Sentences with phrase «of the thriller plot»

As the stakes escalate, Mark Perez's script still organically makes time for the characters» realities, like Max and Annie having trouble conceiving a child, without such story points feeling too forced, and plays on the expectations of thriller plot twists more than once.

The easy criticism of such scenes is that they seem to go against the high stakes of the thriller plot that's unfolding around them.

The details of the thriller plot are a caution.

What some of us oldsters understood is that smartphones have rendered the classical who - knows - what - and - when - do - they - know - it construction of thriller plots inoperable.

Not exact matches

Throw in some Michael Crichton plot twists and you would have the makings of a great thriller.

Memory loss has been a stock movie plot device since the release of 1940s melodramas like Random Harvest, but lately it seems to be everywhere: in mysteries (Memento), in thrillers (Paycheck), and even in comedies (50 First Dates).

Although the film lacks the polished visual effects of Hollywood sci - fi thrillers, the timely political themes — including out - of - control wiretapping, job outsourcing, and border security — make the plot both engaging and chillingly plausible.

The best parts of this tepid thriller, which seems designed to actually lower audience's heart rates, arrive before the plot kicks in.

It's not a thriller, though the plot marches gravely forward with a sense of inexorable doom.

What makes A Simple Plan an exciting, thoughtful thriller isn't the plot twists, but the twists and turns of Hank's tortured conscience as one lie leads to bigger and deadlier deceits.

The story itself uses the parody of horror cliches to its advantage to create a plot that is classic suspense / thriller inspired alongside comedic elements that don't interrupt the plot but rather compliment it.

The film is on a fine line between fantasy and thriller with an element of sexual fantasy running through the plot for young teenage girls, nothing strong, think along the lines of «Twilight» teenage angst mixed with «Cursed» or a little bit of «Ginger Snaps» but not as in your face as those films, there is still an enjoyable werewolf film here.

This exciting epidemic thriller has quite a lot to offer: an outstanding cast of great names, great cinematography by Ballhaus and direction by Petersen and a thrilling plot that doesn't leave you much space to catch your breath, even has quite a few decent action scenes to offer.

Writer / director Gary Sinyor spent over a decade developing this unsettling thriller, which overcomes the odd plot blip to provide some poignant insights into the psychological consequences of grief.

Critics Consensus: A taut, well - acted political thriller, State of Play overcomes some unsubtle plot twists with an intelligent script and swift direction.

Of his final three movies, only Frenzy (1972), which marked his return to British thrillers after 30 years, was successful, although his last film, Family Plot

A naïve young couple are drawn into a dangerous plot that reaches to the highest levels of politics and law enforcement in director Jorge Ramirez Suarez's tense political thriller.

Wonderfully directed and beatifully acted, (especially by Kidman), the plot, which wants to be a sort of understated thriller, never quite hits the right notes.

The grand tradition of French thrillers favors dark humor, morally dubious characters, and twisted plot developments.

Given a good basis for a thriller in the Patricia Highsmith novel and a first - rate script, Hitchcock embroiders the plot into a gripping, palm - sweating piece of suspense.

With the artful and clever concept of little to no dialogue, the film keeps the audience engaged and too scared to make a sound themselves (you don't even wan to munch on your popcorn) Yes, as with many thrillers, there are a few plot holes, but the plot is unique, the acting is good and suspense is palpable.

But Francis Lawrence's steely thriller, based on the first of Jason Matthews» trilogy of novels, shares more DNA with John Le Carré's densely - plotted espionage page - turners than the MCU.

Critic Consensus: A taut, well - acted political thriller, State of Play overcomes some unsubtle plot twists with an intelligent script and swift direction.

Clearly nobody will mistake this comedy thriller for a precision - made object — the scenes seem held together with old shoelaces, and you could land a fleet of 747s through the holes in the plot.

The Bottom Line: The plot is often slow and the actors frequently appear to be sleepwalking in their roles, but The Interpreter is an interesting political thriller that should please fans of Penn, Kidman, and Pollack.

One sloughs one's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot.

In fact, the human drama of Lincoln is often less compelling than its political plot — which, even given its on - the - record outcome, becomes a gripping political thriller at its peak.

