Sentences with phrase «of slick action»

The game's cinematic story mode finally closes the book on the hilariously dysfunctional Mishima family, explaining why its members are always trying to kill one another across a series of slick action sequences.

While the trailer doesn't give too much of the plot away, it does feature lots of slick action scenes, cars, money as well as a mentorship moment between the two leads.

Gone is the dramatic tension of a slick action flick, gone is the suspenseful psychological subtext that pondered the nature of identity, subsumed into... Read More»

The adrenaline rises for everyone involved, not least of whom being the audience, as Creevy proves himself a very assured director of slick action sequences, matching that truly breathtaking cinematography by Ed Wild with a killer score by Harry Escott and giving his second feature a pop that instantly pulls you in.

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Environmental Advocates notes that Hanna is backed by last year's recipient of the Oil Slick Award, Sen. Lee Zeldin, whose political action committee is contributing to all of the first - time GOP Senate candidates this year.

A slick, beautifully photographed, action - packed, international thriller with a number of wonderfully, ludicrously entertaining set pieces, a sprinkling of dry wit, myriad gorgeous women and a classic psycho - villain.

Director Jung Byung - gil («Confessions of Murder») combines a familiar but fun story with slick combat action, whether it's in dark streets, seedy clubs or underwater.

Minus a few framerate hiccups on a handful of tables, Pinball FX3 delivers an abundance of flipper - oriented action with a slick, vibrant, and engaging presentation.

The slick action sequences in Korea leave the audience mesmerised and deliver a 100 percent on the scale of awe.

The simple, hand - drawn animation contrasts beautifully with the slick digital work that comprises most of the movie, inserting realistic - looking talking rabbits into live - action scenes with Byrne and Gleeson.

«The Equalizer» is hardly groundbreaking stuff compared to Fuqua and Washington's last collaboration, but it's a slick crowd - pleaser that provides the escapist entertainment of any good action flick.

Fortunately, it redeems itself with irresistible characters, kick - ass pacing, and a cast that knows how to keep a straight face as it takes the stock characters speaking seemly stock dialogue into the rarified, amped up atmosphere of a slick and deliberately self - conscious parody of the action genre.

Action specialist and co - writer / producer Luc Besson has fashioned another slick thriller - with a twist of sci - fi - to rank alongside this Transporter franchise; while a buff Pearce does his best in a role more suited to Jason Statham.

by Bill Chambers Max Landis follows up his American Ultra script with another action comedy about slick killing machines but abandons the Manchurian Candidate backstory in a grotesquely cynical fashion: When Sam Rockwell throws knives at new girlfriend Anna Kendrick to prove she can catch them, his conviction is based on nothing more substantial than her being the star of this particular show.

It's a modern day salute to the campy, goofy fun the action movies of the past used to have, while keeping a slick, modern set of effects that directors of days gone by could only dream about.

Ant - Man is okay, nothing more than a safe and sanitized big - screen version of a comic book, and nothing less than a slick and tidy packaging of action - movie stereotypes.

This cooperative adventure seems to promise all the fun action you yearn for from the «golden» age of gaming, but perhaps minus the frustration, with some slick visuals to boot.

The grittiness of the crime drama and action, along with the overriding sense of slick style, feels very much like the John Singleton movie, Four Brothers, which also features a menacing villain and retribution storyline lifted right out of 1970s blaxploitation films.

From the action - adventure exploits of the Indiana Jones series to occult effort Cronos, and from family fare The Goonies to comedic western City Slickers, all have focused on the same storyline, albeit from varying angles.

It's a flight of hard - body fantasy served up with a healthy dose of self - mockery and some slick action sequences.

And yet here comes «Surrogates,» a slick sci - fi number that presents a future in which flawless, hot - bodied, chicly dressed synthetic humans do the everyday living / working / playing, their every action neurally controlled by their real - human counterparts, a risk - averse population of shut - ins who've gone to seed.

The World's End is not an action comedy with only homages to offer, but full passages of its own that are played out with slick segments.

Synopsis: In this slick, high - stakes action - adventure, the world's top thieves — the infamous and charismatic Cheung (Andy Lau), his former partner in crime, Xiao (Tony Yang), and beautiful chameleon Ye (Shu Qi)-- join forces to pull off the heist of a lifetime.

