Sentences with phrase «of other action movie»

He deftly pivots between the moments of mourning and the righteous wrath of Quan, following in the footsteps of other action movie elder statesmen like Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson and Liam Neeson.

Not exact matches

The live action Beauty and the Beast has been the top - grossing movie of the year so far, which is a good sign for the company's other live - action remakes in development such as The Lion King and Mulan.

Not to spoil the real movie for you, but like every other action movie, our hero, Jedi Omalu, single - handily battles the re-packaged version of First Order or the new «Safer Football» NFL.

«After BitTorrent, the effect of release lag on science - fiction and action movies is much greater than it is for other genres,» Danaher says.

: 3 i like Harry Potter (of course), Sherlock and other fandoms, punk bands, and action movies.

The film lacks any kind of real «action», which makes it a departure from Mann's other work like Heat or Last of the Mohicans, but it still feels like an action movie because of the aggressive way in which Mann directs it.

Good sci - fi has all these things, of course, but «bigger» isn't better, and most of the «big» idea movies use «the future» as a setting for action and adventure, whereas true sci - fi films (and books) use that setting to tell human stories in new ways; human relationships (with others, with self, with the environment, etc...) are are the core of the best sci - fi movies we've seen.

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.

We've had more than enough superhero movies set in New York or fictionalized versions of other American cities, more than enough action movies set in London or Los Angeles, more than enough fantasies that draw on European mythologies.

Good: Starscream is a lot cooler in this movie, Best computer - graphics for any movie to date, Original Optimus voice, Bumblebee vs. Barricade scene was awesome, Decent story, but the Unicron story is a million times better Bad: No Hot Rod or Soundwave, Shia LeBeouf, Ending, Futile attempts to connect to classic scenes, lines and concepts, No Stan Bush soundtrack, Some immature humor ruined a lot of the movie for me, Poor dialogue I really expected a lot from this movie and am very critical about my feelings towards it - Overall Michael Bay made a good movie, but he made it appeal to the masses (immature jokes and a lot of action) and it gave up a lot of other crucial aspects to the story and quality of the Transformers franchise.

For those of us who prefer to judge Gibson solely in terms of his art, the movie is a virtuosic piece of action cinema — particularly in its second half... And while there has been no shortage of recent films that decry the horrors of war and man's inhumanity to his fellow man, I know of none other quite this sickeningly powerful.

The critics seem to have badly misjudged this great story, they're clearly idiots or lacking passion and a sense of adventure - maybe a result of watching too many crappy Hollywood action movies or bias towards Bay who has his name «over the door» even though its run and written by others.

In standard action movie terms Kingpin and Daredevil in this show are mirror images of each other, two guys going outside the law to do what they think is best to save their neighborhood.

Boring plot, boring action, cheap effects (even compared to the previous installments whos effects are out of time now), even the actors did their worst, compared to the other movies.

One of many reasons that «Vengeance» works, and something that other action movie producers could look at, is that McTiernan and writer Jonathan Hensleigh never betray how seriously they take their larger - than - life narrative.

Though this neo-Western may sound like every other Statham vehicle on the surface, «Homefront» plays more like a gritty thriller than one of the actor's typical action movies.

i only wish those thousands went to work on movies of more substance than fighting robots... and you don't have to apologize to me, i can in fact compare «Real Steel» to «The Fast and the Frivolous» films because in essence they are one - in - the - same, simply just the flavor of the week kind of flicks that have no real pull behind them other than big name actors, CGI and a promise of action.

The abundant tropes remind the viewer of those featured in vehicles favored by the likes of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, and James Coburn, men's men who made movies for men that weren't even likely to interest boys with a taste for action, as the work of the next generation of action stars (Stallone, Schwarzenegger, and Norris» other slightly younger Expendables cast mates) would.

There are more head - stabbings per minute in Olympus Has Fallen than another other action movie ever made, which makes the dearth of head - stabbings in these new batch of London Has Fallen clips rather disappointing.

Other notable 2004 action movies: The runner - up for 2004 — and the movie I almost ended up writing about — was, in a lot of ways, the complete opposite of The Bourne Supremacy.

Director Mimi Leder made the step up from television for her first big feature (she had directed numerous episodes of ER, starring Clooney and executive produced by Dreamworks's Steven Spielberg) and it received reasonable notices, though I can't really think why (it was nowhere near as good as the other big, dumb action movie of that year, Air Force One).

It should be said that this film, unlike all the other Potter movies, doesn't contain that last forty minutes of action packed sequences.

Will be awesome if... the other 100 minutes of the movie are as action - packed and testosterone - driven as the two - minute trailer.

I've had my doubts about Machete, but with the stellar supporting cast of Cheech Marin, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez among others, paired with Seagal's bad - ass moves with the swords and Trejo's good one - liners, I think Sylvester Stallone might just have a rival here for the best over the top action movie of the year.

