Sentences with phrase «suspenseful as any thriller»
Filled with young hotties and a long streak of silliness, but is as genuinely suspenseful as any thriller since Napster crossed the Rubicon.
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A much more restrained Xavier Dolan after his pretentious previous film, and he displays an assured direction and firm control of this suspenseful thriller, even though the narrative seems to move too fast as the characters start to act in ways that are not always convincing.
Critic Consensus: A somewhat disturbing movie that works as a suspenseful thriller, yet isn't completely satisfying.
Critics Consensus: A somewhat disturbing movie that works as a suspenseful thriller, yet isn't completely satisfying.
Yet by framing these controversial manoeuvres as a suspenseful, noir - tinged thriller, Spielberg forces self - examination when it comes to the self - lacerating pleasures of state - sponsored blood revenge.
Fuqua has been always one among the flexible type, as he already helmed suspenseful thriller (Training Day), all - out entertaining action (Shooter, Olympus Has Fallen) to profound sports drama (Southpaw), so we can expect Seven to be a fulfilling, quick - paced Western flick.
Dark and oppressive, yet equally suspenseful and powerful, Prisoners may not have the best ending and may leave many with a bad taste, but it is effective as a thriller nonetheless.
Although critics may frown upon the last - minute «shockers» that might not be as shocking as intended, this suspenseful courtroom thriller is a nail - biting, engaging watch.
The movie is one of the most suspenseful psychological thrillers ever made as the facades of each of these characters begins to break down, revealing hidden rivalries, marital discord, and complex sociological motivations as they all try to unravel what happened and what is happening.
It is slightly jarring as we are so used to the comedic timing of a witty ex-cop John McClane archetype, that here Washington plays a somewhat introverted, more pensive and less charismatic character which takes the film from an average action thriller to a suspenseful character - driven narrative.
We never do find out how, why, or what happened to make «A Quiet Place» so quiet, as the trailer actually seems to give more pretense into this than the film — but it is truly a chilling good suspenseful thriller with a final scene that will knock your socks off.
In addition to A Monster Calls, current and upcoming releases from Focus include The Boxtrolls, the new family event movie from LAIKA, directed by Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable with a voice cast that includes Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, and Tracy Morgan; the true - life dramatic thriller Kill the Messenger, starring Jeremy Renner; the romantic drama The Theory of Everything, directed by Academy Award winner James Marsh and starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones as Stephen and Jane Hawking; Black Sea, the suspenseful adventure thriller starring Jude Law for director Kevin Macdonald; the romantic drama A Little Chaos, directed by Alan Rickman and starring Kate Winslet; Tarsem Singh's Selfless, starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Kingsley; Leigh Whannell's Insidious: Chapter 3, the newest chapter in the terrifying horror series; Sinister 2, directed by Ciaran Foy; and Stephen Hopkins» Race, starring Jeremy Irons, Jason Sudeikis, and Stephan James as the legendary athletic superstar Jesse Owens.
It is, as such, worth noting that the movie's occasional missteps become easy enough to overlook, as Gorak manages to sustain the progressively suspenseful atmosphere right through to the action - packed climactic battle - which ultimately confirms The Darkest Hour's place as an unexpectedly entertaining sci - fi thriller.
As the plot twists, the line between reality and dream becomes blurred in this fast - paced, unpredictable, sexy and suspenseful (Empire) thriller.
An art theft thriller about stealing one of the most famous paintings by Claude Monet should have been a suspenseful peek into the criminal art forger's craft, a Boston underworld character study built around accomplished stars such as John Travolta in the title role, Christopher Plummer, Tye Sheridan and Jennifer Ehle in support.
FROM HELL (Grade: B --RRB-: It's never hugely suspenseful and not much of a slasher thriller, but this latest movie evocation of the Jack the Ripper myth — starring Johnny Depp as a psychic London police inspector on the trail — is morbidly fascinating and sumptuously atmospheric.
The often impossibly tedious narrative is compounded by stilted dialogue that rarely sounds authentic or even plausible (ie it's as if everything's been translated into English directly from another language), while the total lack of tension ensures that the movie's second half, ostensibly designed to operate as a suspenseful thriller, feels even more aimless and irrelevant than anything preceding it.
Although it's been marketed as a horror — and it does have elements of this — it's more of a suspenseful thriller that's brushed past some horror tropes.
No, it's still not as good as the mind - blowing original, which is a surprisingly fantastic spy thriller, breaking away from the curse of being another Tom Cruise movie and delivering a paranoid - filled, suspenseful action.
What starts as a wonderfully subtle statement on loyalty becomes overt and affected, meaning the film loses its footing as an organic, grounded piece, and yet unable to remain suspenseful enough to completely become the thriller it is in its final act.
THE EAST, a suspenseful and provocative espionage thriller from acclaimed writer - director Zal Batmanglij and writer - actress Brit Marling, stars Marling as former FBI agent Sarah Moss.
But even if the print were as muddy as it had been before the painstaking restoration, this would still be a first - rate thriller, suspenseful, creepy, and wittily written (by John Michael Hayes), featuring fine performances by the entire cast.
Michael Koryta, long hailed as one of the best young thriller writers at work today, has written his greatest novel ever - an emotionally harrowing, unstoppably suspenseful novel that proves why Michael Connelly has named him «one of the best of the best.»
As a pregnant teenager, she confronts that conviction in a suspenseful thriller that tackles the justice system and white privilege.
Faith Black Ross Editor Crooked Lane Books Acquiring traditional mysteries and cozies of all shapes and sizes, historical and international mysteries, amateur and female sleuths, as well as thrillers, particularly those of a psychological, suspenseful, and / or historical variety.