Sentences with phrase «staged action scenes»

Still, the camaraderie between Asirpa and Sugimoto, and the well - staged action scenes more than compensate for the occasional roughness of the execution or flatness of the characterizations.

Here, the bare bones feel familiar, and despite psychologically rich performances, and some cleverly staged action scenes there's just not a great deal we can get purchase on, and very little to surprise.

But it's also sincere and good - hearted, with well - staged action scenes and a refreshingly strong romantic subplot that offers a nice alternative to Twilight's moping angst.

Leitch is a former stunt coordinator who knows how to shoot intense, expertly staged action scenes, and luckily, that's just what this sequel needed.

It's a great - looking film, filled with wildly imaginative sets and costumes that would have done the Maestro proud, and veteran director Richard Fleischer (The Vikings) rises to the occasion with some sharply staged action scenes.

A cheesy looking (the 3 - D adds nothing to the picture) quasi-epic filled with dullish characters and chaotically staged action scenes.

It is as stylish as it is unpleasant, and there are some well - staged action scenes, but overall, the series is loud and tiring, like spending an hour in an MRI machine.

Stanton also does well in staging the action scenes, with big and exciting moments that manage not to become too overblown (some even feel cut short).

Director Kathryn Bigelow gives the proceedings a hefty dose of style, using a lot of dreamy slow motion and quick editing, and staging the action scenes with great energy; her most brilliant work here are the on - screen recreations of the SQUID clips, shot in long takes and with appropriately edgy and shaky handheld camera work.

Not exact matches

While Gens can splatter gore with the best of them — early in the film, a human body packed with C4 goes off in graphic detail — he fails to stage so much as a single rousing action scene, even when he has four double - fisted swordsmen facing off inside an abandoned subway car.

Despite a monotonously fashionable mise - en - scene, Lyne generates some genuine erotic tension between his two stars; you believe in their obsessive relationship, even as most of the action and staging registers as ridiculous.

The action sequences and fight scenes in the first two acts of the movie are equally impressive in their staging, taking visual cues from sources that include Coogler's own grounded boxing scenes in Creed, as well as many a James Bond film during a nightclub sequence right out of something like Skyfall.

Yet the good cheer of the performers is infectious, the script contains a few satisfying surprises, and the action scenes are crisply staged and cleanly shot.

The big fights are well staged, it's surprisingly brutal and violent and the Batman action scenes are genuinely great.

The action scenes are extremely well staged under The Russo's brothers» supervision; whether it's hand to hand combat or CGI driven explosions, the movie will make Marvel fans jump for joy.

Despite an abundance of characters in the chase scenes (including a gutsy guitar player who amplifies the exhilaration), it's easy to follow the action and appreciate the planning and thought that went into staging these visually stunning events.

Daniel Mecca, The Film Stage Too often the filmmakers rely on lowest - common - denominator prison rape jokes and lazy plotting to allow for action - comedy set pieces, resulting in a poorly - constructed scene at a White Supremacist stronghold and a sloppy third act that feels like an afterthought.

Mann's staging of the processions and ceremonies is majestic, but his handling of the action scenes is both grand and dynamic.

These scenes are expertly staged, jettisoning the shaky cam and fast cutting tactics that have defined action movies in recent years.

I saw this with my friend Raffi and love what he said in his review on The Film Stage: «While not without its issues across some aspects (some of the live - action scenes feel a bit stilted), one can overlook these faults in favor of the grand scope and ambition of Folman's larger oeuvre.

The action scenes are well - staged, the CGI is appropriate and not distracting (with decent creature design), and there is enough doubt about who will ultimately survive to keep us on the «edge» of our seats.

The action scenes are staged on a grand scale, appropriate to the power of the film's god - like villain, and the visual effects are spectacular.

Story decisions aside, Abrams continues staging the most exciting action scenes done in any Star Trek property.

Most of the action scenes, including an early covert operation aboard a tanker and a messy brawl in a crowded elevator, have been staged with a clarity uncommon to this studio.

Martial arts maestro Gareth Evans (The Raid, Berandal) can stage a better hand - to - hand action scene that anyone alive and with him tackling at the period action thriller about a man trying to save his sister from an insane cult is so ripe with promise I can smell it a mile away.

(2:50) give us a behind - the - scenes look at the staging of that action sequence.

«Anatomy of a Plane Crash» (7:46) takes us behind the scenes of the film's big action set piece, touching on the influential research, the maneuvers depicted, and the effects used on a gimbal stage with green screen.

Leo Tolstoy's tale of ball gowns, steam engines and lives ruined by affairs has been injected with a burst of visual flair by the Atonement auteur, staging much of the action within a 19th Century Russian theatre, where characters move from scene to scene as if in an epic, shifting play.

Most of the (well - staged) action scenes have Johansson at the centre, and she acquits herself admirably in the ass - kicking department, having already proven her abilities as the MCU's Black Widow.

Other special features include, Tim McGraw: Off the Stage, Player Cam Action Shots, and some Deleted Scenes.

The plot gives ample opportunity for director Curtiz to stage grand action scenes, from Thorpe's storming of the Spanish ship in the beginning, to his men's battle in the tropics and finally, as slaves, violent mutiny aboard the ship.

In an early scene, Sanders stages the action with a nod to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, with skyline shots framing Major as a sole avenger amid a festering city rife with crime and the glow of neon lights below suggesting a world of excitement and carnal possibilities.

The script is similar to what might be written for a play, and it contains not only the narration but also «stage directions» indicating suggested characters, scenes, actions, and other visual elements.

FIRST PARAGRAPH — Since the first paragraph establishes the scene, I would suggest stronger wording to set the stage and focus on the action.

2) They will present the cast of the Halo show and perhaps Master Chief will make an appearance and maybe some kind of an action scene on stage with lots of FX etc..

There are brief animated scenes between chapters, but for the most part, the game is comprised of the action stages.

During this stage, makers and artists sketch out what they want to see happen in order: scenes, actions, key dialogue, challenges, etc..

The downstairs gallery space at the Nasher Sculpture Center has been transformed into a kind of theatrical stage, obliging visitors to take part in the action by walking through an art installation contemplating the mise - en - scene.

Gathering paint, brushes and canvas, Fox limits his artistic agency to setting the scene and preparing the stage for Volkswagen's performance, creating an environment that requires few conscious decisions to be made once the action begins.

At Rupert the artist will continue his engagement with queer and Southern subjects as proxies of what Michael Taussig calls «effervescent», «no sooner emerged than» disappearing, the «exact opposite... of monuments», through repurposing the orchestral pit in stage architecture as the site for underscoring context and action alike in the «dressing» of scenes.