Sentences with phrase «schlock action»

Why it's worth a watch: This is directed by Renny Harlin, the master of schlock action switch - off - your - brain entertainment.

Oddly enough, the wit is still there, but this time it's in the form of homages, both visual and aural, hearkening you back to the 70s schlock action cinema, full of revenge plots, martial arts gusto, and bad - ass mamas who aren't afraid to tussle with the big boys.

Not exact matches

The plot is a boring mix of Hitchcockian «innocent - man - accused» and derivative action schlock, probably more appropriate for straight - to - video crapola than in a major film release like this.

The action parody, exploitation satire and mock schlock that purportedly sit at the centre of Machete Kills are — or, at least once, were — rife with comedic possibility; alas, this time round precious little is funny.

It's the kind of film that is initially tempting to dismiss, the kind of overly familiar action schlock you'd expect to find lurking towards the bottom of a Netflix search gone on way too long.

To be honest, for standard horror - science fiction fare, it isn't half - bad for a while, but once the cave - dwelling creatures start to emerge, the movie begins a rapid descent into unappealing, mechanical action - horror clichés, taking what might have been a passable vehicle for genre junkies and turning it into the b - movie schlock.

So I didn't see a downside to cutting off this sort of marketing schlock at the source, and fed up one day with credit solicitations clogging my mailbox, I took action.