Not exact matches
While the beginning
of the film feels like it's setting the audience up for a somewhat boring lesson on drone warfare (I'm looking at you, Good Kill), Hood — still wiping the sting
of X-Men Origins: Wolverine off with Ender's Game and now this — excellently threads the needle
of tension and, before you know it, the thriller aspect
of the film becomes abundantly clear as the series
of events play
out in semi-real time over the course
of one day.
Throughout, Greenglass cuts between
events on the street and
tensions at army headquarters, where RUC Chief Superintendent Frank Lagan (Gerard McSorley) vainly urges Brigadier Pat MacLellan (Nicholas Farrell) to keep the paratroopers
out of the Bogside.
Low on actual scares, but high on
tension, part
of the movie's strength is how it naturally explores how such an unlikely
event will play
out in reality.
That palpable
tension of a shadow lurking just
out of sight remains taut for the entire campaign, and each encounter layers on more reasons to be fearful while poking around Talos I. Learning about the humans that may or may not have survived is just as worthwhile as investigating the alien presence, and the mystery comes to a startling, sudden conclusion that will change how you view certain
events on subsequent playthroughs.
This measure is an inventory
of life
events and changes the family has experienced over the previous year, such as a child moving
out of the home, retirement, or increased marital
tension.