Nintendo showed off the cartoony strategy game «Pikmin 3,» anti-gravity racer «Mario Kart 8,» 2 - D platformer «Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze,» 3 - D platformer «Super Mario 3D World,» slick action sequel «Bayonetta 2» and a speedier rendition of «The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker» for the Wii U. For gamers who couldn't make it to E3, the titles will be on display at more than 100 Best Buy Co. stores in North America this week.

Trading slick visuals for grimy immediacy and raw, unflinching honesty, its lack of action set pieces makes the heartbreaking, socially conscious film hit that much harder.

Robocop, which is the American debut of Brazilian filmmaker Jose Padilha (known for gritty cop action - dramas like Elite Squad), updates the greed - is - good, Reaganesque world of the original for a slick, stylish and focus - grouped America beset with questions over whether or not to allow OmniCorp's robot soldiers to be used in America.

Not only can you craft some pretty slick looking implements of death from the materials you've harvested from your fallen prey, but there are also strategic elements in play as well as your actions / moves are different and the different weapon types deal different damage.

The luminous performance of Aiysha Hart and Khan's slick style make the film more than just an action flick with a message.

Just like the firemen that the story follows, Ladder 49 tells its story in the most workmanlike of fashions, eschewing all pretense to be some slick action vehicle by investing most of its energy in building up the characters.

John Wick was hands - down my favorite action film of 2014 (and that's saying an awful lot for a year that also had The Raid 2), and that was largely because of the slick style and cleverly (and clearly) shot action sequences that Leitch and Stahelski brought to the table.

The tricky combination of sweet, slacker romance and slick, super-violent action flick proves especially jarring in «American Ultra.»

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.

The action scenes are very slick (if overly familiar to anyone who's played the 2013 game) and the over-qualified supporting cast (Derek Jacobi, Kristin Scott Thomas, Walton Goggins) keep a straight face despite being above this sort of thing.

A slick mixture of character study and action, there's a reason why Variety has called Jessica Jones the best superhero show on TV.

It definitely makes fine use of Campbell's fine sense of pulp pacing, as well as for slick, clear action sequences.

When original director Tim Miller left the project, in came to John Wick co-director David Leitch, promising a slick amped - up, even more stylish level of brutal action.

The result is bright, agile and momentous, and a million miles from the overbearing rain - slick brooding to which much of the action genre has been held hostage in the wake of the recent Batman films.

Given that Affleck's richer, weepier, prettier, more prestige - y period - piece directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, got its only Oscar nomination for Amy Ryan's supporting role, this slicker, more populist piece of action - entertainment isn't likely to sit any better with the Academy.

A slick, slippery thriller that taps into the anarchic playfulness that made the best American action flicks of the 1980s and»90s pop.

You can instantly top up the gauge with items that get dropped, so your controllable character can keep unleashing musou attacks without the need to switch, but of course the option to change characters on the fly is there and it is a pretty slick in action.

Wherever you stand, «Léon» is slick, stylish and unpredictable, with its share of explosive action scenes.

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Compared to the butter - slick shift action of a Honda or Porsche manual, the Ferrari's action is stiffly mechanical.

The immense reserves of torque (340Nm on tap from just 2000rpm) of the elastic V8 means you can afford to be a bit lazy with the gears, but why would you want to when you can savour the slick action of the six - speeder by banging down a couple of cogs to get the engine in the fattest part of the torque curve?

The 5 Series is also the only executive car that feels right when fitted with a manual gearbox — the slick and precise action of the six - speed transmission adds to the fun.

Weatherbug has been optimised for Honeycomb so takes advantage of the Action Bar for the menus and the result is a slick app that will offer you more weather information than you probably need, but doesn't go as far as giving you fullscreen animations.

Then slide the phone into the bay (which has a slick plastic strip on both «walls» to smooth the action) until you feel a soft click akin to that of plugging in a micro-USB cable.

From slick cities of Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, to remote lush jungles, this trip is those looking to strike that perfect balance between action, adventure and chill.

People Can Fly has benefited from having the expertise of Epic on its side, allowing the developer to provide the over the top action of Painkiller, but in a much slicker, more natural and successful way.

All the next game needs, for me, is to marry the slick action and tech of Future Soldier with some beefed up tactical elements to create a game that fans of the older games can love as well.