Sentences with phrase «simple action movies»

Die Hard is one of the most simple action movies out there, but in being so, it is extremely enjoyable, as we easily cut to the chase.

The film's biggest standout is Melissa Leo, who shows that she can still communicate pain even in a simple action movie, her beatdown in the film one of its most intense scenes.

Just because I didn't relate to the love - hate bond the main character is meant to have with him, doesn't mean I can not appreciate him as a simple action movie baddie.

Not exact matches

The first John Wick was a surprise out of nowhere, in which two directors known for great stunt work delivered a simple, yet powerful action movie starring Keanu Reeves.

In a day of CGI action movies on steroids, this one is a throwback to a simpler time of «lonely girl desperately seeking love.»

The trick for a movie of this type, at least one that is aspiring to be more than just a simple - minded exploitation film (such as the original Charles Bronson «Death Wish,» a far more complicated work than usually given credit for, especially in comparison to its tacky sequels), is to create a narrative that somehow justifies such actions without completely overdoing it.

The simple, hand - drawn animation contrasts beautifully with the slick digital work that comprises most of the movie, inserting realistic - looking talking rabbits into live - action scenes with Byrne and Gleeson.

The story is simple, but the action is SPLENDID, a must see if you are a Transformer fan... this review of 1 1/2 starts, does not do any good to this movie!

Although a bit slowly - paced, A Single Shot is a highly atmospheric and suspenseful movie, having more to offer than a simple action film.

Perhaps one of the most surprising hits of 2014, John Wick was the movie that relaunched the career of Keanu Reeves and gave us an action film that was simple, well directed and featured fantastic practical action.

Ryan Coogler could have made just a simple action - adventure movie, and that would have been fine.

In Jeremy's 9.5 / 10 review of John Wick: «Reeves» latest action vehicle is a simple movie with simple ideas, but that isn't keeping it from being one of the most exhilarating, balls - to - the - wall action movies to come down the pipeline in a long while.

Director David Gordon Green leaves the indie world for this studio film and excels in making a very vulgar comedy full of stylish montages and exciting chases — while Rogen and co-writer Evan Goldberg (also co-writer of This Is the End) construct a movie with a stupidly simple enough premise to knock off a slew of action cliche parodies, but also allow for a lot of improvisation along the way.

Emily Blunt, Sicario — Blunt anchors this riveting, intelligent action movie that has more on its mind than simple thrills with her committed performance as an FBI agent who finds herself the sheep among wolves that include CIA agent Josh Brolin and mysterious contractor Benicio Del Too when she joins them in the US / Mexico border war against drugs.

It was either the action movie of the decade, cutting away needless side characters and having a lead character with a very simple motivation: getting his daughter back.

Finally, someone let him direct his own script, and the result was Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a riotous riff on the hard - boiled works of Raymond Chandler (chapter titles are all from Philip Marlowe novels: Lady in the Lake, The Simple Art of Murder, The Little Sister, etc), that nimbly satirizes the movie business, detective - movie plotting (there are always two cases that implausibly tie up together), the action hero as idiot and the conventions of the film noir voiceover («Oh shit, back up, back up, I forgot to mention — Jesus, this is terrible narration, it's like my dad telling a joke and saying, oh, I should have told you the cowboy's horse is blue...»).

I'm so alone in my general dislike of Peter Berg's too - simple, reliant - on - CGI - explosions action movie that consensus mandates I include it.

The Killer is still a big flashy John Woo action movie, but the story is simpler, there's less action, and there's more work in developing at least Chow's character.

And he regarded this sequence as «the pinnacle of the action in the movie,» with its carnage serving a larger purpose than providing simple thrills.

It's a simple plot device that has been the driving motivation behind some of the best action movies ever, with a prime recent example being the mighty John Wick who had a pure, direct reason to go on a rampage; some jerks killed the dog his dead wife gave to him, and also stole his beloved car.