Sentences with phrase «of nefarious forces»

The setting shifts from typical near - future battles to the stars, where you lead a squadron meant to stop the solar system from falling under control of nefarious forces.

One of the real crimes of the film is Jackson's mishandling of contemporary ideas on the slippery nature of facts at the hands of nefarious forces, which Denial all but misses the mark if you're not there to connect the threads.

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The KGB archives, opened fleetingly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, proved what many Russians had known but few in the West had believed: that the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church were often forced to carry out the specific instructions of the more nefarious organs of state.

Edward Snowden's whistleblowing revelations, and the Guardian's decision to publish them in Britain, let the world know the true extent of the nefarious snooping activities of Britain's intelligence forces.

«There were revelations that some aides of the governor forced the police to change the original statements of these innocent people and replaced them with ones that were implicating; that was a nefarious and criminal act that must be investigated by the police and the DSS.

When some residents got wind of the nefarious activities of the robbers, they mounted road blocks at three different points but the suspects forced their way through them with a Sprinter bus.

This, too, he blamed the nefarious «forces» of the financial elite and the press.

The movie, which follows Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) as they're forced to track down Ken Jeong's nefarious Mr. Chow by a ruthless gangster (John Goodman's Marshall), is actually at its best in its opening half hour, as filmmaker Todd Phillips has infused the proceedings with an affable feel that compensates for the lack of wholeheartedly funny elements.

Easily the best of the Fifty Shades movies, Fifty Shades Freed follows Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) as she and Christian Grey's (Jamie Dornan) efforts at settling into married life are stymied by a variety of outside forces (including the return of Eric Johnson's nefarious Jack Hyde).

The thriller, which screened at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival and at SXSW last week, centers on a familiar genre storyline: a hero tries to protect a young child with amazing powers (usually messiah like in some way) from all sorts of conspiratorial forces (secret organizations, government agencies, etc.) that mean to use him or her for their own nefarious intentions.

Dara Ju Anthony Onah marks his feature debut in this tale of a Nigerian banker on Wall Street who is forced to turn to nefarious ways to get ahead.

Much to her surprise, she finds the Space Pirates have rebuilt their base of operations, forcing our intrepid heroine to once again confront Mother Brain and put an end to the Space Pirates» nefarious experiments.

The film becomes a «rally the troops» flick where different GI Joe agents must band together to figure out the nefarious plans and stop the forces of Cobra in their attempt to take over the world.

A grizzled, by - the - book FBI agent is forced to partner with a loose cannon NYPD detective in order to solve the case of a nefarious trafficker.

McClane catches wind of the plot before the local law enforcement, who all keep trying to get rid of him, forcing him to spring to action to save his wife, his life, and to stop the nefarious scheme from proceeding without a fight.

The basic plot has retired spy Dick Steele (Nielsen) being forced back into action after the nefarious General Rancor (Andy Griffith, in an inspired bit of casting against type) threatens to launch an explosive rocket into outer space with the daughter (Stephanie Romanov) of Dick's long - deceased love of his life (also played by Romanov, which brings to mind her dual role in the late, lamented soap Models Inc.) strapped onto it.

Doc would be correct, of course, and as the plot of Thomas Pynchon's potboiler pastiche Inherent Vice grinds into high gear, he'll run afoul of several alive - folks - thought - dead, mysterious cults, more mysterious cartels, crazy drugs, loaded guns, subversives, countersubversives, obscure nautical laws, a band of dentists gone bad, and, worst of all, he will witness firsthand the slow strangulation of a certain dream of free living at the hands of nefarious historical forces.

Also included are two unedited scenes of Andy Serkis» performance as the nefarious Supreme Leader Snoke, as well as in - depth looks at how Johnson interpreted the mythology of the Force and how he brought key scenes — like the opening space battle or the clash on Crait — to life.

There's a nefarious plot to force the collapse of western civilization in SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS, and as befits an eponymous character, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) is the only person who can save the daof western civilization in SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS, and as befits an eponymous character, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) is the only person who can save the daOF SHADOWS, and as befits an eponymous character, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) is the only person who can save the day.

Rick Deckard is back Of course, Deckard leading his meeting with Officer K with a gun is also a good indicator that he's hiding out from the authorities, nefarious forces — or both.

Reprising the plot line of pretty much every episode of the series, Boss Hogg (Burt Reynolds), the meanest man in Hazzard County, Ga., is hatching a nefarious scheme forcing cousins, Bo (Seann William Scott) and Luke (Johnny Knoxville) Duke to take time out from running their Uncle Jessie's moonshine in order to stop him.

Though he contemplated turning his observations into a nonfiction account of the political process, Neel instead turned to fiction to craft a gripping look at what might happen if nefarious forces tried to subvert a presidential election.

Tank Riders 2 — Enemy forces are swarming across our borders, and their nefarious fleet of tanks is everywhere.

A world of spirits, a growing love, and nefarious forces collide in this must - read paranormal fiction.The Old One.

You're going to be working for Mayhem, an over-the-top task force led by femme fatale Persephone who is going up against Legion, helmed by the nefarious Doctor Babylon along with his cast of barmy lieutenants, including the obnoxious popstar August Gaunt who deserves to be eaten by piranhas.

Set to come out in early 2016, the game will feature teams of special forces mercenaries fighting one another on behalf of nefarious corporations pursuing ever - more - ethically dubious advances into the field of bio-weaponry.

In some sort of nefarious plot, Sony chose not to add any onboard memory to the handheld, so shoppers are forced to purchase one of Vita's proprietary memory cards.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes spins an appropriately silly yarn, which sees a dream team of superheroes join forces to stop the nefarious Doctor Doom from stealing mysterious Cosmic Bricks and assembling the Doom Cannon (Of Doom), all as Galactus begins his inexorable advancof superheroes join forces to stop the nefarious Doctor Doom from stealing mysterious Cosmic Bricks and assembling the Doom Cannon (Of Doom), all as Galactus begins his inexorable advancOf Doom), all as Galactus begins his inexorable advance.

Joining Luffy is a colourful cast of characters like Sanji and Zoro but when a mysterious and magical fog causes amnesia for his crew and forces them to get captured by the nefarious Smoker, it is up to him to save the day in classic One Piece fashion.

And thus, you're given your impetus to befriend new monsters, race them against wild monsters, as well as other human racers, and for good measure, there's even a nefarious team of villains you'll be forced to contend with on your way to becoming the monster - racing champion.

The formula is immediately intriguing: Join forces with your friends to cooperatively investigate a mysterious mansion, but with the knowledge that one of you might actually be a traitor, actively working to nefarious ends and the defeat of everyone else.

The story it tells is true but has the proportions of myth: a young, strikingly handsome young man dies after falling prey to nefarious forces.

The big eye - opener to me is the gulf between Richard Betts of the Met Office applauding the title (and saying scientists need just to be honest) and Gleick who is in a state of near paranoia that the forces of evil will deliberately misuse the title of the blog to further their nefarious purposes and condemn the planet to a hot and premature end.

The claim that the nefarious influence of dirty, dirty oil money has forced action to prevent catastrophic climate change is a mainstay of the environmental movement.

Like its previous efforts, Shadow of the Colossus and Ico, it is a minimalistic narrative set in vast, ruined locations, filled with strange creatures and nefarious, nebulous forces.