Sentences with phrase «strength as a detective»
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One of the movie's many strengths is a knock - out lead performance by Al Pacino as veteran NYC police detective Frank Keller.
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It is a quality ensemble: James McAvoy playing against type as dogged, tightly wound police detective Max Lewinsky; Mark Strong playing to his strengths as career criminal Jacob Sternwood; Andrea Riseborough as Max's tough - cored but supportive partner; David Morrissey doing the dour boss thing; and Johnny Harris putting his terrifying, pebbly glare to terrific use as a twitchy assassin.
Alexander McCall Smith's hugely popular No. 1 Ladies» Detective Agency novels are routinely classified as mysteries, yet their strength lies not in the conventions of crime fiction, but rather in their astute depiction of human nature at its best and worst.