Sentences with phrase «of mercenaries with»

The Awesomenauts are a colourful band of mercenaries each with a unique personality, from the Space Sheriff, to the Hip Hop Frog, or even the Russian monkey with a laser shooting Jetpack.

Cesare recruits a band of mercenaries with the help of Micheletto to seek revenge on the retreating French troops for burning the nunnery where his beloved Ursula lived; the Pope forges more strategic alliances and enriches himself in the bargain; Lucrezia joins Giulia's quest to aid Rome's poor.

Now they are much like Chelsea — a team of mercenaries with no heart or intent to put back into the footballing community but purely driven by results.

The Magna Carta springs from a visionary stone mason (shades of the Masonic conspiracy myths), and the fate of two kingdoms is at the mercy of a mercenary with interesting scars (Mark Strong, who sneers his way through the role).

Not exact matches

By aligning the individual's goals with those of the company, you will turn a mercenary (someone who works for the top dollar) into a missionary (someone who believes in and is loyal to the organization).

Sacred statues were adorned with golden ornaments that could be melted down in times of need to pay mercenaries (or perhaps pay ransom or tribute; see Oppenheim 1949), much as were the Winged Victory statues of Athens during the Peloponnesian War.

The guerrilla activities in turn led to the creation of Colombia's most deadly force today: the paramilitaries, made up of mercenaries easily recruited with a bit of pay, a uniform and a gun from among Colombia's desperately poor young people.

We do not miss the loyalty of David's mercenary troops (15: 19 - 21); the narrator's conviction of the mature quality of David's faith (15:25 f.; 16:12); the essential gentleness of David in these most wretched hours (16:5 - 14); the brilliant, carnal symbol of Absalom's irrevocable usurpation (16:20 - 22) and its portentous recall of the David - Nathan encounter (II 12:11 - 12); the arch Old Testament realist, the remarkable pragmatist Ahitophel (17: 1 - 23); Joab, who always acts like Joab (18:10 - 15; 19:1 - 7; 20A - 13); David's pathetic concern, implicit throughout, for the defiant son (18:1 - 5); the moving grief of a father's utter brokenness in the loss of his son (18:33); the reassertion in this critical time of the old and always fundamental north - south cleavage (19:11,41 - 43); David's profound and probably chronic annoyance with the crude, brash, «muscular» ways of Joab and his brothers, the sons of Zeruiah (16:10; 19:22; see also 3:34 b; 3:38 f.); and finally, in a kind of pausal summary before the last scene of David's reign in I Kings 1 - 2, the statement of David's very modest bureaucracy (20:23 - 26; cf. the extensive elaboration of this structure under Solomon, I Kings 4:1 ff.).

The final stage, by whatever name it is called, must include an awareness on the student's part that something has been accomplished — mastery of negative numbers or the route of march of the Greek mercenaries with Cyrus toward the battle of Cunaxa.

This will be the agenda of the whole world now because only those with faith fight fearlessly unfearing death but those with out are called mercenaries?

No one sympathizes with smug faced Conte and the Chelsea players who are a bunch of mercenaries.

I personally think and hope that Wenger's extra EPL experience and time working with his players will pay off above Manuel Pellegrini and the mercenary nature of the Man City squad.

«I remember a few years ago when a team loaded up like this,» says Panthers cornerback Eric Davis, who along with Sanders was a member of the San Francisco 49ers» mercenary - fueled Super Bowl championship ensemble in» 94.

He's a mercenary who only stays with the club for 3 years until he gets tired of it, or until his teammates get tired of him, and force him out.

Of course it would be nice to win something but not with a team full of overpriced mercenarieOf course it would be nice to win something but not with a team full of overpriced mercenarieof overpriced mercenaries.

I know there are a lot of mercenaries out there (Falcao, RVP, Remy) but there are also players who become so identified with a club and it with them.

Watching the Spuds game it was hard not to look at Adebayor and think if only he hadn't been such a mercenary twat how good we would have looked with him instead of Giroud.

that vermin should be gassed out of arsenal along with these other mercenaries at our club.

