Sentences with phrase «of predictable twists»

That's kind of all you'll need to know — everything else is a mixture of predictable twists and some nonsense pseudoscience that's clearly aiming at Kojima's famous style but falling far short.

Based on a novel by retired CIA operative Jason Matthews and directed by three - time Hunger Games helmer Francis Lawrence (no relation), the film is simply a routine array of predictable twists packaged with a particularly problematic approach.

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However I like to style these with a bit of a twist, fighting shy of anything too predictable.

One's interest does, as a result, begin to wane considerably as the film plods into its increasingly predictable midsection, with the inclusion of hackneyed plot twists - eg Nick and Billy must whip their ragtag group members into shape, Billy is forced to contend with an obnoxious rival (Max Minghella's Graham), etc - ensuring that the movie only grows more and more interminable in the buildup to its expectedly uplifting finale.

While not a TKO and certainly not devoid of hackneyed dialogue or predictable plot twists, «Real Steel» wins the vote in a split decision as the people's champion.

That's because most of the story dances around a «plot twist» or discovery or whatever it is that is hardly exciting, and all too predictable (Lime is alive, duh) and our main lead is a doofus, and not exactly the charming type, just a helpless goon going around from one point to another.

The lessons and plot twists will be predictable enough for someone over the age of eight, but hey, everybody needs to learn some time.

awesome but predictable from the beginning if it is the wife... a true twist would it being the friend... the wife was fishy from the beginning, why is she pointing the murder weapon out to the cops and why is she always letting conelle in when the husband is the suspect... hmmm cuz she did it and she wants all evidence found before the truth comes out that, that was the night she found out he cheated on her with the mother of the murdered child...

I believe, that out of all these films, «Jigsaw» has the most forced appearances by Tobin Bell, he shows up because the movie tries to used the most obvious, and predictable twist this series could muster up (The movie is set between two timelines, and apparently this counts a prequel too... see the problem)

The story is a simple tale of reclaiming your honor through revenge with some predictable twists here and there, but the story is great and regardless of bringing the city to the brink of destruction or keeping it and yourself under control, every ending is

One of the most predictable Academy Awards in years took a film - worthy twist as Kathryn Bigelow and...

Smith stares, tears up and rarely speaks in this cloying, predictable piece of pseudo-enlightened garbage — a film that offers telegraphed twists and jaw - dropping self - satisfaction.

The twist that occurs is definitely unsettling, but also one that is not predictable at all given the nature of the story.

It may be a bit predictable to older viewers, but the film's third act twist stings every time, and Csupó's refusal to ease the pain only makes the rest of the movie feel that much sweeter.

Chock full of trite clichés, you can spot the twists and turns occurring long before the characters do, and we can only sit and watch in impatient agony as the predictable events unfold.

One of the most predictable Academy Awards in years took a film - worthy twist as Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker beat out the closest thing the movies have to a Goliath — a film that just happened to be made by Bigelow's ex-husband.

If this were 1980 instead of 2015, there could have been more of a chance that the all too predictable twists wouldn't have been as easy to see coming.

It's all tied together by a hospital fire, two sisters, and a possibly abusive mother, which ties into Beth's own, underdeveloped past, and of course, Beth eventually travels to the burned down hospital to unravel the mystery before she learns that not everything is as it seems right before a twist that's neither surprising nor predictable but simply perfunctory.

Squirming just below the surface of Goodnight Mommy, a nerve - shredding new thriller from far - flung Austria, is an almost comically predictable plot twist.

All this is, of course, entirely predictable, with a few amusing slapstick twists and the odd sweet soul - searching moment.

Sure, a couple of the «twists» were predictable (and this was the case with Session 9 also), but the resolution is perfectly satisfying and at the same time incredibly simple.

While some of the twists you might see coming, the action aspect isn't at all predictable and some of it is a little shocking.

Still this sentimental and often predictable plot serves up some tender moments and a couple of nice twists — even if they feel as sugary as the Christmas cookies you just polished off.

The twists and turns of the narrative are largely predictable — and more than one plot device is lifted wholesale from the «Mission: Impossible» series — but the character shading and vast political subtext provides for a dynamism that few superhero films have attempted.

Following up 2013's equally unsophisticated compendium of clichés, That Burning Feeling, James presents another woefully predictable (apart from one twist straight out of Fight Club) pageant of platitudes.

The story, revolving around the illicit, ongoing romance between British soldier Tristan (James Franco) and Irish Princess Isolde (Sophia Myles), doesn't have a lot to offer in terms of complexity; Dean Georgaris» screenplay generally utilizes melodramatic and predictable plot twists to propel the story forward.

Unlike White's other works, The School of Rock is far from original, as the main premise is very reminiscent of other films (such as Sister Act) and every plot twist in the movie is incredibly predictable.

Some of the twists I did not see it coming, but for most part they were all either predictable, in the trailer or in some cases awfully silly.

This feature begins with a simple three - answer question on the plot of the book: was it predictable, did it have some twists, or was it completely surprising.

[return][return] A few of the big plot twists at the end were predictable far in advance if you have any knowledge of history, especially the singular event in Siberia in 1908.

The plot has its share of predictable moments, and the majority of the twists are visible from miles away.

Despite the faults and predictable twists of the story, Deadfall Adventures could have been a cheesy but loveable throwback to the Indiana Jones series were it not for the infuriatingly broken gameplay, particularly the puzzles.

After you learn that the story pretty much dissapears for most of the game and the only plot twist comes at the end, and it's fairly predictable.

The campaign is short, with predictable twists and full of terrible game development shortcuts such as regenerating health (with no reasonable explanation), invisible lines you have to cross to stop enemies spawning and frame - rate caps.

That it then proceeds to take a long hot piss all over the established series chronology, just to set up a predictable and pointless cameo, is a twist of the knife too far.