Sentences with phrase «part of action thriller»

Acting-wise, Bell is part of action thriller The Coup with Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan and stars opposite Simon Pegg in offbeat romantic comedy drama Man Up, due next year.

Not exact matches

Part of the film's appeal is that it's written and directed by Luc Besson, he of the smarmy eurotrash action thrillers, and so he's willing to drag the film into a murky, R - rated morality that an American blockbuster simply wouldn't be willing to go.

The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.

Part of the announcement was the Indonesia action / thriller Headshot, which stars Iko Uwais (The Raid: Redemption, The Raid 2), and will be getting global distribution after Nikkatsu Corporation announced that they partnered with Vertacal Entertainment and XYZ Films.

Fans of Jason Statham will no doubt have some fun with Killer Elite and there's one show - stopping moment in the first Statham / Owen brawl that will certainly get a reaction from audiences, but for anyone looking for either an over-the-top action flick or a smart - witted political thriller, the film fails to live up to the sum of its respective parts.

The division, part of billionaire Haim Saban's media empire, racked up five total by the end of the festival: the Gerard Butler psychological thriller «Keepers,» Keanu Reeves» romantic thriller «Siberia,» «Berlin, I Love You» with Kiera Knightley and Helen Mirren, Nicolas Cage's «Between Worlds» and the historical action film «Viking Destiny.»

When you dub a film an action thriller, it can't just have a few impressive battle sequences; the pace of the film overall needs to reflect that, otherwise you'll end up with audience members checking their watches in between the exciting parts and that's exactly what happens here.

Though «The Purge: Election Year» inherits many of the same problems from 2014's «The Purge: Anarchy,» chief among them the absurdity of the Purge itself, it also builds on its strengths to produce another John Carpenter - styled action thriller that's equal parts cheesy B - movie and pulpy fun.

Safe House is an action / thriller, it is fast paced for the most part and it certainly contains a level of seriousness that I didn't expect.

Once the big twist is finally revealed, the film falls back on by - the - numbers action mayhem, but Twohy knows that's part of the thriller game, too, and he's happy to let A Perfect Getaway go down winking.

«So there's some overlap in there in wondering what's real and what's part of the game, which lends itself to a little bit of action, some nighttime intrigue, thriller stuff.

It is part an indictment of the ludicrous mandatory sentence drug laws, and part dramatic thriller, while only delivering on one big action scene late in the film involving Matthews trying to drive a semi containing a shipment of cash through the border to Mexico, while trying to avoid men with machine guns driving cars trying to take him down.

WHY: Michael Bay has wasted the better part of the last decade making shitty «Transformers» films, so it's nice to see him return to form with «13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,» an exhilarating and surprisingly apolitical military thriller that reconfirms why he's one of the best action directors in the business.

The director of «xXx» and «The Fast and the Furious» will helm the action thriller, which is part heist movie, part disaster film.

Part of the thrill is the abrupt tonal shift: The sleek and stylish action thriller's groovy»80s synth drops out, leaving only the sounds of knuckle on flesh, desperate grunts, and soft body parts hitting the ground.

Apparently, Summit picked up feature - film rights to the book in March 2009 with the aim of launching an action - thriller franchise featuring a character who is part Indiana Jones and part Sherlock Holmes.

«There's some overlap in there in wondering what's real and what's part of the game, which lends itself to a little bit of action, some nighttime intrigue, thriller stuff,» Bateman previously told PEOPLE of the film.