As was the case seven years ago, the loss of our Premier League status should help us to rid ourselves of any self - interested mercenaries who think they're too good for the division they've landed us in — leaving us with a core of players who actually want to play for the club and understand the privilege of doing so.

Chicago's best holiday, and one rapidly eclipsing Casimir Pulaski Day as the biggest Polish holiday, because it involves doughnuts instead of a mercenary (albeit one with mad cavalry skills).

«Are you aware of the number of militants they [South Africans] had trained, what if they trained these militants in badges (sic), can we link the increase (sic) rate in arm (sic) robbery to this training offered by mercenaries, can we link the recent cases of contract killings to the training; are there young people in the country already trained by these men and what are they actually doing with the skills acquired.»

Of course, this is an important national security case with immense legal or constitutional implications which, we believe, should have been allowed the three deported South African mercenaries to enjoy some form of habeas corpus in a competent jurisdiction beyond the National Bureau of Investigations (BNI)'s proof of authoritOf course, this is an important national security case with immense legal or constitutional implications which, we believe, should have been allowed the three deported South African mercenaries to enjoy some form of habeas corpus in a competent jurisdiction beyond the National Bureau of Investigations (BNI)'s proof of authoritof habeas corpus in a competent jurisdiction beyond the National Bureau of Investigations (BNI)'s proof of authoritof Investigations (BNI)'s proof of authoritof authority.

This may well be the case, but we should also understand that there is a long tradition of mercenary militia activity in this region and, for the most part, fighting is material rather than ideological: the men with guns go to the highest bidder.

Unlike a film such as Spielberg's Munich, where it is easy to feel sympathy and empathy for the Mossad agents led by Eric Bana, where you admire the craft of what the filmmakers created, it is impossible to empathise with Meinhof, who it is clear from the start is way out of her depth and the mercenary Ensslin.

«The suspects are, Mr. Babatunde Oladiji — 48 years — a mercenary caught with AK 47 Rifles with 10 rounds of 7.62 mm special ammunition (Handed over to the Divisional Police Officer, Takum Local Government, Taraba State).

On November 9 2015, viewers of TV3 media listened with utmost incredulity, one that has never been experienced for decades, primitive comments from a sad, slow witted and an uncultured mercenary of Akufo - Addo identified as Agyei Bawuah, former ambassador to Japan when He stated «It's better for NPP to lose 2016 elections without Afoko».

Light and darkness have each chosen a champion to claim the legendary stones: The sorceress of the cult of she - dragon has chosen Drakkor, a warrior and mercenary who travels with bandits and a corrupt stone of darkness.

You know the story: a mercenary - for - hire falls in love with an escort who eventually becomes his fiancée but it's derailed of a promised storybook ending when the cancer is eating up 3/4 of his body, so he decides the only option he has for his story tale ending is to undergo a radical experimental procedure that can cure him of his disease.

Jagged Alliance: Back in Action revives the top - selling Jagged Alliance series of mercenary - themed strategy games with significant updates to visuals and gameplay.

RPG elements and a bunch of charismatic mercenaries make the new Jagged Alliance playable — it's solid team - tactical action but we bet that the fans of original game will stay with the classic.

Among the well - armed and highly skilled but no less peeved and panicked prey are a mercenary (Adrien Brody), an Israeli soldier (Alice Braga), a death - row killer (Walton Goggins), a Yakuza kingpin (Louis Ozawa Changchien)... and a geeky doctor (Topher Grace), who seems curiously out of place until it becomes obvious why he's been grouped with everyone else.

It probably doesn't help that Gerard Butler (Reign of Fire, Harrison's Flowers), who might possibly be yummy if he let his hair grow out of that unflattering buzzcut, doesn't seem to know what to do with the fact that his soldier - turned - mercenary Terry Sheridan is supposed to be attracted to Croft, with the result that this most often manifests itself as a desire to punch her.

It had superb turn - based combat, mercenaries with larger than life personalities and loads of guns and gadgets.

