Sentences with phrase «more of an action flick»

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Their involvement, alongside Banks», would also signal that this intends to be a far more interesting movie than just another rehash of the cheesecake action flicks of the early» 00s.

Without Angelina Jolie, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life would probably be little more than an average action / adventure flick.

I didn't expect much from it because this kind of film doesn't really lend itself to spectacular audio mixes; those seem more the domain of action flicks.

This gruesome French horror flick (2016) functions more as a mystery than as an action film, with an endless drip drip drip of revelation that gradually exposes a terrifying world behind the everyday.

However, for all lovers of Bruce Lee, kung fu flicks, and revivalists of Seventies cool, it's a quintessential film, indispensable in its genre and firmly implanted forever in film history as the one that set the mold, even if future endeavors would top it in terms of breathtaking action, daring stunts, and more substantial stories.

i only wish those thousands went to work on movies of more substance than fighting robots... and you don't have to apologize to me, i can in fact compare «Real Steel» to «The Fast and the Frivolous» films because in essence they are one - in - the - same, simply just the flavor of the week kind of flicks that have no real pull behind them other than big name actors, CGI and a promise of action.

Olympus Has Fallen comes from a long line of dumb action flicks that are more concerned about high body counts and how many rounds of ammunition can be pumped into nameless causalities at high speeds than little things like plot, logic, and character.

For every movie featuring an Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Alice or Katniss Everdeen, Asian film industries managed to produce several dozen more entertaining, hard - hitting action flicks featuring strong female characters portrayed by butt - kicking heroines, many of them real - life martial arts champions or physically gifted dancers or performers.

While Brancato, Ferris and McG can't capture the essence of what made its predecessors riveting entertainment, they have turned in a solid action / sci - fi piece that works better as a genre flick than it does in comparison to the more populist works that were the Cameron entries.

At 93 minutes, the story doesn't stay longer than warranted, but still, the rest of the film clicks well enough that a bit more fleshing out would have turned a good action flick into a must - see for genre fans and even some non-fans alike.

Though this all - killer - all - filler action flick from Russian director Timur Bekmambetov (Day Watch) is based on a comic book and replicates the next - level momentum of a video game, it's more like the cinematic equivalent of an energy drink.

A foul - mouthed send - up of testosterone - infused, small - budgeted»80s action flicks, MacGruber is more of a functional than revelatory success — its script doesn't really substantially or satisfyingly delve into a number of amusing character defects it sets up for its self - involved hero.

More, Near Dark is an elegy for the pubescent years as they're consumed by the death of a dream of empowerment and escape — this bloody, kinetic vampire action flick rejects the romance of juvenile immortality for the rewards of ephemeral maturity.

His mission, as with so many action flicks, is to find the daughter of a missing scientist (Ciaran Hinds) who holds the key to creating more agents like himself.

But Deadpool clearly points in the direction of action flicks with a more adult bent, with some Family Guy - like humor added in; it's not Captain America, but it's nothing too outlandish.

For me, it's the former rather than the latter... but, then, I'm just slightly older than the generation who swore by those toys that were more than met the eye; not that I'm not curious to see how the animated series translates to live - action, but, frankly, I'm much more psyched to find out if the writers of «The Simpsons Movie» can pull a rabbit out of their hat and come up with a flick that's better than, say, the last three or four seasons of the show.

Walker won't land an Oscar nomination like James Franco and Tom Hanks did, but perhaps this will show a softer more nurturing side to the actor who has a career of forgettable action flicks.

Mr. Statham has starred in high - adrenaline action flicks that are more than worthy of viewing on their own terms.

More bystanders are slaughtered in this flick than practically any other action movie ever made (I'm serious), and it's slightly entertaining watching them all but throw themselves in the path of the bullets.

Along the way we have a few plot twists, an appearance by the villain Scarecrow, loads of loud action and more thoughtful introspection on the nature of justice and vigilantism than those offered by, let's say, The Punisher or Dirty Harry or most revenge action flicks.

