Sentences with phrase «tales of revenge»

How do the various elements — warped walls, duvets covered in expanding foam and hair extensions, strapped - up foam mattresses, purple lighting, footage of LA car rides and GIF - like selfies, and a script describing tales of revenge and sexual desire — fit together?

The series is best known for its vivid recreations of large - scale cities as they appeared in the past, and its storylines, which merge individual tales of revenge, love and intrigue with real historical events.

Until I got the chance to review it, I'd never heard of Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's Rise (KFS), but I liked what I heard: «Taking its inspiration from ancient Chinese tales of revenge and retribution, then adding a dash of over-the-top martial arts and old school arcade fun, Kung Fu Strike features 28 stages of fast - paced combo - based fighting.

Clearly a fan of legendary Korean filmmaker Park Chan - wook, The Gift resembles Park's own stories of vengeance, not only for its similar twists and turns, but because of its understanding of slow, methodical vengeance, as opposed to the the usual bloody, action - filled tales of revenge that American audiences have grown so accustomed to, since that is what usually makes it to our theaters.

I'll miss the fixed camera and tales of revenge that previous titles provided but this new evolution makes for a far superior and profound experience.

Jee - woon and screenwriter Park Hoon - jung study the psyches of both the hero and the villain with equal interest, which makes I Saw the Devil one of the most character - driven tales of revenge ever made.

The director has quite a reputation among those who like tales of revenge and violence.

This last episode is, literally, What We Deserve: a story focused on the characters and not on the fan - service, a touching tale of revenge and forgiveness.

At the same time, its characters are often likeable and entertaining, its tale of revenge is intriguing, and its combat system is fast - paced and responsive.

A meandering, overindulgent tale of revenge that plays like an homage to a genre that never existed, Django Unchained ironically feels more bound - up than any Tarantino movie before it.

New Zealand director, Andrew Dominik («The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward John Ford») brings more gangsters to the fest in «Killing Them Softly,» starring Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scott McNairy and Ben Mendelshohn in a modern, stylized tale of revenge.

Director Quentin Tarantino lights up your Christmas holiday with gunfire in this tale of revenge about a slave trying to rescue his wife.

Tarantino's tale of revenge is the other only original work in the list, and the director's writing is known to be off the charts; so he surely has a chance here.

The story of Lincoln Clay is a memorable epic tale of revenge.

A psychological horror film brings an Ancient Greek play to life as a successful surgeon and his family are caught up in a disturbing tale of revenge and retribution

These things play integral parts in throwing the story off course from the straightforward tale of revenge ending in a showdown that Rockwell's Billy Bickle desperately wants it to be, and so the film becomes an odd battle of archetypes battling to push the story's finale towards the ending they think it should have.

The self - confessed Gunpoint rip - off is a frantic, physics - defying, blood - spattering, minimalist tale of revenge.

The original film was a classic tale of revenge that followed an elite special agent (Lee Byung - hun, «G.I. Joe») whose pregnant fiancé is murdered by an evil madman (Choi Min - sik, «Oldboy»), prompting him to lure the killer into an increasingly violent and twisted game of cat - and - mouse.

The film is a tightly wound, superbly performed tale of revenge and redemption in the wake of the Irish Troubles, which sees Hirschbiegel (after the best - buried Hollywood stumble of «The Invasion») matching and exceeding the muscular, no - nonsense storytelling skills that won him a foreign - language Oscar nod for «Downfall» a few years back.

A glorious companion piece to Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained finds Quentin Tarantino once again using the vocabulary of exploitation movies, especially spaghetti Westerns, to tell a tale of revenge and vengeance rooted in a great historical injustice perpetrated against an oppressed minority.

(see previous posts)(Denmark) The Skin I Live In, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, in which the director finally reunites with Antonio Banderas for a gruesome tale of revenge involving a plastic surgeon.

Once Upon a Time in the West Year: 1967 Director: Sergio Leone Along with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West is a Spaghetti Western masterpiece, a tale of revenge complete with an Ennio Morricone score, Henry Fonda (as a villain) and Charles Bronson as the mysterious stranger.

Horizon's tale of revenge is far and away better than anything they've done before, but It definitely has some weird beats that make it hard to suspend your disbelief at some points.

Nolan proves himself once more to be as masterful at misdirection as the illusionists themselves, producing a wonderful looking and cleverly scripted tale of revenge that's full of twists and turns.