Also: Winston Duke as a rival Wakandan leader, Danai Gurira as T'Challa's chief bodyguard, and breakout Letitia Wright as a spin on Ian Fleming's gadget guru Q. Oh, and Michael B. Jordan, the dynamo who made his bones with Coogler's Fruitvale and Creed and here brings a burning intensity to the role of T'Challa's main nemesis Killmonger, a mercenary who deserves far more screen time than he receives.

Without revealing too much, the arrival of Michael B. Jordan's Erik Killmonger, an American mercenary soldier with dreams of seizing power, to Wakanda brings its conflict to an internecine crisis point.

Armed with technology developed by his super-scientist sister, Shuri (Letitia Wright), and accompanied by his former lover, Nakia (Lupita Nyong» o), and the head of the military, Okoye (Danai Gurira), T'Challa travels to South Korea to capture an amoral mercenary named Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis), who is selling vibranium on the black market.

The only real thing I liked in this film was the scene with the three little pigs being bad mercenaries, but the funny thing about it is that Cheech marin plays one pig and Chong plays another, and I found that pretty funny actually, but the rest of the film is just crap, and Is undoubtedly the worst film I've seen this year.

The captain of a ship for hire is caught between a crew of mercenaries out to rob a luxury liner in the South China Sea and a plague of huge sea creatures with a taste for human flesh.

Inspired by a popular video game that was released in 1986, screenwriters Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal and Adam Sztykiel assemble a scenario that enables Dwayne Johnson to be heroic as he endeavors to save his best friend George, with the help of Dr. Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris), who formerly worked at the evil company run by Claire Wyden (Malin Akerman), and Harvey Russell (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a mercenary who begins working for the evil company and then is tempted to the side of the good guys.

Assaulted by all manner of killer machines and robots, the mercenaries must make their way through the tumultuous landscape, activate an inter-dimensional communication device, communicate with otherworldly aliens, and bring about a new age of enlightenment and prosperity for a dystopian galactic civilization.

An elite team of mercenaries joins forces with the infamous Doll Squad in a desperate effort to end the reign of horror.

But on the other side of the spectrum, there are movies that are supposedly the complete opposite of this, especially like Avatar (thought there was use of mercenaries instead of military, but it still conveyed a militarial oppression with addition to cooperate corruption).

The Hulk (Ruffalo) has disappeared, Doctor Strange (Cumberbatch) works under his cloak of magic, Black Panther (Boseman) is busy with Wakanda, and the Guardians of the Galaxy are off practicing their vaguely mercenary do - gooding in the depths of the cosmos.

Mohawk Reaver (Krzysztof Soszynski) Seems this nameless member of the Reavers mercenary band was not properly briefed on what he'd be dealing with today.

The film features some of the earliest screen appearances of Emmy - nominated sitcom veteran Ed O'Neill («Married... With Children», «Modern Family»), playing a mercenary reluctant to go on the mission, and a young Jim Broadbent, who is lowly credited but instantly recognizable in a brief background role.

The Desolation of Mordor finds Baranor far from the fiery realm of Mordor, venturing to the dry and dust storm - ridden realm of Lithlad where both uruks and Easterling mercenaries dwell (aka those guys with the elephants in Return of the King).

Living the life of a mercenary for gold with his loyal gang of offsiders — the aforementioned Iolaus, the wry Autolycus (Rufus Sewell, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), all - seeing Amphiaraus (Ian McShane, Cuban Fury), blade - swinging Tydeus (Aksel Hennie, Headhunters) and archer Atalanta (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)-- everyone's favourite demigod is well on his way to amassing the sum needed to live out his days far away from Greece's widespread instability.

Charlize Theron plays a mercenary tasked with chaperoning a busload of women through the wasteland, with only the Road Warrior standing between her and a tribe of psychotic petrolhead cannibals.

Smartly weaving in the traditional origin tale with a revenge piece, Deadpool explains his previous life as mercenary Wade Wilson and why he left his fiance, Vanessa (a terrific Morena Baccarin, Gotham), to take part in an experimental procedure led by Ajax (Ed Skrein) in hopes of curing his terminal cancer diagnosis.

From the Studio: Based upon Marvel Comics most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool.