Sentences with phrase «more of an action thriller»

REC 4 won't win any points for being scary or terribly original, as this is more of an action thriller than horror, but it is mostly successful due to the fact that it drops the slapstick comedy of REC 3 and goes for a more serious tone, and the setting make this stand out in the zombie genre.

Not exact matches

Director Ron Howard brings his usual light touch to the proceedings and manages to hold the viewer's interest even through the narrative's oddly action - packed final third (ie once the truth about Hannah's character is revealed, the film becomes more of a thriller than a cute little romantic comedy and there's even a chase sequence as the army attempts to capture the mermaid / woman).

The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.

Undeserving of the critical savaging it suffered on its release, Killer Elite should satisfy action junkies and those looking for a more off - beat political thriller both.

[The clichés of the counterterrorism action - thriller genre] cohere into something with enough surface plausibility to be more entertaining than insulting.

Highlights include Welcome to Leith, a documentary following the actions of a white supremacist in a small town that plays like a thriller, and the more lighthearted but still dramatic Top Spin, which examines the cutthroat world of competitive ping pong.

Even if it isn't 10 % of the capacity to be an intelligent sci - fi thriller, it's an above - par action and special effects movie, so if you go into it expecting no more than that, it will deliver the goods in no short supply.

It's more of a political thriller than a straight - up action movie, but it still does a good job with an intriguing story and well - done action scenes.

Michael Mann's Collateral might be more of a thriller than an action movie, but it had some of the same regular - guy - in - impossible - situation thrills as Die Hard.

Though this neo-Western may sound like every other Statham vehicle on the surface, «Homefront» plays more like a gritty thriller than one of the actor's typical action movies.

Ben Barnes joins the cast of HBO's sci - fi action - thriller «Westworld,» alongside Ed Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden and more.

French director Pierre Morel more or less started the «aging action star» trend with Taken, and now he's giving Sean Penn the «Neeson» treatment with The Gunman, an international action thriller that unfortunately won't be Penn's springboard into genre superstardom because frankly, the movie's sort of a bummer.

Steven Spielberg's Cold War thriller is largely in the vein of his Lincoln — that is, more concerned with the intimacies and intricacies of negotiation than with high - octane action.

Even though it has some very gritty, brutal action scenes, it is more of a thriller (or drama) than anything.

Action specialist and co - writer / producer Luc Besson has fashioned another slick thriller - with a twist of sci - fi - to rank alongside this Transporter franchise; while a buff Pearce does his best in a role more suited to Jason Statham.

Rather expect something with more of an action / thriller survival take ala «Gravity»:

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL — Night Train is more of a psychological thriller than an action ripper, but it ends with an exciting set - piece shoot out on a mountain - range crossing cable - car.

With a script by Brad Ingelsby (Out of the Furnace), this thriller has more substance than most, although it's also been compromised by the inclusion of a lot of contrived action mayhem.

Meanwhile, the entertainingly preposterous action - thriller The Commuter — the latest film from A.V. Club favorites Liam Neeson and Jaume Collet - Serra — chugged into the No. 3 slot with $ 13.7 million, underperforming the earlier twisty Neeson and Collet - Serra collaborations Non-Stop and Unknown, both of which grossed more than $ 20 million in their opening weekends.

This is an enjoyable movie, but maybe Clarke should have leaned a little closer to the more traditional action blockbuster side of things if he wanted his interested, yet flawed thriller to convince.

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).

This week's releases include a movie surpassed by its soundtrack; an action thriller that makes the ride home more interesting; a true story of unintentional heroism; and an odd story of kindred spirits.

After the set footage which was released earlier this year, we've all been dying to see more of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in director Mikael Håfström's action - thriller «The Tomb».

Though it is a thriller at heart, and does have a high - speed driving subtext, the film feels more like a throwback to the music video stylized, R - rated crime dramas of the 1980s than the new Fast & the Furious over-the-top, CGI - infused modern action - thrillers.

Some of them are so over the top that for long stretches the plot resembles more a fairy tale from hi - tech - land than an action thriller.

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.

It's something of a change of pace for him, as he's known for more «realistic» crime dramas and action thrillers.

