Sentences with phrase «most suspense films»

In most horror films, and indeed in most suspense films of the Alfred Hitchcock tradition, the characters are at the mercy of the plot.

Not exact matches

One of Hollywood's sexiest and most magnetic leading men, Denzel Washington's poise and radiantly sane intelligence permeate whatever film he is in, be it a socially conscious drama, biopic, or suspense thriller.

Though infused with impressive bursts of style, Johannes Roberts» 47 Meters Down is, for the most part, a disappointingly generic offering that contains few elements designed to capture and sustain one's interest - with the film's less - than - captivating opening stretch, which establishes the somewhat one - dimensional protagonists, unable to cultivate the atmosphere of abject suspense that director Johannes Roberts is clearly striving for.

Director Colin Higgins plays foul with the audience, constructing some of the most dishonest suspense sequences ever filmed, and ends with a thriller that is obnoxious and manipulative in the extreme.

That's not to knock these films on quality or suggest that anything with name actors is merely mindless escapism: Fox Searchlight's thriller The East efficiently mines suspense out of Brit Marling infiltrating Alexander Skarsgaard and Ellen Page's eco-terrorist group (at least until it goes south in its last third) and the Paul Rudd - Emile Hirsch two - hander Prince Avalanche makes the most of its pastoral settings and gently bro - centric chattiness, to name just two.

As kidnap films go, All the Money in the World has some suspense to it, most of the audience won't know or remember the outcome.

However, as solid as it is in most areas, I can only give the film a modest recommendation because, as a whole, it is curiously uninteresting, and what should have built up to edge - of - your - seat suspense, lays dormant for the duration.

Part of what makes German director Christian Petzold's pulp psychological thriller so special is the way it wrings complex shades of suspense and disquiet out of very basic techniques, and its finale — the most sublime gasp moment of the year in film — is a master class in simplicity of form, cut almost entirely from just two angles and carried by stars Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld, whose performances have been building to this one exchange of subtleties.

John M. Stahl's stylish adaptation of Ben Ames Williams» best - selling novel of romance and suspense is one of the most unusual of all» 40's film noirs.

Robert Redford leads an all - star cast in one of the most satisfying suspense films!

It is in fact a prequel set just before the events with kurt russell, now having seen the 1982 version about 10x i kinda know whats gona happen for the most part in this film, now that does nt mean there wasnt alot to enjoy, seeing cool new versions of the thing (which are very well done), and still being in suspense on who is infected and who isn't.

Most of the suspense and science of the first film was replaced with action - but it was still a good solid film in its own right.

Affleck has never exactly been the most dynamic actor in my opinion, but in the other films he's both directed and starred in — The Town and the Oscar - winning Argo — he knew how to pace the action, build suspense and make you care about what happened.

Not only does Neeson put in an outstanding performance, but the supporting cast was phenomenal, and the suspense rivaled most horror films.

The inciting incident of the film, an audacious robbery of a mobbed - up poker game, was among the year's most unnerving suspense setpieces.

And the adventurous English critic Raymond Durgnat devotes most of the final chapter of his first book, the 1967 Films and Feelings, to the film, finding its story a reflection of American attitudes during the cold war and appreciating, with some critical reservations, its «moral suspense» as well as its poetic imagery.

The suspense surrounding Snape is built nicely throughout the film, although his most shocking moment is perhaps a touch hasty.

Kwedar's script asks important questions, while at the same time delivering a thrilling suspense film that is easily among the best and most effecting work debuting at the 2016 SXSW film festival.

That last score is one of Beltrami's most innovative and impressive works, a jagged combination of traditional orchestral cues and unnerving soundscape that proved crucial to conveying both the film's drama and its intense sequences of high - stakes suspense.

The creeping paranoia and the excellent setups that make you suspect various players, until the true story starts to unfold, creates an unsettling feeling of dread absent from American horror cinema which shifted quite a bit to gore and body horror for a good couple of decades until, probably, THE SIXTH SENSE... but even thereafter, what most filmmakers took from Shyamalan's film was not the buildup of dread, but rather the mystery box and the twist, diminishing the emphasis on narrative and suspense.

The creeping paranoia and the excellent setups that make you suspect various players until the true story starts to unfold creates an unsettling feeling of dread, absent from American horror cinema which shifted quite a bit to gore and body horror for a good couple of decades until, probably, THE SIXTH SENSE... but even thereafter, what most filmmakers took from Shyamalan's film was not the buildup of dread, but rather the mystery box and the twist, weakening the emphasis on narrative and suspense.

So - called Master of Suspense (yeah, right) Dean R. Koontz adapted this piece of trash from his lackluster novel and makes one of the most gruesome and dull films to come out in some time.

Based on true events in the resistance against the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the film is so effective at its generic thrills, the suspense and action sequences and quiet moments of melancholy patriotism and laments for lost comrades that form the core of the resistance / war film, everything from For Whom the Bell Tolls to Army of Shadows, that one almost doesn't notice that she's radically revised one of the most masculine of genres into a story about the unbreakability of women.

It offers a few chuckles, but it also robs the film of most of its suspense.

The most clumsy thing, and the most perplexing, is that Allen undercuts all suspense by having the film narrated by a character who is in danger.

There is still great suspense built through the film though and its most effective, not when it's violent, but when it forges a sense of unseen, foreboding danger preparing to intrude on the characters.

Odd Man Out does not closely follow the film noir playbook, rarely even attempting to generate suspense or tension despite a tagline calling it «The Most Exciting Motion Picture Ever Made!»

Reviewers have praised its stellar performances and tight direction, praise that is deserved, but I'd like to highlight what I think makes director Dan Trachtenberg's film unique: A combination of suspense so elemental that most of the movie could easily be performed onstage with the kind of absurd humor you might expect to see on FX or Comedy Central.

Case in point is the Alaskan Malamute that set off the action in Carpenter's version, acting as the crux for most of that film's early suspense.

By most definitions, Jaws is more a suspense thriller than a horror film, but it gave us one of the most heart - stopping, breath - holding, unnerving musical ideas in the history of cinema.

One film that has poked through this listless drought is Match Point, a flick that saw Allen test the waters of the thriller genre, and most importantly, play homage to the godfather of suspense himself.

It's an ingenious way to subvert the rules of the home - invasion thriller, and a significant pivot for director Fede Alvarez, whose Evil Dead remake relied more on gallons of gore (literally — that film has the record for most fake blood ever brought onto a set) than expert suspense.

Professional horror writers explore how great drama lies at the core of the most frightening films, and discuss the style and techniques used to invoke fear, suspense and thrills that linger long after the credits roll.