Sentences with phrase «macho action»

Often imitated — even by its own sequels — and never quite matched, Die Hard is not only an excellent macho action film, but it's also a movie with a heart.

Free Fire is proof that the macho action hero was never necessary all you need is a truck full of guns, a great cast, and a smart script.

He has the boy next door look, not the macho action star.

A touch of misogyny is expected in a macho action picture such as this, but when the three prominent female characters — who, I might add, are just about the only females in the film — are two prostitutes (one being the dominatrix, the other being Maria Bello's gold - hearted hooker / Porter love interest) and a heroin addict, one could easily see that the fairer sex gets a far from fair treatment.

But whenever the laughs come, they come big, and the movie never bores, thanks to three stellar performances: Streep, mostly known for her dramatic work, proves to be an adept comedienne; Willis, famous for macho action roles, makes a surprisingly convincing geek; and Hawn continues to prove whe's one of the finest comic actresses in film today.

You could gargle bitumen and bin - juice for half an hour, and it couldn't leave a nastier taste in your mouth than this macho action thriller about a secret fraternity of assassins.

Yup, that's right: Soldier never goes beyond the macho action man killing off all the baddies one by one and then finally facing off against one single opponent in a drawn - out hand - to - hand fight scene.

The original sci - fi, horror, macho action bonanza PREDATOR is one of my top films of all time, its gory as f*ck sequel PREDATOR 2 has grown on me with age (maybe because today's movies are more often than none sub par and castrated hence it glows in comparison).

The dude went from Oscar winner, to lead in an Argento dud (Giallo) and now to bonafide macho action man.

The US President wanted to seem more like a macho action hero who kills bad guys.

Good luck finding a quote from Barack Obama where he says «I want to be seen like a macho action hero».

Not exact matches

But it's a well - made action movie with heart, and one that breaks the mold of the macho - man savior of humanity and the subservient love interest he hooks up with besides.

The same year he completely bucked his macho, action - figure persona with his portrayal of a flamboyant drag queen in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!

A dramatic reversal of Paul Newman's customary wisecracking macho image is promised early in the film when, after the fire breaks out, we behold a shaken weakling incapable of action.

For Fast & Furious 6, director Justin Lin puts the same elements that made Fast Five successful (fast cars, macho posturing, thrilling fight scenes, larger - than - life action, and his main characters» «code of honor») in the juicer and mixes it all up.

Sure, it helps, but most action movies can be traced back to a copy of an old film and cheesy, macho lines can seem fitting in an action, even if they truly are terrible.

Justin Lin could be a good candidate, or maybe Antoine Fuqua; if they would want to go in a more Rambo 4ish way, with a less macho / humor feel and a more serious shit action film.

«Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time» (2010) The actor stars as Dastan in this adventure action fantasy film based on the video game, as Gyllenhaal proves he is capable of taking on a macho persona in an action flick

Willis gives a nice low - key performance here, exuding little of the charismatic quips or macho bravado we're used to seeing from him in action vehicles.

Working from a macho - sentimental screenplay by Sons Of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, several joyless action movies that are not Training Day) only seems invested when Billy has his gloves on.

But in the realm of multiplex movies, dominated as they are now by franchises, sequels and lowest common denominator action flicks (aka «macho treats»), the Pitch Perfect films are special.

Certainly, local TV news broadcasters are ripe for the satirical plucking, and setting the action around the macho insecurities of the late»70s is a smart touch.

Rather, Suicide Squad is a loud, expensive mess of a picture, in which David Ayer seems more concerned with the oily, macho stylistics which complement a great deal of explosive action, rather than delivering a truly cogent, interesting and exciting plot.

Unashamedly jumping from brutal kills and macho shots, this movie enjoys how shallow it is, and, despite having all of the flaws explained above, still manages to produce a decent movie that is on any action junkie's bucket list.

(«Now I know why the moon is lonely,» says our macho man of action Wolvie (Jackman) at one point — and the audience howls.)

His few minutes on screen are hysterical as he plays into his macho - action star persona.

Aside from that, there's a couple of moments of attempted macho - ness that are adorably camp, the big pre-volcano final battle in the arena gets close to the levels of enjoyably over-the-top action Anderson has become known for and the film ends on a note of such astoundingly high melodrama that you can't help leaving the film having a little chuckle.

John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. harks back to its 1981 prequel, Escape From New York, updated by the commercial gospel according to Schwarzenegger: assuming that pithy, bubblegum one - liners are what audiences expect to hear from macho desperado Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), this film furnishes one or two per action sequence, honoring the contract even though Russell often makes the lines sound flat and obligatory.

For some reason, Arnold Schwarzenegger was of the opinion that, at this point in his phenomenal career as an action star, he needed to deflate his macho image by constantly making fun of it.

There is the tough, macho chap with slightly Estuary vowels, who reads a lot of action thrillers.

Expect 16 - player online dogmatches, a script penned by Jack Epps Jr. (who wrote the original film) and a whole mess of suspiciously macho adrenaline - fueled flight action.

On the one hand, it's squaring up to sock us with uber - macho, brutal, insane, shamelessly vulgar action.

An alternative scenario is that politicians, incapable of effective action on the economic front, go all macho in Copenhagen, and try and outbid each other in supporting extremist «environmental» programmes.