And for those willing to contemplate it seriously enough in the context of Spielberg's other movies, Lincoln may emerge as a singular — and singularly successful — project, one that demonstrates the director's capacity, rarely acted upon, to value words over action, ideas over entertainment.

This makes for a good action adventure movie, with a mysterious island, inhabitants other island creatures, and the charm of New York City.

This latest Disney picture, Beauty and the Beast, joins a growing list of live - action movies which traces its origins to animated films, including «The Jungle Book,» «Pete's Dragon,» «Cinderella» and «Maleficent,» among others.

Beyond the fact that Statham's partner this time out is a kid, this looks more or less like most of the other Jason Statham action movies that have hit over the past few years.

Most of the other wrestlers - turned - actors have settled for niche movie careers, typically starring in direct - to - video action movies and sequels.

The action sequences are tame in comparison to any other action movie made in the last 10 years and the self - referential humor and one - liners which were a big part of the first two are lazily written and unoriginal.

While Tom Cruise's reputation as an action actor in Jack Reacher, the Mission: Impossible movies, Minority Report and War of the Worlds holds up in this story, the film's content, much like the content in his other movies, pushes Oblivion outside the realm of general family viewing.

But what «Catching Fire» gets so right, which is the downfall of most other big superhero action movies, are the stakes.

Though the movie probably isn't going to be a goofy comedy, Liam Neeson is «in talks» to join Steve McQueen's Widows in a role that sounds exactly like the ones played by Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson in Adam McKay's The Other Guys — in other words, he's going to be playing off of the typical action guy roles Other Guys — in other words, he's going to be playing off of the typical action guy roles other words, he's going to be playing off of the typical action guy roles he...

The zone has been featured prominently in the universe of Superman but this movie gets much mileage out of its ability to bring characters and ideas from other stories into this action - packed spectacle.

Ant - Man, on the other hand, was more than just a comedy movie, it was a heist film that managed to surprise audiences with its unique action scenes (thanks to the shrinking capabilities of the film's main hero and villain).

Something similar can happen in Telluride, where attendees celebrate their shared good taste and finally get to have the kind of conversations about movies — and other subjects, which this year included Natalie Portman - produced meat - is - murder doc «Eating Animals» and global - warming call - to - action «An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,» introduced by Al Gore himself — they can't have back home.

Johnson appears as the heroic action movie ideal of law enforcement, opposite Samuel L. Jackson, only to die unexpectedly, forcing «the other guys» — Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg — to take center stage instead.

The latter action isn't always in response to unworthy choices (though I imagine many will deem the inclusion of, say, relatively unproven comedian - turned - movie - star Russell Brand premature), but more to the tardiness of others: every year, I find myself surprised that so - and - so wasn't already a member.

In some ways you could say this movie suffers from the pitfalls of other video game movies where there's not enough time to flesh out exposition and the action sequences suffer from rushed conflict resolution.

Boogie Nights contains more great characters and scenes than most movies deliver nowadays, and definitely is worth watching for no other reason than to view one of Hollywood's major filmmaking talents in action.

Co-directors and writers Matt and Tyler bring that same level of enthusiasm to «Devil's Due,» with a lot of the action surprisingly not to be found in the trailers like so many other horror movies before it.

Gosling's performance as the wounded soul with pure ambitions, flawed judgment, and passion that could turn to tenderness or violence bubbling just beneath his cool façade anchors the first section and carries through as a phantom defining so many of the characters» actions in the other acts of the movie.

Whole new mutants Cable and Domino will be added newly to live - action movie universe of the DeadPool, with actors like Josh Brolin and famous Zazie Beetz, respectfully, other actors as well.

Once the action shifts to Gotham City, Batman Begins has more genuinely frightening moments than any of the other movies, but the theme of fear and how it affects people is developed only through an endless series of portentous epigrams.

To be honest, I'm torn on this one: on one hand the movie delivers some action packed fun and on the other hand it shows the glaring weaknesses attributed to sequels — lack of originality.

The difference between this movie and a lot of other historical actions is that the plot of this genre is often quite long.

Maleficent is a marked improvement over some of those other CGI heavy Disney live action movies, but it is still missing the mark at times.

More bystanders are slaughtered in this flick than practically any other action movie ever made (I'm serious), and it's slightly entertaining watching them all but throw themselves in the path of the bullets.

after seeing everything that was new and having really no other option i went to see this movie and wow what a pleasant surprise good action and full of humor i must say that I have to recommend the movie to any one who is a fan of the usual summer action flicks i really enjoyed it and will see it again for sure atleast once good to get away from the world for awhile and have fun i say see it

I'd rather revisit this than any of the three Transformers movies and at least a few other recent alien action movies I can recall.