Sentences with phrase «subgenre of action films»

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In a tradition going back almost to the birth of cinema, the Hong Kong film industry in particular has always had a major subgenre devoted to female action heroes, and now, thanks to various streaming services, there's a good cross-section of films featuring sword - wielding or gun - toting, kick - ass women available for American fans» viewing pleasure.

As it stands, the film's approach hovers halfway between a conscientious community mosaic — of the type John Sayles excelled in at his peak — and a more linear issue drama of the «A Civil Action» variety, though it lack the specificity of character and process, respectively, that marks the best films in either subgenre.

From In the Name of the Father to Bloody Sunday to Hunger, there's no shortage of films willing to engage the Troubles in Northern Ireland, but Yann Demange's ’71 might be the closest the political subgenre has come to full - blown action cinema.

Made on the wonderful jungle sets of King Kong while that epic's special effects were being finished, this is one of the great action - horror films and has provided a template for many «rich sicko» melodramas — the entire «torture porn» subgenre springs from the obsessions of its villain, Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks).