Sentences with phrase «of action films»

If you're a fan of action films from the 80's, you'll be no stranger to any of the names on this list.

I've been meaning to watch this for years, had some of the big names of actions films from the 90's and 80's even.

Hey, it's a parody of action films so if you don't like it, you must not «get it».

This is your basic «straight to video» type of action film.

Being entertaining is the core requirement of any action film.

I get so sick and tired of action films that are shot so up close and fast that you can't see what's going on.

This is particularly true of action films, which (unlike culture - based comedies, for example) translate extremely well.

I personally am not a huge fan of action films, but this film does it so well and is so smart about it.

The strange thing about these types of action films and action stars is that they now seem somehow very out of date.

The presence of Seagal, star of action films like «Under Siege» and «Above the Law,» is a typical Putin flourish that carries little political significance.

Beltrami joins The Fantastic Four with a long list of action film credentials, from the recent Snowpiercer and World War Z to older comic book films such as Hellboy, Blade II and The Wolverine.

When a direct attack is launched on the White House — perhaps one of the most unlikely plots in the history of action films — and the entire Secret Service presence is wiped out, only one man can come to his president's and country's rescue.

This entry is more of an action film than others he's done, which makes it at least somewhat different, but at its heart, it's the same old Adam Sandler you've either come to love or loathe since Billy Madison.

He belongs to the hardboiled, get - the - job - done leading men of action films past, but even in this time of increasingly progressive heroes remains incredibly popular for his steely, charisma - not - necessary aloofness - so popular in fact that the franchise was resurrected after Jeremy Renner nadir The Bourne Legacy for a fifth film some 14 years after the original just to bring the real Bourne back.

As I watched the film, I was constantly reminded of another action film I saw recently: The Fugitive.

«Edge of Tomorrow», the Groundhog Day of action films, is making its return with a brand new title.

With that said, however, this year's pickings don't look as bad as usual, with a surprising amount of action films led by big - name stars, some of which have real sleeper hit potential.

At the time, not much was known about the movie's premise, with the Hollywood trades given the sole logline of an action film which «centers on three co-workers who — on a routine stop at an ATM — unexpectedly end up in a desperate fight for their lives.»

Surely you know him through the best of action films and his cool undercut is all we really look up to for some best hair fashion.

World War Z is part of what you could charitably call the impressionist school of action film.

Salkow was best known as a very capable if not necessarily stylish, maker of action films and westerns, although his wartime films included City Without Men, a prison melodrama that was an early starring vehicle for Linda Darnell.

After lambasting him for his disaster of an action film 12 Rounds, I now see that as a director he was hideously robbed of the fame CutThroat Island should have brought him when the box office of its time failed to recognize the greatness inherent in pirate epics.

It's certainly not much of an action film, with the film only containing one out - and - out action scene, which is a brief Vespa - chase / shootout, that actually feels tacked on to provide a little action for the trailers.

Yet another in the mini-genre of action films where the government has trained someone to be a killing machine, only to have him start killing innocents when he finally snaps.

In support of the action film's home release this Tuesday, July 7, Shockya has a new exclusive clip featuring the actor from the Blu - ray and DVD's special features.

«Haywire» will also confuse and stultify a generation of action film fans raised on Michael Bay and Brett Ratner «s glossy, shallow claptrap and confused into thinking that quick cutting is actual excitement and velocity.

I think what's really fun and exciting about it... different about it, actually, is that there's a nice love story at the center of an action film, and I don't think you see that often in these kinds of films.»

It was a golden age of action films, and there was no better person to head it up than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Theoretically the climax of an action film should tie together all of its emotional and plot conflict into one big moment of physical catharsis.

These kind of movies seem to have gotten even more redundant ever since Taken became a hit and revitalized this subgenre of action films, but thankfully there are also standouts like Blue Ruin and John Wick proving that these kind of movies can still kick - ass and feature quality filmmaking.

«Out of the Furnace» will likely be forgotten in a flood of award films, but it's worth checking out for something difference in the wake of action films and animated family movies.

Her recent run of action films, like «Mad Max» and «Fate of the Furious» are commendable.

Only those who are entertained from the feeblest of action films, such as the kind you generally find starring Dolph Lundgren or Brian Bosworth, would find BULLETPROOF MONK worth sitting though, but I doubt even they would shell out any bucks to see this, opting for it to become the staple for late night cable TV action marathons.

A vast array of action films ranging from Blade, The Matrix trilogy, and Speed Racer are only a few whose stunts the two men can take credit for.

The original Point Break (not the dead on arrival remake last year) was a cultural milestone of action films: Keanu Reeves playing Federal Agent Johnny Utah who was tasked with infiltrating a tight - knit unit of bank - robbing surfers that wore President masks when taking down a score.

What we got was a dull attempt of an action film, made worse because of the slow direction, O'Neal's clunky acting, an awful rubber suit and laughable attempts at comedy (and not in the intended way).

Zambrana «s career picked up with her role in «Precious», and has since been in a number of action films, alongside stars such as Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum and Emma Roberts.

After seeing concept art and a couple of still shots from Patrick Lussier «s Drive Angry, I started to wonder if the film might be the sort of action film that few filmmakers seem to get right these days — a dirty, slightly weird, possibly quite violent revenge story.

Director Kathryn Bigelow continues to break barriers for female directors in the genre of action films.

It's easy to balk at Chocolate's somewhat problematic treatment of neuro - developmental disorder as superpower, and its extreme tonal shifts from over-the-top action to tearful melodrama, but it's one of the best examples I've ever seen of an action film structured so that each fight is bigger and more elaborate than the last.

One needn't worry too much that this is a case of an action film exploiting World War II with little respect.

The demands of an action film aren't placed on the soundfield, but the track makes nice use of channel separation for an appropriately engulfing surround mix.

I can safely say that it's like the Blair Witch of action films.

I'll be skipping MI4, 3 was mediocre, none of the MI films were standouts despite having the god of all action films direct mi2.

Paul's an interesting choice for the lead; he's a character actor at the helm of an action film, and he manages to invest his one - note, brooding character with a few welcome moments of levity and excitement.

While war stories often do the same in the realm of action film - making, spy stories show another, more shadowy angle of the chaotic upkeep of the «war on terror».

The film has its share of fun moments, such as Tok's love of action films, placing hits in the style of Terminator 2, Point Break and The Professional.

Actress Mary - Louise Parker is such a notoriously bad driver the producers of action film franchise Red had to hire someone to operate the pedals in...