Sentences with phrase «like espionage thrillers»

If you like espionage thrillers or are a fan of the Mission: Impossible franchise, then Rogue Nation is worth checking out.

As discussed above, The Interview looks more like an espionage thriller than a comedy with its dark, contrasty visuals.

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It's still a good novel, but the level of intrigue almost felt like the novel should have been part of a different series, since it was more reminiscent of espionage thriller than a murder mystery.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a tense and dense espionage thriller, that weaves its story like a tightening noose, until the audience is left breathless in the cinema.

In some ways it plays like a sardonic post-script to their great success, The Third Man, in others a transition film between the gritty but heroic espionage thrillers of the forties and fifties and the far more ambivalent and skeptical work of John Le Carre, as seen in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold just a few years later.

Gritty and involving, this small British thriller is like Memento crossed with The Bourne Identity as it reveals its secrets through a fragmented structure that involves espionage and memory.When a woman (Reid) wakes up on...

If you like escapist espionage thrillers with lots of action, perhaps there's enough quality actors, superb stunt work, and nice location shoots to give The November Man a passable grade, especially because the R - rated action can be quite brutal compared to a James Bond flick.

Considering what's at stake, the tiresome banter — once it finally gets going — drains all suspense from the proceedings, despite a musical score that sounds like it was lifted from an espionage thriller.

Villanelle as a character would fit seamlessly into a forward - thinking espionage thriller; Eve often comes across like a variation of Melissa McCarthy's character in the Paul Feig comedy Spy.

The film moves like treacle early on, but in its latter stages manages to become a relatively effective espionage thriller — significantly, this is the period of the film least burdened by political statement and well - intentioned subtext.

Think John Wick turned espionage thriller: replace its lo - carb Neo with a female version of James Bond who makes Daniel Craig look like David Niven.

Like his films, which range from courtroom dramas to war and espionage thrillers to unconventional romances and more, Hanks covers a wide spectrum in his debut collection of short stories in a host of styles, situations and settings.

Like his films, which range from courtroom dramas to war and espionage thrillers to unconventional romances and more, Hanks covers a wide spectrum in his debut collection of short stories in a host of... [Read more...]