Terms like cybersecurity and quantum encryption used to be the plot
lines of action thrillers and Bond movies, but with the advent of crypto - currencies and IoT, the awareness of cybersecurity has moved from the silver screen to the mainstream.
The Movie: The idea of George Clooney playing a (mostly) silent assassin holed up in the Italian countryside with gorgeous European women sounds like recipe for a solid dramatic experience, so why Focus Features is marketing «The American» as some
sort of action thriller when in fact it's an arty European film, will throw some moviegoers off and just outright anger others.
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.
But it also evolves the genre — combining observational comedy about New York twentysomething narcissists with
tenets of action thrillers — to a point that also forces you to open your eyes.
To celebrate the forthcoming
release of action thriller NON-STOP (released February 28th) starring Liam Neeson, Oscar nominated Lupita Nyong «o, Michelle Dockery, Julianne Moore and...
After our own Alex Billington and Jeremy Kirk both loved John Wick so much that we have not just one, but two glowing reviews of the film starring Keanu Reeves, we have another
tease of the action thriller coming next month.
This time it's the turn of Precious Cargo, a crime thriller starring Bruce Willis, Mark - Paul Gosselaar and Claire Forlani and directed by Max Adams,
co-writer of action thriller Heist.
Deadline is reporting that Entourage star Adrien Grenier has found his next project in the
form of action thriller Marauders, alongside action legend Bruce Willis.
Affleck plays up the jokiness of the script, and while that famously light approach has worked elsewhere, it isn't quite what's needed in this
type of action thriller.
Acting-wise, Bell is
part of action thriller The Coup with Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan and stars opposite Simon Pegg in offbeat romantic comedy drama Man Up, due next year.
Idris Elba shows ass kicking skills in «Bastille Day», a Luc Besson
kind of action thriller that starts out well enough but runs out of steam way too early.