmichael; check it out below... «The wheelman is Grillo — a getaway driver thrust into a high -LSB-...]