Simon West, seasoned director
of modern action movie CON AIR, THE EXPENDABLES 2 and THE GENERAL»S DAUGHTER, will switch genres for a new remake...
Bottom Line: I'm not a fan of the Michael Bay school of film, and all the souped - up explosions, shaky - cam effects, and jump cuts
in modern action movies only leave me feeling fatigued, so I was looking forward to watching The American; we need more Hollywood releases that trust us with a quiet moment here and there, and know how to show us something without telling us what we're supposed to see.
is an 8 - bit recreation of the movie's climax that perhaps without meaning to shows how
much modern action movies are like video games.
Otherwise, The A-Team is, to its detriment, a
very modern action movie, defined by its disinterest in character, general tastelessness, and incoherent, whiplash - inducing photography and editing.
This is most prominent in the final few pages which are home to an action sequence that winds up being the comic version of an
annoying modern action movie that reckons doing a jump cut every 0.2 milliseconds is a good thing.
I think we'll want to make it feel like
a modern action movie and to make what's going on feel like it's going on for real.»
One of the hallmarks of the Die Hard franchise is its villains, primarily due in part to Alan Rickman's performance in the original film, which basically defined the concept of
a modern action movie villain.
Alfred Hitchcock's intense chase film is the beginning of
the modern action movie, a precursor to the James Bond series and a high - point of Hollywood craft.
This is
a modern action movie set in the mid 1900's, and with the largest costume design attribute being the wearing of hats.
The sheer size of the spectacle Hitchcock served up in VistaVision is still apparent in today's elephantine offerings; to watch these characters scramble across the impassive face of Mount Rushmore during the climax is to witness
the modern action movie being born.