Sentences with phrase «n't much suspense»

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

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

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.

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

Not exact matches

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

But its undeniably quite fun to watch Liotta freak out, sure everybody pretty much gets killed off straight away and the suspense direction doesn't really work (cos its not scary at all), but its still quite good nonsense.

The cues are clunky and don't add much insight into the mind of our hero, and the sense of suspense the original was known for (typically involving an explosive of some sort) is all but missing here, mostly due to the fact that the show insists on maintaining a zippy pace at all times.

But we already know what the monsters look like and how they behave, a mystery that provided much of the original movie's suspense, and although a valiant effort has been made to script a new and unique group of ragtag characters, and good casting choices fill those roles, Predators doesn't feel like a sequel.

On an almost admirably perverse level, «Lucy» isn't really much of a thriller — it's virtually an anti-thriller, devoid of suspense or any real sense of danger due to the fact that its heroine is more or less invincible.

After seeing this, I'm beginning to believe Waller is a one - trick - pony who knows how to deliver suspense but not much else.

This wouldn't be a problem if the audience weren't three steps ahead of the characters for the first hour of the film, but they are and that brings much of the suspense to a grinding halt.

Ticking clock aside, however, Calvary hasn't much interest in suspense, and its hero doesn't seek the protection or assistance of his neighbors.

The movie needs those heavenly beats to get its pulse racing, because there's not much else under the bonnet: it lacks suspense, stakes, narrative urgency.

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.

For a story with as much built - in suspense — which it occasionally executes, but not as often as it should — «The Fifth Estate» is not nearly as engaging as it should be, and that is because of the lack of character development.

Deadpool has an accelerated healing capacity, so he can't die, no matter how much we might want him to, and so he can't be in peril, which eliminates all suspense.

Annihilation isn't always as consistently well - executed or involving as it might have been, and it's told in a manner that robs the story of some much needed life - or - death suspense, but overall it's a bold undertaking that doesn't play it safe and features some strong performances.

Here, nothing works, as Bertino tries to build suspense by drawing out a weak plot only to revel there isn't much to sink your teeth into.

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

Not so much because of its mystery - suspense plot, reportedly faithful to the Robert Harris novel (Harris and Polanski share screenplay credit).

An ordinary carnival wouldn't make much good for a suspense tale, so it's not so surprising that there is more going on beyond the seemingly routine fairground atmosphere.

But it's not particularly well - developed, for I never detected much of a sincere connection between Nyah and her former love Ambrose, robbing this element of the story of any tension or suspense.

(Mom's an issue, too, though what's happened to her and what her relationship is with her sons is a matter of some suspense, so I won't say much more than that.)

But this high school sports drama isn't so much about the suspense of the outcome as it is about its big heart and its inspirational message.

With so much to get to, let's not waste any more time building suspense.

Director Jodie Foster, using Alan DiFiore, Jamie Linden and Jim Louf's darkly humorous and always suspense - inducing script, ensures that the audience will not be allowed to take a breath, though Julia Roberts as the newscaster's director doesn't have all that much to do other than sitting by the cameras.

Refn treats these characters not as people but as pop objects, and what he builds around them isn't a suspense film so much as an anything - goes dream play.

In response, Assayas creates suspense, not simply by having Maureen plagued by texts from an unknown source, but by blinding her to the possibility that the sender is very much alive and dangerous because she wants to believe that the messages come from beyond the grave.

Although very little, if any, tension and suspense is built, all the waiting and watching makes one anticipate some type of a payoff, but there isn't one; there isn't really an ending, per se, so much as a stoppage.

If that doesn't sound like your cup of tea, I would probably recommend staying away from it, as it can be a slow and gloomy film, without much in momentum or genuine suspense.

Unfortunately, the movie doesn't offer much beyond that and 90 minutes of shootings and fights with almost zero tension or suspense limits the entertainment value.

There is some suspense as Shooter harasses Mort, but we often don't know enough about what's going on to truly feel much tension.

We are in no suspense about Rothstein's answer, of course: the poor, because they are poor, should not be expected to learn as much.

THERE»S NO PLACE LIKE HOME A bigger switch comes from New York Times best - selling author Connie Brockway, who offers her first contemporary with Hot Dish, a novel that turns out to be that rarest of breeds, a contemporary romance that isn't chick lit or divorce lit or even (much) of a romantic suspense, but a hot main dish for the savvy reader who knows pure romance can be a hearty meal in itself.

One of my personal favorites is Patricia Highsmith's Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction, which is not so much a how - to as it is a primer on how she approached her work.

He's not marketing to the Christian fantasy fans, but to the much larger group: the suspense / mystery fans, especially Christian ones who watch movies.

Romantic Suspense with some sex but not much and definitely not erotica.

Over-flowing with so much breathtaking action, adventurous locations, and riveting suspense, you won't be able to put it down.

And I hope comatose sister wakes up soon... I suppose I shouldn't complain much about suspense in that kind of story after I finish reading 20th Century Boys (Vol.20).

Therefore I will not share too much of what happens or what you encounter as I feel that would take away a lot of the suspense of the game.