Sentences with phrase «series of action scenes»

Instead, it all comes down to a series of action scenes and standoffs — each of them resolved by a convenient deus ex machina.

Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge: «Even at its best, The Last Knight feels like a series of action scenes wrapped up together in a thinly stretched narrative.

The filmmakers clearly built a script around a series of action scenes, George Lucas style, and in order to get it to flow at all, they had to force large inconsistencies into Cheadle's «character.»

Not exact matches

In his new series Action and Ambition, your host Andrew Medal goes behind the scenes to learn the backstories, mindsets, and actions of the world's most ambitious people.

Rather than a cohesive narrative, Avengers: Infinity War resembles the penultimate sequence of every Marvel Studios production that has come before, an exhausting series of ultimately futile action scenes that endlessly proclaim the goodness and importance of the supposedly heroic characters as they engage in battle against an all - powerful foe.

Yes, it's the worst of Die Hard series, but «A Good Day to Die Hard» offers terrific action scenes, car persecutions, and all of Die Hard give to us.

Oddly some of the action scenes have a faker, obvious CGI sheen to them than the series.

The film, based in name only on a series of South Korean graphic novels, has nice, washed - out desert exteriors and some cool jet - powered motorcycles, but there's nothing in the hackneyed story or the derivative action scenes to make you take notice.

The action parts of the movie were as good as previous parts of the series, and a step up from Mockingjay part 1, but I did feel as though there were lots of filler scenes where the characters moped around a bit and lamented over who Katniss would pick from their odd little love triangle.

Skyfall doesn't reach the emotional depths of 2006's Casino Royale — Daniel Craig's first outing as MI6 secret agent James Bond — but it features jaw - dropping cinematography and set design, and some of the most exciting action scenes of the entire series.

The answer, I suppose, is a series of jokes and some high - energy action scenes.

YouTuber and X-Men devotee «Philysteak» must be a big fan of the»90s X-Men: The Animated Series, because their shot - for - shot recreation of the X-Men: Apocalypse trailer painstakingly lines up footage from that cartoon with the live - action scenes.

Yet it's definitely more about the journey than the destination — all of that is an excuse for fun action scenes with an enjoyable cast of characters, and for at least the introductory film in a series, that's probably enough.

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The eight - part saga comes to a close with an action - packed finale that neatly ties up the strands of the whole series and also manages to give its actors some meaty scenes to play with.

«Crashes and burns under the weight of its obligations to the series, packing in too many characters, too many plot points, and far too many action scenes pitched toward the sensibilities of eight - year - old boys.»

On top of an impressive cast, flawless script and gripping action scenes, the Lethal Weapon series spawned some of the greatest and best - remembered one - liners of all time.

While MI: 3 is, of course, a continuation of situations and characters introduced in the first two films and, to a more tangential extent, the original television series, Abrams» style is much more reminiscent of James Cameron in his approach to giving us early moments of character development, channeling that into the unfolding upturn of tension, and then finally, letting things rip in the action scenes with relentless intensity.

Join Jeph and «Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.» executive producers Jed Whedon («Dollhouse»), Maurissa Tancharoen («Dr. Horrible's Sing - Along Blog») and Jeffrey Bell («Angel»), along with cast members Clark Gregg («Marvel's The Avengers»), Ming - Na Wen («ER»), Brett Dalton («Killing Lincoln»), Chloe Bennet («Nashville»), Iain de Caestecker («The Fades») and Elizabeth Henstridge («Reach Me»); as well as must - see midseason series «Marvel's Agent Carter» executive producers Tara Butters («Resurrection»), Michele Fazekas («Resurrection»), Christopher Markus («Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier»), Stephen McFeely («Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier») and Louis D'Esposito («Marvel's The Avengers»), with series star Hayley Atwell («Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger»), in this can't miss Q&A panel that will take you behind the scenes and into the future of Marvel's live action television series.

In addition to accurately depicting many of the action - packed scenes from the book, Lawrence has also brought his attention to the series» most powerful themes, making sure to include some of the key lessons from the final book in here.

It's a truly impressing scene where the intense action is matched with the great comedy that has been such a hallmark of this series.

, the scene was set for a series of huge action set pieces (as so described in President Coin's final speech at the end of that film) as the rebels storm the Capital.

The interesting aspect of work on The Young Pope is that, despite the limited production times, we managed to come out of the constrictions of the TV series: fast editing and elaborate camera movements alternate with scenes in which the importance of the dialogues allows a longer and less action - filled framing.

He speaks to the audience in a series of scenes set late in his life, as he looks back to the past to the point where the central action... the series of murders... takes place.

The final hour ramps up the tension with a ticking - clock element that should have most viewers right on the edge of their seats, and nobody dials the action sequences up to the epic levels quite like Nolan, and his scenes of destruction surpass anything in the series so far.

After devising a sturdy frame for Neeson's special brand of sorrowful mayhem, the filmmakers expertly fill in «Run All Night» with a series of charged action scenes, including a rare one in which Neeson chases after a cop car, instead of the other way around.

Acura also says the series offers behind the scenes action from its state of the art Maryville, Ohio plant that highlights the NSX's seven key manufacturing moments.

Click here to watch a fascinating behind - the - scenes video of the fifth film in this top Hollywood action series.

There have already been a number of rumors circling that Midnight Club was making its way back to the game scene, possible reintroducing the fun open - world racing action that we've come to expect from the series, particularly with its last entry, Los Angeles.

There's good reason for the lack of any significant SoulCalibur play on the competitive scene; while the series might have provided its fair share of hugely entertaining showdowns, a few game - breaking flaws and an emphasis on style over substance has seen it left in a horrible middle ground between hardcore fighters and anything - can go, mash - friendly action gaming with a competitive twist.

Moreover, that one is a sequel to the Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth line of the franchise, which takes all the action out of the courtroom and straight to the crime scenes, but plays very similarly to the mainline series.

There are also great looking cutscenes in the game which actually provide decent action scenes and some alternate views of some of the series notable moments.

With just under a week left of their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Massive Work Studio — the Brazilian development team behind cosmic horror Action RPG, DOLMEN — wraps up their weekly «Behind the Scenes» series with an inside look at not only what it takes to create a game, but what it looks like to be a part of a development team.

Various locations from the films are recreated, and more often than not you'll feel like you're a part of one of the famous action scenes from the series.

«Overall this is the best set of action scenes yet, even though the series still feels like it's underperforming.»

These decisions also affect the lives of certain characters and the course of the game's story, the only drawback here is that while these decisions are also supposed to change the way the live action series play out, it only ends up changing few scenes and does not makes a solid impact.

Granted, suddenly introducing a previously - unmentioned brother is awkward, and there are some slower missions that drag on too long — but the action scenes are some of the series» best, the combat has a fresh edge, and the characters and storytelling are oft - brilliant.

The Bari - based artist will present a series of sculptures installed, arranged and then «modified by several actions» to create a surreal scene where «stories between parents and children are analyzed by the artist's personal view».

She collaborates with Kadist Art Foundation on a series of video interviews of Latin American artists and is contributing research of the 1990s art scene in Monterrey for the upcoming exhibition Below the Underground: Renegade Art and Action in Mexico in the 1990's, curated by Irene Tsatsos for the Getty's LA / LA initiative at The Armory Center in Pasadena, CA.