Sentences with phrase «opening war sequence»

That said, it delivered a few dynamic scenes — like an opening war sequence — and gave us a good feel for the different settings.

Not exact matches

A group of insect geneticists, genome researchers, and funding officials has put together a plan to open a new front in the war against malaria: the sequencing of the genome of Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito primarily responsible for spreading the disease in Africa.

The movie's opening sequence is as graphic as any war footage I've ever seen.

Not much: The filmmakers — among them Tsotsi director Gavin Hood and 25th Hour writer David Benioff, no joke — relegate the most interesting parts of Logan's early story to an opening - credits sequence that dashes from his 1845 childhood to the Civil War to the Vietnam War in a span of seconds.

Director Hood (Tsotsi) opens strong, with a wickedly crafted opening - credits sequence that shows young mutant Logan and his more feral half - brother, Victor, aka Sabretooth (Schreiber), emerging from Canada's Northwest Territories, circa 1845, to fight side by side in the Civil War, both World Wars, and Vietnam (what, Korea wasn't badass enough?).

Actual depiction of the Civil War is pretty much limited to a single gory battle scene at the opening, followed by a corny sequence where Lincoln chats with some young soldiers.

If war strategies are mathematical, then Saving Private Ryan «s opening battle sequence is the epitome of chaos.

Adapted and Americanized from the 1974 novel by popular British author Frederick Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File), Dogs casts Walken as Jamie Shannon, one of several mercenaries making a narrow exit from war - torn Central America in the film's opening sequence.

And sure enough, what begins as a clarion call settles into a somewhat familiar period costume drama spiced up now and again with racy sequences nonetheless sobered by the memory of the delirious hedonism of that opening, wherein we get Dracula's backstory as a hero of a holy war, repulsing Muslim invaders in Romania, turning to blasphemy when the vengeful Turks fool his wife Elisabeta (Winona Ryder) into believing that her beloved has died on the battlefield, and gleefully chewing artificial scenery with toothy relish.

For someone who'd only read about military conquest in history textbooks, Steven Spielberg's World War II painted the missing horrors and chaos of war with his opening D - Day sequence on the beaches of NormanWar II painted the missing horrors and chaos of war with his opening D - Day sequence on the beaches of Normanwar with his opening D - Day sequence on the beaches of Normandy.

Declaration of War announces itself in a nifty opening sequence as Juliette meets Romeo at a party and they set off on their romance with an impressively edited tracking shot through the streets of Paris.

The outstanding opening sequence as mano a mano, he slugs his way through the clawing pale War Boys, leads to failure.

In a murderous opening sequence, their camp is ambushed by an Arikara war party.

It opens with a speeder chase through a dingy tunnel, segues to a sequence set on a twilit smoky battlefield, and the big moment when the Millennium Falcon is first revealed (as the «Star Wars» theme swells majestically in the background) takes place in an inky cave.

The opening sequences of George Clooney's Suburbicon unfold in front of us like an animated book straight from a Cold War infomercial.

Johnson recently shared a photo of Star Wars: The Last Jedi «s opening sequence.

Following yesterday's reveal of the official title for Star Wars: Episode VIII, director Rian Johnson has shared a photo of the forthcoming film's opening sequence.

From a pulse - pounding opening sequence to a terrific climax, «The Last Jedi» is everything you would want from a «Start Wars» movie, and then some.

Certainly the oft - parodied opening ballet / skirmish between the warring Puerto Rican - American Sharks and the Anglo Jets, filmed on real New York streets and schoolyards, is one of the most exciting opening musical sequences ever made.

What also springs to mind is the classic opening sequence, in which the game logo is shot, and the player is briefed, whilst a beautiful soundtrack that seems to perfectly capture the essence of the game (and the war in general) plays in the background.

For a series to go from weighed down by cutscenes, spouting nonsense about nuclear war and secret Cold War contracts with a few simple stealth sequences to a full blown open world stealth sandbox masterpiece (and on the PC too) was quite the surpriwar and secret Cold War contracts with a few simple stealth sequences to a full blown open world stealth sandbox masterpiece (and on the PC too) was quite the surpriWar contracts with a few simple stealth sequences to a full blown open world stealth sandbox masterpiece (and on the PC too) was quite the surprise.

The opening sequence plays heavily on Star Wars, but acts as a welcome gameplay tutorial to help more inexperienced players learn the ropes.

Here is a sweet cinematic opening sequence for Epic Games Gears of War 3, called «We're All Stranded».