Sentences with phrase «solid supporting characters»

Like the first two films, the newest one features a few solid supporting characters that viewers get to know before some of them are killed.

Kunis is perfectly fine as sexy Lily, just as Vincent Cassel (Mesrine, the Ocean's movies) is a solid supporting character as the artistic director of Nina's ballet company, «Thomas Leroy».

Not exact matches

The structure and design of the Tina story line are solid — giving plenty of time for Lincoln to shine in the process — but the supporting characters are almost paper thin.

The plot is weaker than some of Marvel's more recent stories (I'm looking at you Winter Soldier), and the villain is the biggest mustache twirling megalomaniac the studio has yet produced, but what it lacks in completely solid writing it makes up for in its wonderfully charming cast, an impressive use of special effects, and at least a baby step forward as far as female supporting characters are concerned.

Supporting roles are filled with solid character actors Sam Rockwell (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Kevin Bacon (Death Sentence) and Oliver Platt (Casanova).

Carrey is surrounded with a solid lineup of supporting actors, but some of them play characters that are quite familiar.

Landesman's handle on this film is mostly solid, and there are swell performances all around — this is one of those historical dramas where every supporting character is someone you «know.»

Featuring Omar Berdouni, Yul Vazquez as Navy officer Captain Frank, and «Pacific Rim» star Max Martini as a SEAL Commander, this solid but unshowy company of supporting characters round out the cast in workmanlike fashion.

As far as supporting characters in the rom - com, movies have done a lot worse, but there's not a whole lot to these characters except a couple of solid one - liners.

There are solid supporting turns from Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, and Zoe Saldana, but Cooper doesn't trust his characters enough, and is too enamored with his own sordid backdrop of underground fighting rings and hair - trigger violence.

Thor: Ragnarok had a solid lineup of supporting actors, the lack of which has plagued MCU movies before — from Tessa Thompson's badass Valkyrie to Tom Hiddlestron's Loki to Karl Urban's Skurge to Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner / Hulk, the Green Goliath who finally saw some much - needed character development.

There are also a few iffy performances from some of the supporting characters that distract, but the leads — Reynolds, Kendrick, and Arterton — are solid.

Directed by cult - favorite New Zealand director Taika Waititi, Ragnarok is silly and fun and zippy, a great showcase for star Chris Hemsworth's increasingly reliable humor, and a solid introduction for Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie and some other spirited supporting characters.

The plot's a bit skimpy but there's atmosphere to spare, plus Sigourney Weaver is backed by some solid support from a gruff bunch of British character actors.

A colorful supporting cast of characters add to the solid repartee, with Dennis Franz (Body Double, Dressed to Kill) stealing a good deal of his scenes as the easily irritated head of airport police.

Chris Hemsworth turns in a solid performance as the team's untested captain, and Michael Shannon and Michael Peña are both good in supporting roles, but none of the characters are developed much beyond their introductions.

A solid cast of comedy actors lend their voices to the supporting characters, including Michael Peña, Kumail Nanjiani, Abbi Jacobson, Zach Woods and Fred Armisen, but the film loses them in the cacophony of kung fu movie references, colourful action and fitfully funny comic set pieces.

The film boasts a solid bench of character - actor talent: Woody Harrelson in the title role, with support from Richard Jenkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey Donovan, and more.

The movie starts to drag in the latter half as it meanders towards its conclusion (there's no reason this needed to be almost two hours long), and it would have benefited from some stronger supporting characters, but «A Million Ways to Die in the West» is a really solid comedy with more than enough laughs to offset its minor shortcomings.

Even the supporting cast — which in the past had solid character actors like Jared Harris, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez, Wentworth Miller — is lacking here.

The ensemble piece gave him chances to shine, but then also let him be a solid support for the other characters.

After studying at the prestigious Juilliard and securing some solid supporting roles, Isaac demonstrated his talent playing the emotionally complex title character in the Coen brothers» Inside Llewyn Davis.

But with great leads, skillful direction, and solid supporting performances by Amy Adams, whose character represents the balance between her natural demeanor of kindness and the learned skills of a newfound disciplinarian, and Viola Davis, whose one powerhouse scene impressed enough to garner her an Academy Award nomination, Doubt still runs on all cylinders professionally in delivering a solid musing on the duplicitous power of faith and doubt, faith coming from the heart and doubt from the mind.

Strong supporting characters, uniformly solid writing, occasionally too macho, but with enough heart to back it up, this was the sort of thriller that actually thrills.

The presentation of the game is solid with a great user interface across various menus such as the main menu, character gallery menus, options menus and various gameplay menus with support for navigation via the left analogue stick, directional pad, face buttons and touch pad, although there is no support for navigation via the right analogue stick.

The presentation of the game is solid with a great user interface across various menus such as the main menu, character customisation menus, inventory menus, clan menus, settings menus and gameplay menus with support for navigation via the left analogue stick, directional pad and face buttons, while being able to rotate your character with the right analogue stick, although it does not include support for navigation via the touch pad.

The voice acting is solid, but outside of Ronan and Joy, the supporting cast doesn't have much to work with in order to create memorable characters.

The presentation of the game is solid with a great user interface across various menus such as the title menu, main menu, single player menus, two player menus, online multiplayer menus, character customisation menus, brother eye vault menus, guilds menus, extras menus, options menus and gameplay menus with support for navigation via the left analogue stick, directional pad and face buttons, although it does not include support for navigation via the touch pad and the right analogue stick.

Metal Gear Solid 4 conversely demoted Raiden to a supporting character, but saw him transformed into a menacing cyborg ninja, where he featured in some of the most spectacular cut scenes that the game had to offer and, as a result, people finally wanted to play as him.

All roles are performed with solid delivery, though some of the supporting characters can be a bit over the top or underwhelming.