Sydney Pollack's («Three Days of the Condor» / «Out of Africa») well - made but unimportant political thriller (more a character driven than a plot driven story) is set in New York City and frames its story around an assassination plot of an African leader set to speak at the United Nations.

His dramatic thriller The General's Daughter (1999) also hinted toward a growing sense of character and plot development.

Critic Consensus: Due to its use of cliched and ludicrous plot devices, this thriller is more predictable than suspenseful.

Many thrillers use their characters as nothing more than cardboard cutouts to be put through the motions of the plot, so much so that by the time the plot boils over we don't care, because we don't know who the characters are or why they're doing what they're doing.

The plot has the obvious trappings of a police procedural but little of the conventional execution; the film is so character - driven that it's unlikely to appeal to thriller fans (evidently the reason Warner Bros. has marketed the film so minimally, a particular surprise given its talent pedigree).

By the end, director Sidney Pollack has spent so much time with Silvia and Tobin at the expense of the tension, building plot elements a thriller needs to keep moving forward, that he has to play quite a bit of bait and switch to get things where they need to be for the climax he wants, which is moving but by that point a bit ridiculous.

Dwayne Johnson headlines this supernatural action thriller about a team of Navy SEALs tasked with fighting supernatural creatures when they discover that a powerful force of darkness is plotting to destroy the planet.

Mindhunters has the dumbest whodunit thriller plot and the least plausible moves of any film I can think of.

Pollack knows how to craft a thriller behind the camera; he has an expert command of pacing and plotting, setting up interesting situations masterfully.

Penn rarely appears in thrillers, but he understands the power of quiet at the core of a swirling plot.

Critics Consensus: Due to its use of cliched and ludicrous plot devices, this thriller is more predictable than suspenseful.

A noisy and violent thriller, a plot that becomes absurd with too many characters and none of them with much depth.

Deja Vu lives up to its name a bit by being somewhat derivative of other recent science fiction thrillers, but it never cribs from any of them enough to merit labeling it as an out - and - out rip - off of any of them (there is a subtle 12 Monkeys vibe to the plot, even if the events are vastly different).

Sure, there are plenty of loose ends and logic loopholes to have to contend with, but with fine performances, a nifty plot, and solid production values all around, Deja Vu overcomes familiar story elements to deliver a lively and interesting thriller for those who enjoy mysteries mixed with fantasy and science fiction elements.

As with any such thriller that involves the thorough confusion of the audience, plot holes could be found if we looked hard enough.

The plot of Married Life, based on the British fifties - era pulp thriller «Five Roundabouts to Heaven» and set in 1949 Seattle (though the city is never actually identified, to the best of my recall), sounds like a seedy Hollywood B&W crime melodrama of cheating husbands and seductive sirens and the comforts of suburban life corrupted by lust and greed.

The generic plot of Haywire could have been lifted from any «international» action thriller stretching back from 1960's to the present day.

Ever since The Bird with the Crystal Plumage in 1970, Dario Argento's thrillers have been moving away from conventional narrative into plots of increasing absurdity, often full of red herrings, that gratify the director's delight in stylistic excess.

Air Force One does not offer as much character nor plot to chew on as Petersen's last thriller involving the presidency, 1993's terrific Clint Eastwood starrer In the Line of Fire, but it still delivers the goods — a brisk pace, explosions, gunplay, fights, lots of airborne action, strong acting, and, last and certainly not least, the legendary Harrison Ford.

The plot of this low - budget supernatural thriller deals with a couple of reporters working for a supermarket rag, a la «Weekly World News» (or bizarre and not really proven news articles from around the world).

With deliberate echoes of classic Hammer horror, this moody and inventive thriller gets under our skin with its deeply personal plot, which pays as much attention to horror as emotion.

Despite devoting roughly half its running time to Ian and Sofi's relationship, I Origins is ultimately not a romance, or at least, not only a romance: As the plot advances, Cahill's film reveals new incarnations of itself in a variety of genre trappings — sci - fi parable, grisly medical drama, globe - trotting thriller, and even, in one bizarre and possibly genius scene, a Saw-esque horror flick.

Certainly if you thought too hard about the plot and its many gaping holes your head might explode, but this really is a film with no pretences of being art or breaking new ground, it is a paint - by - numbers thriller.