While the first was a wordless tome of eerie confusion this new look is a fleshed out tale of revenge and violence.

Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu's new movie pitches Leonardo DiCaprio against nature, bears and Tom Hardy in a tale of revenge, retribution and primal violence

This adrenaline - charged tale of revenge and redemption opens in 1985, and revolves around a drug - dealing Puerto Rican named Wilson DeLeon (Manny Perez).

Perhaps the year's most stunning international debut, Michael R. Roskam's BULLHEAD is a harrowing tale of revenge, redemption and fate.

Refn dares to give genre respect and gravity — this is, at heart, a straightforward tale of revenge — and he injects a strong Oedipal subtext into the film, hinting at the reasons why Julian is unable to resist his mother's orders and silently suffers her brusque insults.

Whatever your views, Kojima ran a genius two - year marketing campaign, establishing MGS5 as an analogue to literary classic Moby Dick: a tale of revenge that defied the printed medium's conventions, that was originally released «unfinished».

It's much better than that: The Gift is a stalker suspense - thriller with a wicked edge, a thematically rich tale of revenge and domination that engages the mind as it gives you the willies.

The story strikes a similar balance — as withheld information comes out, a simple tale of revenge becomes much trickier.

Full Throttle's tale of revenge and redemption holds up well thanks to the script and the voice acting talents of actors like Roy Conrad, Mark Hamill, Kath Soucie, and Hamilton Camp.

Jackie Chan's tale of revenge almost feels like an afterthought, some kung fu seasoning sprinkled on a sub-Clancy spy thriller in order to keep audiences from nodding off.

Django Unchained - Writer / director and master storyteller, Quentin Tarantino pays homage to 70's blaxpoitation and spaghetti westerns in yet another well crafted, gritty tale of revenge and redemption.

This made - for - TV movie is a dark, disturbing tale of revenge from beyond the grave.

Jeremy Saulnier makes his long awaited return to the director's chair with his thriller Blue Ruin, a straightforward classic tale of a revenge that takes a simple concept and turns it into pulse - pounding suspense.

While the story is essentially nothing more than an Italian tale of revenge, it's the filmmaking that elevates this.

Selling for $ 20 million to Focus Features after he pitched it at the festival, the film is a «romantic tale of revenge and regret.»

This is a full - throttled tale of revenge and love with a series of references to other movies of the same genre, from common tropes like the superhero landings or heroic moments to iconic remarks regarding the relationship between Batman and Robin, as well as the Daredevil mantle.

«The Killing of a Sacred Deer» puts Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman through a harrowing and horrifying tale of revenge.

It's a taut tale of revenge, and Cooke's illustrations strongly evoke the setting of the story, the early 1960s.

Mississippi novelist Greg Iles» bestselling Natchez Burning trilogy comes to a close with a gripping tale of revenge and dangerous family secrets.

An epic tale of revenge and survival, Only Killers and Thieves is a gripping and utterly transporting debut, bringing to vivid life a colonial Australia that bears a striking resemblance to the American Wild West in its formative years.

Well, maybe not, but it seems like the right step for Johnson, and this pinballing tale of revenge - minded lowlifes in California's Central Valley seemed to be a way for Johnson to blow off some steam as well as letting us know that, big book award or no, he's just a regular guy who likes to write books about psychos who threatens to eat other guys» balls.

Two new Swedish suspense thrillers lead off this month's selections, followed by an eerie English tale of revenge and a taut police procedural set in Brazil.First up, a debut novel — Alexander Söderberg's The Andalucian Friend, a tale of cutthroat mob bosses and the extraordinary lengths to which they will go to one - up one another...

Randolph Bishop joins the ranks of fictional serial killers such as Hannibal Lecter, Patrick Bateman and Anton Chigurh in this tale of revenge and justice.

Disgaea 5 Complete tells a tale of revenge and rebellion.

About the game: The sixth home console entry to the legendary Disgaea series tells a tale of revenge, and of rebellion.

Our pals at Mode4 will keep the classic penny - arcadey four - player free - for - all game mode the bomb throwing genre is known for, but are reimagining the solo adventure with procedurally generated levels, character progression with skill upgrades, and a variety of offensive and defensive items, all while telling a tale of revenge that is right at home in the Wild West.