Sentences with phrase «of unbearable tension»

There are moments of danger in Maria; moments of unbearable tension and bad decisions and I - can't - believe - people - do - this incredulity.

We need to be reminded of this because of the unbearable tension between Jesus's love and his inaction, his delay.

Atmospheric and never flashy, and yet capable of moments of unbearable tension and an almost overpowering sense of paranoia.

Not exact matches

In addition, this particular nullification has a little extra weight, since North Korea cut off its emergency direct phone line to South Korea — a sort of bat signal one could use to call the other and sort things out when tensions got unbearable...

He had the star mentality with the behaviour of a precocious child and caused unbearable tension within the group of players.

Annihilation has its share of action — including one horrifying encounter that ratchets up the tension to an almost - unbearable level — but this movie, unlike something produced for mass audiences, is about what happens in the calm moments between the loud, splashy sequences.

Once it gets started, the tension on each level is practically unbearable, and the final room of the final level provides the perfect ending to a game that sneaks up on you and never lets go.

That's what drives the story — the silence is practically unbearable, squeezing out every ounce of tension before coming at you with a storm of violence.

«Creating an atmosphere of dread, one unsettling event at a time, Wan ratchets up the tension until it's nearly unbearable and delightfully scary.»

Roger Donaldson demonstrates his understanding of shooting chase sequences and tension occasionally rises to nearly unbearable levels owed to some interesting camera angles and quick, anxious cutaways.

Although there are moments of extremely dark comedy early on, after a certain point, the humor stops and with it any form of release from the almost unbearable tension of the film's third act.

Taking a measured, understated docu - drama approach was clearly the right one (particularly when placed against Oliver Stone's ill - judged «World Trade Center»)-- it paid true tribute to the heroes of United 93, while still enabling Greengrass to heighten the tension to almost unbearable levels (we vividly remember several people fleeing our screening while hyperventilating during its final sections).

For his sophomore effort Don't Breathe, director Fede Alvarez dials down the blood and gore in favor of almost unbearable tension generated through masterful deployment of set design, sound design, cinematography and one sparse but effective premise.

Saulnier has made a film of almost unbearable tension, a no - frills pressure cooker that rattles the senses not just for what occurs (the brief moments of violence are convincingly staggered and upsettingly abrupt), but for what's waiting just off screen at every turn.

The film begins as a friendly weekend outing to the shore involving several married couples and kids sharing a bungalow, then escalates to almost unbearable tension when one of them — a kindergarten teacher, disappears.

The tension in Two Lovers is often unbearable especially as the film builds to its conclusion, which will generate plenty of post-viewing debate.

Our reviewer found that the film avoids the wish - fulfillment of much of its genre, and as a consequence it's a movie «of almost unbearable tension, a no - frills pressure cooker that rattles the senses not just for what occurs, but for what's waiting just off screen at every turn.»

To a superlative degree, Acceptable Loss provides colorful characters, a memorable portrait of waterfront life, and a story that achieves its most thrilling moments in a transfixed London courtroom, where Monk faces his old friend Oliver Rathbone in a trial of nearly unbearable tension - in sum, every delectable drop of the rich pleasure that readers expect from an Anne Perry novel.

James» understated narration allows the power of Wright's tale of murder, hate, fear, and guilt to build to an almost unbearable tension.

The beating of your heart, trying to restrain yourself from covering your ears and eyes, sitting on the edge of your seat as the tension reaches an unbearable level.

A truly meditative setting in which the spectator can get a sense of the almost unbearable physical tension the actors are caught in.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone complain that he or she was sick of the «unbearable tension... between a big - firm profit model and the needs of businesses that are suffering through difficult economic times, whose legal affairs must be managed effectively and efficiently,» well, I'd still hate paying for my own health insurance.