Sentences with phrase «tense games of»

But Saulnier elevates the ordinary into a tense game of punk rock cat - and - mouse that's leavened only slightly by a dark sense of humor.

A tense game of cat and mouse takes place in Waterloo station, as the CIA hunt down this rogue reporter.

Some Velvet Morning follows Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada, The Hunger Games) and Alive Eve (She's Out of My League, Star Trek Into Darkness) as they embark on a sexually tense game of cat and mouse after not seeing each other for four years.

You could be shot in a building in the first few seconds of play or you could survive to the very end and have a tense game of cat - and - mouse on a hilltop somewhere, all based on skill and chance.

Every battle, then, feels like a tense game of chess as you try to disrupt opponent's attacks, correctly anticipate their moves and plan out your own.

To the untrained eye it may look like your standard mahogany bench but in fact this one hides little cosy stalls underneath for people to sit around the table over a tense game of Scrabble.

Not exact matches

Deal, flop, turn, river, showdown: There are few things more tense than the final moments of a high - stakes game of poker.

Per mentioned the fact it's a little tense in the dressing room and I recall Lauren saying after the Chelsea game we picked some players in front of others and you can see by the Sanchez story not all is rosy.

The Monte Vista game played out like a tense chess match, with starters Anthony Steller Harter of Foothill and Will Blackburn of the Mustangs not allowing much in the way of base - runners or legitimate scoring threats.

Despite a lack of quality, flowing football, both sides put their all in to what was a crucial game for both sides» hopes of qualifying — and it was a tense, tight game that could've gone either way.

A «last kick of the game» BS penalty call just made it seem more tense than it was if you are just looking at the box score.

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The week leading up to the game against one of your rivals is always tense.

In terms of present - tense odds, Stanford has a win in pocket and more games that fall into the «likely win» category than Oregon.

It seemed a little tense early and Cazorla somehow managed to sky our first chance of the game, but as the news came in that Bayern Munich had raced into a 3 - 0 lead against Olympiakos the Gunners just knew that they had to keep their part of the bargain.

A tense battle at the foot of the table both on the game and in real life, the points were shared in the East Midlands after Ritchie de Laet gave the Foxes the lead but Connor Wickham equalised for Sunderland.

Last year, the Dark Blues were triumphant in two tense games, but following excellent league campaigns, both Light Blue teams have high hopes of victory, so expect hotly contested and high - quality encounters.

Finally it went for Arsenal, I think first half was very tense, level, nervous, full of tackles, like a bird on a wire, I would say, I agree that Teves caused much trouble over the right side, I don't know who played there for Arsenal, it looked sometimes as if the Arsenal player had been a bit too slow for Tevez, agree that Fabiansky had a great game, (you always need some fortune for it) and Nasri, he impresses really since some games now, clinical finishing and one of those who are finishing at all, Faby wasn't at his best and nevertheless he was so important, there were several decisive moments, at the start a save by Fabiansky (and later on some more), the red card, Nasri's goal, after the missed penalty I feared City would take advantage of it, but I think Songs goal broke their mentality, and second half at least the final thirty minutes were rel.

The game was live on Belgian television so I didn't miss a single minute and dare I say, it was one of the most frustrating, infuriating and tense games I have ever witnessed from AS Roma.

In the dying embers of the game, Barkley played a wonderful backheel into the path of Mirallas, who fired past a sprawling Kasper Schmeichel (89) to set up a tense finale.

Until then, Liverpool's recognition that they were falling into the jaws of another Mourinho project was growing in the minds of the away team and when finally they found they got a goal, the game became ever more tense.

Kevin Doyle again served as the lone - striker for the majority of the game and created some tense moments, however in truth Wojciech Szczesny was never really troubled.

When things were getting tense near the end of the game, Arsenal were able to turn to the Welsh Messi to weave some magic.

It's a level of reality and closeness we can't even get by going to a game: sweat, pores, tensing jawbone.

The still, sequential style makes for some really tense moments where you're not sure what's going to happen next where, unlike a real comic book, you can't accidentally catch a glimpse of the next few panels.The heavy subject matter and somewhat gruesome elements won't be for everybody but if gritty crime drama is your thing, and you like the aesthetic, it is a very engrossing adventure game.

Going in step with the film's game vs. reality plot, several establishing shots have a tilt - shift effect, as if beginning as miniature diorama models on a game board, and a continuous shot of the group of friends playing a game of keep - away with a black - market Fabrege egg — a McGuffin — through every room of a mansion is a tense, energetic, elaborately choreographed bit of showing off.

