Sentences with phrase «surprise hit action»

As such, I went into London Has Fallen with a bit of hope, although there is rarely a more dreary prospect than sequels to surprise hit action movies.

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In 1974, Phil Karlson regained his cult following with the action - packed surprise hit Walking Tall (1974), which made Karlson a millionaire many times over thanks to his farsighted financial investment in the project.

Director Jack Sholder followed his surprise sleeper hit The Hidden (1987) with this action drama that re-teamed Young Guns (1988) co-stars Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips.

Max's violent outburst comes back to haunt him; Tara discovers that she can remain aware of her actions when her new alter, Shoshana, takes over; Kate's music video is an Internet hit; Charmaine receives surprising news from her doctor.

Yes, the studio had two surprise hits in the raunchy comedy Bridesmaids ($ 288 million globally) and the action sequel Fast Five (a franchise - best $ 626 million worldwide).

The Scarlett Johansson action flick (if you can even call it that) has been the surprising hit of the last month, generating $ 97 million in box office receipts over the last three weeks.

«Galaxy Quest» director Dean Parisot is the man behind the lens on the sequel to Summit Entertainment's surprise hit adaptation of Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner's Wildstorm miniseries «RED,» the 2010 action - comedy starring Bruce Willis as Frank Moses, a former operative dragged back into the lethal world of killers and spies against his will, all while trying to hold it together on the worst first date ever with Sarah (Mary - Louise Parker), a doe - eyed customer service rep entirely unfamiliar with Frank's line of work.

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.

The first installment a surprise hit that coasted on a novel combination of savvy music design and an affable cast led by Anna Kendrick; there were enough B - sides left over to for a watchable second movie; now, the premise is stretched so thin that someone thought it would be a good idea to pad it with an action - suspense subplot involving Fat Amy's (Rebel Wilson) long - lost father / international crimelord (John Lithgow with a sketchy Australian accent).

Nothing as of yet, though, has materialized, but studios with plans for mid-to-low budget action releases would be wise to hit them up because «John Wick» was one of many pleasant surprises this fall.

London Has Fallen, the sequel to the surprise action hit, Olympus Has Fallen, just dropped it's first teaser today.

With that said, however, this year's pickings don't look as bad as usual, with a surprising amount of action films led by big - name stars, some of which have real sleeper hit potential.

With most eyes looking for reviews of films premiering out of the Toronto International Film Festival over the next week, it was a surprise to some when reviews hit the Web on Friday morning of the upcoming action - drama «Captain Phillips,» starring Tom...

Julianne Moore is reportedly in talks with Fox to play the villain in the sequel to its surprise action - comedy hit Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Deep Silver enjoyed huge success from Techland's surprising hit Dead Island, an action - RPG drowning in zombies that launched back in September 2011 and has sold over 5 million units.

By evidence of its trailer, it seems Day of the Soldado has retained the visual splendour of its predecessor, along with the same hard - hitting action and deeply sinister tone, suggesting that this potentially unnecessary sequel might more than surprise one or two when it arrives this June.

Bruce Willis and his retired and extremely dangerous pals rustle up old and new tricks in «RED 2,» once again delivering a hugely fun action - comedy in the sequel to 2010's surprise hit.

I'm digging all the action so far, and I'm wondering if this could be a surprise hit.

The trailer also seems to suggest that there will be a healthy dose of action, so as long as the story isn't a complete mess and director Josh Trank can keep the movie's mystery a secret, this superhero «Cloverfield» could be the first surprise hit of the year.

Models like the Volkswagen Sirocco R and the Ford Focus RS are hits on the European market, so it's not surprising to see them get put next to each other on the Nurburgring race track for a little competitive action.

The actions looks to be taken way up a notch from 2009's surprise hit.

Hyrule Warriors Legends is a 3DS re-imagining of the intense action gameplay of the surprise Wii U hit from 2014: Hyrule Warriors.

Dying Light was one of last year's surprise hits, revitalising the zombie themed action genre with exhilarating parkour traversal and gruesomely satisfying melee combat.

Rocket League, the sports - action hit that has surprised and delighted the worldwide gaming community, will deliver an all - new, FREE update featuring «Mutators» — a cool suite of alternative presets and settings that add depth, variety, and crazy rocket - powered fun to custom games.

Okay, so its odds of kicking up a decent - sized hype cloud were always pretty good, being as it's the surprise sequel to a surprise hit — the deceptively clever, 2014 open - world action adventure Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor.