Sentences with phrase «on tense action»

Dead Space does feature a boss fight that feels more more in line with its focus on tense action and quick - thinking in its encounter with the Hunter.

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On the plus side, this course of action presents a lower risk of elevating the tense situation into a full - blown crisis or warfare.

Also, the original post was a cartoon envisioning the words / concepts represented by the Jesus figure, against the background of the Syrian refugees ---- what are your thoughts on the irony, applicability, and / or actions advocated by the Followers of Jesus (past tense) with the Followers of Jesus (present tense).

There was also a return to action for Fran Kirby after five months out through injury and the striker looked lively in her half - hour on the pitch, although a couple of missed chances almost came back to haunt us when Melissa Fletcher netted late on to set up a tense finale.

When a keen - eyed scientist discovers that a large asteroid is currently on a deadly collision course with the planet Earth, she must seek the help of a military outcast to jump into action and save humanity from annihilation in a tense, end - of - the - world thriller starring Rae Dawn Chong, Antonio Sabato, Jr., and Michael Moriarty.

For his part, though he doesn't exactly top the gritty, straightahead car chase that anchors the otherwise routine Bullitt, director Peter Yates revs up a few action set - pieces, such as a tense moment early on when scooter - riding Berke and Sanders are driven off the road by a big truck, a lengthy shark attack, and an explosive finale.

He's also added bed - based brooding and Tommy Lee Jones - talking to his considerable repetoire of skills; meanwhile, it looks like returning director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) has finally mastered the art of shooting a tense action scene without shaking his camera like he's tap dancing on the San Andreas fault.

His masterful composition of muted colors and tense but understated score, his visual focus on the characters rather than their actions, and his subtle but powerful use of camera elevate this story above its exploitative trappings.

Director Jonathan Liebesman background in horror films shines through in some genuinely tense moments, and one or two of the action sequences are well executed (a massive shoot - out on a freeway overpass is a particular highlight), but the potential of this movie is both wasted by a lack of general coherence, and then destroyed by dialogue that swings wildly from cheesy patriotic to unintentionally hilarious.

For young audience members the lesson contains some portrayals of reckless behavior that are short on consequences, rude actions and tense moments when the farmyard critters and the wild coyotes face off on a dark night in an old junkyard.

It's really a fusion of that very one - on - one high tense battle with the Devil May Cry or God Eater very fast paced action.

Academy Award ® nominee Mark Wahlberg re-teams with director Peter Berg (Lone Survivor) in the tense, moving action drama Deepwater Horizon, arriving on Digital HD December 20th from Summit Entertainment, a Read More →

The trailer for Sicario (Spanish for hitman) from director Denis Villeneuve (Enemy, Prisoners) is here and it's a tense two minutes of action and drama with Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt (Into the Woods, The Young Victoria) and Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro (Traffic, 21 Grams) fighting the war on drugs through a backdoor loophole that allows for a clandestine mission to apprehend a Mexican drug lord.

John Carpenter's nod to Howard Hawks» Rio Bravo (in which John Wayne's sheriff relies on a drunk Dean Martin), Assault on Precinct 13 is a brilliantly tense action film, its most electrifying moment coming when Stoker and Joston join forces.

The Lovely Bones and little Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) certainly tell us what she's learning while watching her family and murderer shuffle around on the mortal coil in a near - constant voice - over, but those words of denial and anger growing into acceptance don't reveal themselves in her limited actions in her stop on the way to Heaven (This might also be attributed to the fact that the story is told in the past tense, which lessens its overall impact as she has already seen and discovered these things; she's telling her story as opposed to living it, if you pardon the metaphysical contradiction in the wording).

Did the not - so - subtle transition from tense, survival horror to full on action kill your interest in the franchise?

Lots of action and explosions unfold at the pace of old people shuffling through a buffet line, split up by really idiotic and mostly identical sequences in which wordy riddles lead our heroes on yet another series of lever - pullings and allegedly tense standoffs in cobwebbed corridors.

After a lengthy and tense build up, the film explodes into a series of chase and action sequences as our cab driver gets on the wrong side of the police and two rival gangs.

A respectable action effort that makes up for its lack of depth with tight pacing and some tense, brutal action sequences that actually do manage to deliver on visceral impact.

Although Middle - Earth: Shadow of Mordor seemed like a pretty standard take on the open world action adventure stylings of games like Assassin's Creed, its tense and unforgiving action combat combined with a wonderfully compelling Nemesis system saw it scoop up awards on all sides, proving one of the most welcome surprises of the generation so far.

Setting up his scenes in the crowded streets of New York, Director Richard Donner keeps the reins on this production by mixing tense, action - packed scenarios with moments of quiet desperation as the worn - out detective and his nervous sidekick attempt to elude the inevitable.

There's some tense action set pieces, and Alicia Vikander's take on Lara Croft is pretty good.

The first trailer for Disney's live - action «Christopher Robin,» released Wednesday afternoon, gave us a snippet of a scene in which a tense Ewan McGregor sits on a park bench, swivels around to discover an aging teddy bear standing behind him and exclaims in disbelief, «Pooh?!»

Remember to use past tense when the action has taken place because if not, your readers might be confused on what you are really talking about.

A dog that displays tense body posture and seems to freeze in place is a dog that is on the threshold of negative action.

A post-apocalyptic action game originally released worldwide on June 14th, PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us combines a powerful, cinematic storyline with tense action, adventure and a meticulously rendered environment, developer Naughty Dog created a world where survival is at the heart of every decision in the game.

But while this latest adventure — in which geek - with - a-gun Isaac Clarke once again takes on an ancient alien menace that corrupts, kills, and resurrects its victims in hideously mutated form — delivers gore by the bucketful and action so tense that I felt compelled to take the occasional break, it doesn't deliver in the one area I really wanted it to: Spine - tingling terror.

Conversely you can offer help to other struggling players or, if you're so inclined, you can invade the games of other players and hunt them down for some good old fashioned player vs player action; nothing strikes fear into your heart more effectively than seeing a message pop up that you've been invaded and later in the game certain enemies will drop invaders into your game on top of the usual beasts you battle, making for some rather tense experiences.

Imagine how tense the action would be with a cash prize on the line against the whole world.

The touch screen's second use is for the subsequent surgery, of which nothing's been shown yet, but going on what we've seen of Atlus» other DS medical game Caduceus, we imagine a much more tense, action - packed set of scenes than the adventure bits.

The intense battles of the world war 2 era games are relocated to the sand - blasted alleyways of a middle - eastern dictatorship, with tense spec - ops raids that reign in the action to brief bursts of gunplay, relying on atmosphere and deftly - weaved scripts to keep the player invested.

Enemy Within takes the tense action a step further with alien assaults on your hidden ant farm.

It is a little on the smaller side where the action is tense and the kill counts run high.

It combines a balance of tense action, puzzle solving, story, and fun that has yet to be equaled on in the FPS arena.

Catherine Opie focuses on the dramatic spectacle of high school football, zeroing in on a tense moment of anticipation just as the players are ready to spring into action, while Brian Jungen sets up a meditative stack of boxes repeating the mesmerizing stare of legendary basketball star, Michael Jordan.

December's tense negotiations finally yielded the unanimous agreement of 191 countries and the European Union on a «Call to Action.»

Directed by Louie Psihoyos, the film is a tense action - film - like documentary on the brutal killing of dolphins in Taiji, Japan, one of many areas of the country where dolphins and whales are killed for their meat, though some of the traumatized animals are hand - chosen to be hauled off to theme parks and swim - with - the - dolphin programs across the globe.

You may change between past tense and present tense on your resume; just remember to use resume action words in the present tense to describe current jobs and other activities and past tense to describe past jobs and other activities.

After you compile your responsibilities, use past - tense action verbs to list each of your responsibilities on your resume in brief, informative statements.