Sentences with phrase «of buddy action»

A gritty, cynical, hilarious, and mostly satisfying bit of L.A. noir, Shane Black's The Nice Guys sees the bad boy writer - director make a slick return to his signature brand of buddy action comedy.

There is as much bad as there is good in The Hitman's Bodyguard, the latest in the recent slew of buddy action - comedies that have been barreling down the pike.

Not exact matches

So a player of an action game such as Call of Duty would be able to download an app to his (and, let's face it, we're usually talking about guys here) smartphone or work computer and crow about his scores or schedule a game with buddies through Facebook - like status updates even when he's away from his console or home PC.

I agree with you buddy,, i am on the side of Gabriele... he should be given another chance not to be imprisoned that long because though the action is mistakenly wrong but I believe it will yield good result..

Members also have the option of receiving emailed Action Alerts and Information Updates, and of connecting with other members in our Butter Buddies social network.

Fortunately, one of his work buddies started a weight loss competition and that inspired Joshua to take action.

Until SexSearch came around, there weren't a lot of websites out there that could help find a fuck buddy fast, but now Sex Search gets you right into the action as soon as you sign up.

Sin - Dee and Alexandra's last, quiet scene together, in a laundromat not far from the same Donut Time franchise where they began their action - packed Christmas Eve, succeeds at once as a new kind of female buddy comedy and as a rueful reflection on the meaning of coming home — by whatever definition you choose to understand that word — for the holidays.

Without any formal martial arts training, or any real funding for his «blockbuster» action movie script, Dax enlists the help of his buddies including producer Nate Tuck and actor Tom Arnold.

When the dreaded Beastur gets hold of Monsters Magic Cuffs, Monster, Max and Chuckie swing into action to retrieve the cuffs before Monster is exposed and Max loses his best buddy forever.

Opening this weekend, buddy - cop action - comedy The Other Guys stars a pair of actors caught in a mid-career slump.

The Rock and Kevin Hart are joining forces with «Central Intelligence», a buddy action / comedy from the director of «We're the Milers».

The pursuit of laughs, friendship and criminals in action crime buddy cop films has always been a thriving success with male characters, from ’21 Jump Street» to «Die Hard» to «End of Watch.»

Director Adam McKay made his disgust with the industry responsible for the 2008 financial crisis crystal clear in The Other Guys, a buddy action comedy that ended with a number of charts and figures bemoaning bankers» reckless, largely unregulated, entirely self - serving practices,

Related Reviews: New to DVD: Santa Buddies • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian • Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie Recent Disney Films: Up • Bedtime Stories • Race to Witch Mountain • Hannah Montana: The Movie • Space Buddies Talking Animals: Alvin and the Chipmunks (Special Edition) • Bolt • Beverly Hills Chihuahua • Valiant • Underdog Spies & Action: Spymate • Get Smart • The Incredibles • Inspector Gadget • Transformers Written by the Wibberleys: The Shaggy Dog (2006) National Treasure (Collector's Edition) • National Treasure: Book of Secrets The Cast of G - Force: Bill Nighy: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Will Arnett: Ratatouille • Blades of Glory Sam Rockwell: Galaxy Quest (Deluxe Edition) Tracy Morgan: 30 Rock: Season 3 Jon Favreau: Four Christmases Nicolas Cage: Knowing • Ghost Rider Steve Buscemi: Igor • Monsters, Inc. • Home on the Range Jerry Bruckheimer Films: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest • Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Confessions of a Shopaholic • Remember the Titans (Director's Cut) • Glory Road • Deja Vu Unrated Extended Editions: Enemy of the State • King Arthur • Con Air • Crimson Tide

But it makes for a decent night or two of dumb, mindless action with a friendly robot buddy.

Directed by Roland Emmerich (the guy who blew up the White House once before in Independence Day), it has that old - school buddy action vibe, but it falls just short of really working.

The film is a buddy action comedy in the vein of «The In - Laws» and «Midnight Run,» with a splash of 1930s movie slapstick.

Continuing with the formula they've established of taking typically male - dominated genres (raunch comedy, buddy action movie) and inserting a dominance of women into the primary characters, this one sees McCarthy take on the role of Susan Cooper, a well - trained CIA agent who has spent her time in the agency as the desk - bound partner in the earpiece of well - groomed field agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law).

In their previous screenplays, Wright and Pegg have very shrewdly thrown genre conventions on their collective ear; they clearly love horror movies and action flicks and buddy comedies, and they understand the structure of those films with such clarity that they can rewrite the rules, scramble up our expectations and wind up with a creation that's both an homage to and a subversion of past classics.

«It will be a busy weekend at the multiplex, as moviegoers will also flock to «Central Intelligence,» a buddy action comedy that will appeal to fans of Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.»

The original, airing for a half dozen seasons starting in 1977, was a buddy action drama basically revolving around the heroic exploits of a couple of mismatched motorcycle cops, with Ponch often going rogue, much to the chagrin of his relatively - straitlaced partner.

The intersection of action and strategy are perfect against a buddy, and the tide of battle can change constantly.

The buddy action comedy isn't always tried and true, and we've already seen a plethora of them this year including Hart's Ride Along 2, Keanu, and The Nice Guys.

At once a funny action - adventure (with typical visuals expected of a Strange comic) and a compelling character piece, The Oath is an exciting follow - up for new fans who have just gotten to know Strange and his motivations, as well as his buddy Wong.

Ernest Tidyman's script tweaks buddy - cop stereotypes by compelling the audience to identify with a bigoted and obsessive loose cannon whose actions grow increasingly questionable, and subverts the tidy moral resolution demanded by genre convention, reflecting a darker, more ambivalent worldview, simultaneously hearkening back to the post-WWII high tide of film noir and resonant with Vietnam - era anxieties and tensions.