Regular consumers of grisly psychological thrillers will probably enjoy this more than most viewers, although the most savvy among them will probably find Harlin's film to be too heavy on action and emphasis on gore to sustain a good grip on tension.

It is slightly jarring as we are so used to the comedic timing of a witty ex-cop John McClane archetype, that here Washington plays a somewhat introverted, more pensive and less charismatic character which takes the film from an average action thriller to a suspenseful character - driven narrative.

Full of ugly personalities and dirty imagery, it's a return to the glory days of unpretentious action thrillers that did what they set out to do, and nothing more.

Instead of a standard thriller with the requisite number of action beats, [Cedric Jimenez] takes a more purely procedural approach, more interested in the accumulation of details surrounding the case and the people involved — in that regard, it is closer to David Fincher's masterpiece «Zodiac» than anything else.

For those who don't normally watch action thrillers, they will find Non-Stop to be a lot more enjoyable than those that see several of these types of films a year.

As a result, the movie plays more like a screwball comedy than a violent action thriller, though it contains many pieces of the latter and hardly any of the former.

Planes, running and Tom Cruise — three ingredients for a possible a box - office hit converge one more time in American Made, an action - comedy - thriller based on the life of Barry Seal, former pilot for TWA and drug smuggler for Pablo Escobar.

In an action - packed drama reminiscent of «80s techno - sci - fi thrillers, Jackie Chan stars as Lin, a police inspector in modern [Read More] Hong Kong.

While Tim Burton's original version of the film boasted a much darker, gothic look at the man behind the mask, his two films contained only a sliver of the darkness that Nolan manages to squeeze into «Begins,» which plays out much more like a film noir crime thriller than your average summer action movie.

The action thriller, which is as gripping as it is political, sees a group of illegal immigrants (led by Gael García Bernal's Moises) stranded... Read More

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However, by ditching the high - concept, flimsy mystery premises of their previous films and instead providing old - school action / thriller gravitas, Serra and Neeson manage to deliver their best film yet - one that should more than suitably appease fans of the genre, and / or Neeson's career as an action star.

Yes, there are guys, girls, guns and sex, all more or less promised by those two doublings, and if they're not the hallmarks of great action - thriller cinema, then they come pretty close.

Much more easily digestible is DIVERGENT — a straightforward sci - fi action thriller starring Shailene Woodley in post apocalyptic Chicago where the human race is divided into five categories to keep things running smoothly — but she, Divergent, fits none of them and so threatens the order, which Kate Winslet is determined to preserve.

An Americanised (louder) remake of the 2001 French action - thriller, this unfolds more or less in one long and chaotic evening at a glitzy casino.

Some fans will undoubtedly be disappointed at how different it is from the original, but that's exactly what makes it so great, because although «The Raid 2» may not provide the same adrenaline rush of its faster - paced, more contained predecessor, but it's a richer and more sophisticated action - thriller that ranks among the best crime films ever made.

After collaborating on a series of inspirational true story films in recent years like «Lone Survivor,» «Deepwater Horizon» and «Patriots Day,» filmmaker Peter Berg and actor Mark Wahlberg's fourth teaming on screen is switching tones to the kind of gritty action thriller both were more known for in their separate work.

More of a slow - burning crime thriller than the action - packed film the trailers suggested, «Sabotage» represents an interesting change of pace for Schwarzenegger.

This week's new Blu - ray releases include one of the most entertaining films of 2014 (directed by David Fincher no less), extended editions of the first three Twilight movies, the latest film from writer / director Jason Reitman, a genuinely good action thriller starring Liam Neeson, a futuristic Western, and more.

With the political thriller theme comes more realistic types of action.

Unfortunately those expecting a full - fledged action movie may be disappointed as the movie turns into more of a Sci Fi thinker movie rather that action or thriller.

Those who watched the film following its surprise Oscar win discovered a unique crime thriller more concerned with people's passions — be they watching sports, getting drunk, or tracking a murderer — than with gunplay or chase sequences (despite a one - take action scene that gives Children Of Men a run for its money).

Looks can often be deceiving, as RoboCop is, underneath the junk cinema exterior, one of the more intelligent and savvy thrillers of the science fiction genre, perhaps only bested by The Terminator in terms of blending intelligent, complex sci - fi with all - out supercharged action.