Sentences with phrase «much suspense»

We know the outcome, of course, because we still use alternating current today, so there isn't much suspense involved.

The suspense in the end isn't so much suspense as it is a convenient way to wrap up the film.

So much suspense, all the time, and while sometimes it's almost painful how much the story plays on that, it's completely worth it.

The procedural storyline doesn't provide much suspense, nor offer sufficient rationale for emotional investment.

If you know the outcomes of these contests, there's not much suspense here.

It's very much a suspense / psychological drama.

After creating much suspense, the trick comes simple.

Because the plot is unbelievable, there's not much suspense or drama, but at least the car crashes are spectacular.

Its climax, which finds Deborah escaping hospital restraints to wander off with a 10 - year - old leukemia patient doesn't generate much suspense or interest either.

The CIF itself also has contributed to a lack of much suspense for the Northern California bowl games in the Open Division and Division I since there are just four teams that will be eligible for the four slots.

As Watney copes with crisis after crisis, we admire his grit and ingenuity, though without feeling much suspense about the outcome.

In the thick of it, the way I told the guys apart was by noting the actor and not the role — and, because the title and poster and virtually everything about the promotion of the piece indicates that Wahlberg's character survives, there's really not much suspense in the outcome.

The second is psychobabble nonsense without much suspense.

The only contested election in Woodstock did not yield much suspense on November 7.

Then again, it could also be that there's just not much suspense surrounding the 2017 Academy Awards.

Despite Radcliffe's committed portrayal, the film becomes muddled in the second half, meandering into flashbacks and hallucinations that don't add much suspense.

Even though director Jean Pellerin milks as much suspense out of the script and characters as possible, anyone who remembers those cheesy ABC Movie of the Week disaster movies from the early seventies and «Daylight» with Sylvester Stallone will recognize every plot point.

Though the story is ridiculously simple, not a single second of its 91 - minute runtime is wasted, extracting so much suspense from the film's terrifying setup that the brief injections of comedy (courtesy of George Clooney's easygoing astronaut) are a welcome reprieve from the almost unrelenting intensity.

This week's Friday Night Double Feature on the Criterion Channel demonstrates how much suspense a superb director can wring from an intriguing premise without resorting to yelling «boo!»

Even the entity itself, taking the form of everyday human beings going for a casual stroll, moves like a classic, Romero zombie but whose presence - or potential in its presence - loaded with as much suspense as watching the ocean waters in Jaws.

There's the requisite mission introduction, reacclimating people to the Syndicate, mentioned in the last film, but it fails to generate much suspense.

Fresh off their second straight Big East Tournament Championship (and third in four years), there won't be much suspense about where the Villanova Wildcats end up on Selection Sunday.

Yet the sims don't provide much suspense — both we and Tris know they're fake — and the plot is problematic.

Such as there being hardly any dialouge and how there was so much suspense to what was going to happen and it ended up just being boring.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is written at a level so low, even 8 - year - olds will find it lacking, and because another sequel is already in pre-production, there's not much suspense as to how this one is going to end.

Naturally, this is well - mined history, and as such there's not much suspense or surprise to be had.

Each is also a peak example of how much suspense a superb director can wring from an intriguing premise without resorting to yelling «boo!»

How much suspense can you wring out of one person manning the phones in a 911 - emergency station?

Even though the film is called «The Gambler», there are very few scenes of actual gambling, and therefore not much suspense.

As it closes in on an unavoidably bleak ending, Cargo fails to generate much suspense, choosing mood and ambiance over bullet - ridden shootouts and violent beheadings.

This time around, I was very much intrigued before the Games, but rarely in much suspense.

Grounded in well - rounded central characters, this compelling novel holds as much suspense as fuel for discussion.

Favorite book or author growing up: Mary Downing Hahn's ghost stories, Wait Till Helen Comes, so much suspense and mystery.