Rush Hour 3 (New Line, August 10) Starring: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Youki Kudoh, Max Von Sydow, Noemie Lenoir, Vinnie Jones, Yvan Attel, Roselyn Sanchez, Roman Polanski Director: Brett Ratner Rating: NR The Pitch: Chan and Tucker re-team for the third installment in Ratner's hugely successful (at least as of 1998) buddy - cop series, this time taking the action to Paris.

The brisk comedy of the Hollywood section, helped along by John Goodman and Alan Arkin as the buddy - team responsible for making the ruse seem legit, evaporates once the action shifts to Iran and Affleck starts to ratchet up the suspense.

The movie: Channeling the best elements of every buddy cop movie and crafting something wholly unique, Shane Black's action comedy noir is simply one of the funniest flicks of recent years.

Hot Fuzz is a great example of homage and meta - commentary capped by a masterclass in shooting action; it's buddy cop flick that's all about buddy cop flicks.

Here's yet another buddy comedy / action flick where two cops with some sort of barrier join forces and save the day.

Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson, stars of the New Line buddy action comedy «Central Intelligence,» are among a precious few in Hollywood who have emerged as box office draws in the past five years.

The top box office draw for fans of ridiculous action this week is undoubtedly 2 Guns — a buddy action movie starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.

The cast and crew of «2 Guns,» including stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, discuss the humor prevalent throughout the action movie's script and taking a different approach to the traditional buddy cop trope.

If you've seen This Is the End on VOD or DVD and felt like you didn't get enough Seth Rogen / James Franco fun, Netflix have made available Pineapple Express, a stoner / buddy / action - comedy about a drug dealer and a process server who go on the run after one witnesses a murder involving corrupt cops and the head of a narcotics empire.

Joining Ottman on the score is rising action composer David Buckley («Jason Bourne»), together forming an action - comedy buddy - cop band that spins out spot - on spy jazz grooves, club funk and wah - wah guitar jams with a propulsive orchestra, along with a dramatic slice of film noir moodiness.

Fast & Furious (PG - 13 for violence, sexuality, profanity, drug references and intense action sequences) Fourth installment of the popular muscle car series, featuring a reunion of the original's principal cast, revolves around a couple of unlikely buddies, a cop (Paul Walker) and a fugitive ex-con (Vin Diesel), who team up to infiltrate and bring down an L.A. heroin cartel.

Though director Walter Hill has made his share of fun buddy action films (including «48 Hours» and its sequel), that formula has been run so far into the ground that only a dinosaur like him would think it's still relevant.

Director Scott Waugh and screenwriter George Gatins want you to think that every action Marshall takes, no matter how reckless, is in the pursuit of justice for his buddy's death, and it's all presented under the guise of «hey, don't worry, this is a dumb action movie».

Walter Hill made the jump from literate screenwriter of tough - minded crime films to director of elegantly - made bare - knuckle thrillers and action dramas with Hard Times (1975), a depression - era tale of underground fights with Charles Bronson and James Coburn as business partners in who aren't quite friends but become the first of Hill's guarded buddy teams.

Other than that, «Bulletproof» is your standard vulgar, mindless, action - buddy flick, albeit with a love story at its center — something that might have marked the movie as a landmark among the kind of fictional relationships that date back to «Huckleberry Finn,» if it weren't trying so hard to deny its identity.

It's a slow burn of a buddy cop thriller that sticks to the most basic of action movie clichés, entirely ignoring the CGI and overzealous plotting of the last twenty years of big - budget cinema.

Instead, it «s a by - the - numbers buddy picture - tracing the burgeoning bond of affection between a down - and - out detective (Bruce Willis) and a cashiered pro quarterback (Damon Wayans) as they investigate a murder linked to a sports - betting scheme - that «s distinguished mainly by its shrewd exploitation of the deepest fears and fantasies of the action audience.

While the running thread of the mismatched black and white partners forced to work together has been a staple since 1958's «The Defiant Ones,» this movie can not seem to decide if it wants to be a cleverly - bantered buddy flick in that vein, a serious crime drama, a fast - paced tale of worldwide illegal drug operations or a violent action adventure (although there is certainly enough of that latter element to go around).

It's a parody of buddy cop movies with Ferrell and Wahlberg playing a pair of New York police detectives, one of whom prefers to play it safe and fill out paperwork all day, while the other yearns to be out on the street in the middle of the action.

The «In Living Color» veteran will play veteran detective Roger Murtaugh in Fox's reboot of the classic buddy - cop action franchise.

Walter Hill pretty much created the contemporary buddy action movie with 48 Hrs., his first genuine blockbuster and (the grindhouse success turned cult phenomenon of The Warriors aside) his breakout film.

Director Edgar Wright has previously delivered is parody of Zombies (Shaun of the Dead), his parody of buddy - cop - action films (Hot Fuzz), and now takes on Sci - Fi in this latest... a worthy conclusion with the trademark quick cuts and rapid fire witty / silly dialogue.

Having thoroughly sent up, worked over, and skewered zombie movies (Shaun of the Dead) and buddy - cop action pics (Hot Fuzz), it makes sense that writer / director Edgar Wright and his crew - Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and a scrum of like - minded Brits - would fix their sights on another well - trod genre.

The action involves a lot of loud gunfire and the breaking of glass, reminiscent somewhat of buddy cop films from the 1980s, a la 48 Hours and the many that followed it, including the Shane Black - scripted Lethal Weapon.