Sentences with phrase «level of suspense»

Today at the Sony E3 2016 Press Conference was revealed a gameplay demo of Resident Evil 7, featuring outstanding visuals, horrific scenes and a very high level of suspense.

You can only hope this film brings a level of suspense and weirdness as the trailer was cut to do.

By the time the film reaches its climax, you feel your pulse in the pit of your stomach, brought to a level of suspense made even more impressive by the fact that there are no adrenaline - inducing chases or villains who break through doors toting machine guns.

Though constricting these characters» personalities into differing ideologies can be considered limiting towards their development, it makes for fantastic rapport as each member of this understated cast offer a string of remarkably quotable lines as an almost Hitchcockian level of suspense lingers through this carefully woven mystery.

There is a certain level of suspense in Event Horizon as the story is being set up, but the follow through is nothing like the tension that Ridley Scott and James Cameron created in the first two films in the Alien series.

The final third of the film is breathless in its pacing and excruciating in its level of suspense.

I'm an avid fan of prison drama's, with their high level of suspense and on edge atmosphere and sense of danger.

There's very little action, and yet, a high level of suspense throughout.

I'm anxious to see if Chandor and his cast can sustain that level of suspense.

Although the film is quite slow at times, Hitchcock manages to keep a sustained level of suspense throughout the film, with the character Rupert Cadell being increasingly suspicious of the boy's activities as the film progresses.

These binary oppositions elevate the level of suspense considerably.

However, he never quite manages to maintain the necessary levels of suspense, and, by the time the excitement should be peaking in the final act, the film feels like it is treading water.

While it successfully continues to tap into fears and maintain high levels of suspense, the film begins to stray.

The acting — led by Krasinski himself and Blunt — is excellent, the pared - down story - telling really impressive, and, as for the brilliantly built and excruciatingly maintained levels of suspense and threat... well, all I can say is that Sigourney Weaver and her tension - ratcheting alien would feel thoroughly at home here.

Not exact matches

The researchers tested the participants» levels of enjoyment, suspense, perceived competence and performance concerns when they duelled against a weak or a tough opponent.

There's not a lot of action in the movie, mostly plotting the escape and what not, but the suspense level couldn't be higher throughout the whole film.

The original film turned suspense levels to 11 by playing with dramatic irony, showing the audience the location of the three strangers far more often than the characters are aware of it.

This series, about an underground British antiterror team that has joined forces with U.S. Special Forces veteran Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton), does succeed in wresting plenty of high - level suspense out of these low - aiming scripts — no small miracle.

On an almost admirably perverse level, «Lucy» isn't really much of a thriller — it's virtually an anti-thriller, devoid of suspense or any real sense of danger due to the fact that its heroine is more or less invincible.

Affleck certainly did this story justice, trusting the audience with a significant amount of detail and developing suspense on a more cerebral level, leaving you with a deeper respect and understanding of the situation.

While co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Ruby Sparks, Little Miss Sunshine) wring tension and suspense from the same - day build - up to the match, the match itself — captured by grainy, fuzzy TV cameras with the occasional, ground - level insert — and the immediate aftermath (symbolic and figurative, more than real or long - lasting), it's in the months - long lead - up to the match, following Billie Jean King (Emma Stone, never better) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) where Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both sides of the political divide watched in rapt attention.

Though this ridiculously in - depth account of the CIA's search for the al - Qaeda leader could have been an extremely dull affair in someone else's hands, director Kathryn Bigelow injects the film with the same level of intensity and suspense that made «The Hurt Locker» so riveting.

Building on the idea of frustration through separation, Jones keeps the sci - fi and ventures into Hitchcockian thriller territory with Source Code, a stunningly crafted suspense tale of alarming surprise and resonance, elevating the young helmer to a level of accomplishment few filmmakers are able to achieve.

The movie explores the lack of empathy for one another, while at the same time operates on many levels including as a suspense thriller, a character - driven piece, a musical (there's a even great dance number) and finally a story of love, grief and loss.

So the suspense level in «Days of Future Past» is pretty low.

The picture is well made, with intriguing shot choices and incredible use of the camera to keep the suspense level high.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is written at a level so low, even 8 - year - olds will find it lacking, and because another sequel is already in pre-production, there's not much suspense as to how this one is going to end.

Going in knowing the events of «Cloverfield» surround and shape this story does lower the suspense level a bit.

The ambiguity of resident boogeyman Michael Myers is part of what makes the original Halloween so damn creepy, and it's Carpenter's nerve - jangling musical score that amplifies the suspense to almost unbearable levels.

Directed and co-written by Phil Alden Robinson, the man responsible for the equally entertaining, Field of Dreams, the film works on many levels, mixing comedy, action, suspense, drama, and even a little romance.

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, is a nail - biting masterpiece of suspense, operating on a philosophical level that is as sophisticated as it is compelling.

Tom Stoppard (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, BRAZIL) provides the very smart screenplay, which is remarkable considering the level of detail required, while having to create suspense with what might be a dry subject otherwise.

At least 8 lessons worth of resources to support the teaching of creative writing (narrative and descriptive) and take stimulus from the following texts / events: - Castaway - The London riots - The Edge These resources provide opportunities to: - Describe using the senses - watch clips from Castaway and use as a stimulus for own writing - up level vocabulary - identify figurative and use in own writing - develop characterisation - develop narrative structure - assess against GCSE criteria - create tension and suspense

Think particularly about its role in creating suspense and highlighting the impact of history on the present on both a personal and political level.

Romantic suspense fans often list the tough, take - no - prisoners heroines of the genre as one of its biggest selling points, but Diana Muñoz Stewart takes things to an entirely new level.

On the major publisher level I think it's impossible to ignore the recent success of Hachette up and down their imprints, from children's side all the way up through the quality books at Jon Karp's imprint and the incredible roster of suspense novelists at Grand Central.

Every Fifteen Minutes, best - selling author Lisa Scottoline's latest page - turner, effectively draws readers in at two levels, both as gripping psychological suspense and as a vivid look into the tangled realms of the heart.

On many levels, this novel is so satisfying: the characters are compelling, the writing provides suspense, and the descriptions of the settings put the reader into the time and place.

She loves meeting and working with publishers as well as authors of all experience levels — though she has a special passion for working with independent authors and those new to the craft, as well as those writing science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, suspense, or any combination thereof.

Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart - pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society.An eighteen - year - old covert agent is pulled out of training before graduation by Black X, a espionage group so secret even the President of the United States doesn't know it exists.For her first mission, she must go undercover as the long - lost daughter of a recently deceased billionaire, infiltrate high society, and protect the Prince of Montrovia from assassination.But Prince Lorenzo is known as the Playboy Prince for a reason and his sensuality and charisma add a whole other level of complication to her mission.

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But in The Golem of Paris, he and Jesse Kellerman raise that suspense to a whole new level.

Why, «new levels of bone - chilling suspense and adrenaline - filled action,» of course.

And in seemingly classic Nintendo fashion, the company built up the suspense to almost unprecedented levels simply by not giving any notice ahead of time.

Bringing new levels of bone - chilling suspense and adrenaline - filled action to the renowned franchise, the game pits players against the universe's ultimate alien killing machines, the Xenomorphs, in claustrophobic environments guaranteed to produce horrifying shocks and surprises.

Full of electronica and orchestral echoes, Slo Light is a collection of songs built on suspense and varied levels of noise.