Game Night, directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, wastes not a single second of dialogue, gives killer lines to every member of its all - star ensemble, delivers genuinely tense action sequences, and even goes for broke with style.

Atlas reactor is surprisingly fine and tense game - as long as if you like games which require you to think quickly and tactically instead of

Two scenes, both with Ray Liotta's low - level thug, are destined for legend, the first an unbearably tense robbery of a card game he runs, the second his inevitable exit in a fury of broken glass and traffic signals.

The awesome thing about Sneaky Sneaky is that it is perfectly tuned to have you using a mixture of all those forms of gameplay, and it feels faster and more tense than your average strategy game.

MXGP3 fits into a niche group of racing game fans, but it still provides some tense motocross action for those willing to overlook its flaws.

Of course, the game undeniably speaks to an era when tough 2D platforming was the pinnacle of console gaming, and its loyalty to that skill - based ethos feels every bit as tense as it does playing Mega Man, Castlevania or even Super Mario Land on their original systemOf course, the game undeniably speaks to an era when tough 2D platforming was the pinnacle of console gaming, and its loyalty to that skill - based ethos feels every bit as tense as it does playing Mega Man, Castlevania or even Super Mario Land on their original systemof console gaming, and its loyalty to that skill - based ethos feels every bit as tense as it does playing Mega Man, Castlevania or even Super Mario Land on their original systems.

But without talking down to us or explaining the rules in overwritten dialogue, the movie makes us absolutely aware of the game's intricacies by the picture's final, tense minutes.

It's the same in every Lego game, but somehow I feel it more acutely in the middle of what should be a tense dogfight.

The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.

Juliette's voice actor in particular absolutely nails the character, doing a top job of believably selling the player on the creeping dread that the game exudes at every turn while also evoking tones making her sound like a more softy spoken, tense version of Swedish actress Noomi Rapace in the process.

Ford's cinematic influences are overtly placed — everything from the iconography and satire of DR. STRANGELOVE (as shown in the war room scene), to the narrative drive of STRAW DOGS (as shown in the grippingly tense scenes with fictional Tony's harassers, led by a perfectly - cast Aaron Taylor - Johnson), to the tangible feel of David Lynch's oeuvre, to the cunning bite of Michael Haneke's FUNNY GAMES.

With all the high - speed chases and ear - shattering explosions, perhaps the most exciting and tense scene features two high - powered cars playing a game of cat and mouse while slowly rolling through a cornfield.

Another tense and smart platformer that will test gamers against tricky puzzles and traps, Inside is set in a gorgeous world, again largely bereft of light.

Remake of 1974 thriller set in New York's subway bristles with high - tech gimcrackery as John Travolta and Denzel Washington play tense head games.

Friday Night Lights is tense and entertaining, particularly for the lifelong football fan (one of my earliest memories involves Haven Moses catching a touchdown against the Raiders at the 1977 AFC Championship Game), for whom it's something like a revelation.

And some of the filmmaking here — the way he juggles the tone from life - and - death - stakes to the Hollywood fun - and - games and back, the breathlessly tense editing of the final act — is pretty much world class.

The newest trailer for Wolfenstein: The New Order features a tense train ride and chat with one of the main villains of the game, Frau Engel.

But it mixes those classic features with a first - person perspective, a compact map and game length, and more surprises to make for an experience that feels fresh, tense, and powered - down compared to the direction of the last few RE titles.

Tony Scott is at the top of his game with this incredibly tense, exciting thriller about the battle of wills between a submarine commander (Gene Hackman) and his second - in - command (Denzel Washington).

And unlike a lot of games that reach Biggest Game In The World status, Fortnite is actually super fun, creating situations both tense and hilarious.

For a launch title ZombiU is incredibly ambitious, and the developers have achieved exactly what they set out to do — create a tense yet rewarding survival horror game that makes good use of the Wii U's unique GamePad.

The game does a great job setting up the sense of survival and you often feel tense as you explore the island and for good reason as zombies can often pop out of nowhere for a good jump scare to keep you on your toes.

The artificial - intelligence film — the directorial debut of Alex Garland, writer of cult zombie game - changer 28 Days Later — features a minimalist, highly tense mix of beauty and discomfort: dark synth work, manipulated brass samples, optical - disc keyboard, celeste and the PaulStretch software that helped propel the «800 % Slower» Justin Bieber to ambient meme fame.

Although Middle - Earth: Shadow of Mordor seemed like a pretty standard take on the open world action adventure stylings of games like Assassin's Creed, its tense and unforgiving action combat combined with a wonderfully compelling Nemesis system saw it scoop up awards on all sides, proving one of the most welcome surprises of the generation so far.