Sentences with phrase «ragtag team of»

However, as much as we would like to believe the outcomes in Legally Blonde, Braveheart and Rocky, real - world battles are rarely won by the ragtag team of underdogs.

That's why we're celebrating World Backup Day today, the annual holiday created by a ragtag team of Redditors who want to remind everyone on March 31st not to be an April fool.

The game's story focuses on the efforts of a ragtag team of characters in the Crash Bandicoot series, who must race against the egomaniacal Nitros Oxide to save their planet from destruction.

As the protagonist (who you craft with some schmick customisation options) and member of the Research Commission's Fifth Fleet, you and a ragtag team of hunters journey to «the new world» to seek out the Elder Dragons and better understand their impact on the world.

The narrative FPS thrives on the immersive power fantasy of being lone champion (or, in the case of co-op heavy games like Borderlands, part of a ragtag team of lone champions) on a finite, epic quest.

This ragtag team of developers has banded together to create a space exploration game where players can touch down on 18 quintillion (that's an 18 followed by 18 zeros) planets in search of... something.

The Marvel Comics version of the Guardians will be heading there once again after the inciting incident of «Secret Wars» robs the ragtag team of a galaxy to guard.

Still, «The Last Jedi» honors the franchise's chief values of idealism, loyalty and self - sacrifice that made the original «Star Wars» so beloved, with a similarly appealing ragtag team of hotheads and cockeyed optimists to root for as they try to save their galaxy from totalitarian domination.

But after Newt's creatures escape, the British magizoologist must recruit a ragtag team of helpers to aid in their recapture: Tina (Katherine Waterston), her sister Queenie (Alison Sudol) and Jacob (Dan Fogler), a war veteran and muggle, or no - maj as they're known in the States.

The undisputed leader of a ragtag team of lost souls, Frank is more of a philosophical guru than a rock headliner.

Filling out Wardaddy's predictably ragtag team of soldiers are Boyd Swan (Shia LaBeouf, «Transformers»), Grady Travis (Jon Bernthal, «The Wolf Of Wall Street»), and Trini Garcia (Michael Pena, «End Of Watch»).

Stephen Strange is thrown through time and placed on a ragtag team of mages in Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme # 1.

Luckily, we've got a ragtag team of ex-soldiers and Olivia Munn as a gun - wielding science teacher to save the day.

Deadpool 2 (R for sexual references, graphic violence, brief drug use and pervasive profanity) 11th installment in Marvel Comics» X-Men franchise finds the wisecracking title character (Ryan Reynolds) forming a ragtag team of superheroes to protect a young mutant (Julian Dennison) being hunted by a time - traveling, cybernetic soldier (Josh Brolin).

It's an origin story that lazily follows the most basic beats of a «ragtag team of scientists in space encounter disaster» movie.

With only a taser, flashlight, modified golf cart, and a ragtag team of helpers, Ronnie is vastly ill - equipped to serve the outsize ambitions of his ego.

Well I am happy to now know that Thor is now leading some kind of ragtag team of heroes (yes, that is including Loki) to save Asgard.

When a tender boy by accident triggers their go back to Earth, just a ragtag team of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science instructor can save you the tip of the human race.

Joined by old friends, old enemies, and some new friends, it's now up to our ragtag team of survivors to save the world.

The Mighty Ducks does not hold up as a «good» movie, but if you are looking for the ultimate piece of early «90s sports nostalgia, there is no one better to deliver it than Emilio Estevez and his ragtag team of hockey cast - offs.

Not exact matches

Sure, it's a heyday for the league's marketing team when they land a club like the legendary Real Madrid to square off against a ragtag group of MLS stars.

But I do not see the answer to Labour's challenge being to team up with the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and a ragtag of other parties.»

The movie's central dilemma has some dramatic juice, especially given the way it characterizes the volleyball team: There isn't a naturally great new player who can help rally an otherwise ragtag group to victory, just the grueling prospect of hard work and lots of practice.

Not only does it give us an idea of the movie's story, scope, humor and impressive set pieces, it also confirmed that Wade's ragtag team, which we saw in the previous trailer, is X-Force.

In true «let's get a team together» montage, O'Mara cobbles together a ragtag crew of cops each with their own one - dimensional skill.

Scott stars as Gary Houseman, a tennis pro turned high school janitor who reluctantly agrees to help coach his school's ragtag tennis team - with the bulk of the proceedings devoted to his efforts at whipping his pathetically incompetent players into champions.

Based on a true story, The Mighty Macs follows Carla Gugino's Cathy Rush as she becomes the head coach for an all - girls Catholic college's basketball team - with the film detailing Cathy's ongoing efforts at both whipping her ragtag players into shape and dealing with a variety of other problems and obstacles (including the skepticism of her sexist husband).

(In French and English with subtitles) Goon (R for drug use, graphic sexuality, brutal violence and pervasive profanity) Seann «Stiffler» Scott stars in this overcoming - the - odds hockey comedy about a halfwit bouncer who leads a ragtag, semi-pro team of misfits to glory on the ice.

In a lot of sports films, the students who form a ragtag team for this sport or that are often from well - off families and have the time and the energy to join the local team.

Language: English Genre: Action / Sci - Fi MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: James Gunn Actors: Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel Plot: In the far reaches of space American pilot, Peter Quill, must team up with a ragtag group of misfits after he incurs the wrath of the dreaded Ronan after stealing an orb.

Resorting to seeking employment as a mercenary, the muscle bound legend has gathered a team of ragtag warriors to work with him.

The film hits all the expected crowd - pleasing beats as this ragtag municipal outfit trains and applies for elite status, learning to work together as a team through an episodic series of hair - raising incidents before the inevitable tragedy you probably heard about on the news a few years ago.

Gene Hackman (Under Suspicion, Enemy of the State) plays the coach of one of the teams, and he assembles a ragtag group, including a washed up superstar college QB (Reeves, The Matrix), an ex-con RB (Jace, Cradle 2 the Grave), and a bunch of others who have lots of raw talent but not the ability to have made it pro.

Another gem of a sequence involves Deadpool attempting to audition recruits for his own ragtag mutant team («We have to keep this franchise going for another 10 to 12 years,» he says as the reason for the expansion).

His team of unlikely «Revengers» — including the fallen Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) and half - brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston, who gets heroic moments while remaining his deliciously devious self; he is the god of mischief, after all), as well as the rocky alien Korg (voiced by director Taika Waititi)-- is a fun, ragtag bunch.

You and your team of ragtag alien «sploders have but 3 lives between all of you.

We redoubled our efforts to level up both our team (a ragtag crew of fellow game journos, called Sign of Zeta) and our mech (a bipedal green gatling - gun affair known as Vile Breakfast) in order to take the post-apocalyptic world of AC5 by storm.

Much of VC's journey follows Welkin and his ragtag team as they face numerous, dangerous missions and circumstances throughout the war.

Your squad mates will also be able to toss replacement ammunition your way in an effort to make the campaign feel more like a team effort, rather than a solo romp with a ragtag group of allies that don't serve any meaningful purpose in terms of gameplay.