As an action flick, it isn't awful, but it is rather routine most of the time, and some of the special effects, make - up and design work look more at home in a semi-comic romp than in the dramatic setting that this film carries forth.

I was hoping for more of a suspenseful thriller (a la Alien and Aliens), but I got a poorly paced action flick (a la Alien Resurrection).

An appealing blend of style and substance, this action flick shows Edgar Wright is capable of more than just British spoofs and is one of the most talented filmmakers working today.

And more than ever, horror films represent a safe bet compared to expensive action flicks, so many of which flopped this summer in what has become a feast - or - famine business.

Hotel Transylvania Rated PG for some rude humor, action and scary images Available on DVD, Blu - ray and Blu - ray 3D Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg team up again (I know most of you are trying to forget about That's My Boy) for this animated flick that asks the question «what if the monsters from our nightmares were really more afraid of us and spent their time vacationing in Dracula's giant hotel castle in Transylvania?»

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This makes it all the more embarrassing that such a great work of fiction is swooped upon and torn to pieces by the producers of «Underworld», who were looking for another Gothic action flick to make them some money.

The luminous performance of Aiysha Hart and Khan's slick style make the film more than just an action flick with a message.

A postmodern Cold War thriller that pits the Russians against England's MI6, Our Kind of Traitor is like a B - roll James Bond flick stripped of most of its action set - pieces, yet imbued with a plot and characters more sophisticated than the average 007 fare.

That philosophy came in handy once more when he decided to revive a long - dormant movie genre — the screwball romantic comedy — back when action flicks like «Lethal Weapon» and «Die Hard» were the rage, with 1990's «Pretty Woman,» an unlikely Disney fairy tale about a beautiful streetwalker who falls for her rich prince of a business - exec client that turned Julia Robert into a superstar.

The most interesting notion that the new «Tomb Raider» reboot has to offer apparently comes from the 2013 reimagining of the original»90s video game: It gives us a Lara Croft who's capable but not superhuman, making her more like Bruce Willis» legendary John McClane (in the first few «Die Hard» movies, anyway) than the usual impenetrable war machines who so often anchor action flicks and video games.

Law, once upon a time, was the king of the chick flick (well, he was when I was a teenager and swooned a lot), but has more recently been seen in more action and adventure films such as the Sherlock Holmes trifecta and the upcoming King Arthur.

At the height of his starring power, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays an American James Bond (nonetheless with a thick Austrian accent) in one of James Cameron «s more toned down action flicks.

It deserves so much more then a movie studio lazily slapping a John McClane seal of approval sticker to a Bruce Willis action flick.

We were professionals, civilized,» grumbles a Russian mobster toward the end of John Wick, an underworld fantasy that grafts crisp action on to Rian Johnson-esque world - building, producing one of the more fully realized shoot -»em - up flicks in recent memory.

Best Original Screenplay — 1985 What Won: Witness What Should've Won: Back To The Future or Brazil Witness was a decent action flick about Amish folks versus an evil Danny Glover, but was it really more original than cinema's first Oedipal time - travel comedy or the insane celluloid love child of Terry Gilliam and a typewriter?

This means that most of the film is more set - up than payoff (with the characters developed far greater than usual for an action flick), and as a result, the middle of the film suffers.

There are some action adjacent flicks on the list below, but add to that the best Fast and Furious film in 11 years with The Fate of the Furious, the criminally underrated John Wick 2, the rightfully beloved Wonder Woman, the kickass spy beats of Atomic Blonde, the daft so bad it's good silliness of Geostorm along with the more cerebral crime action found in the Safdie Brothers» Good Time.

Early in the game the puzzles involve actions such as flicking a switch or pulling an object, but the more you progress the more complex they become and change the environment around you - for instance, the turn of a cog will turn your whole world upside down and timing is very much of the essence!

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