Sentences with phrase «terms of suspense»

In terms of suspense, this was the slowly inflating balloon that didn't pop.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Hitchcock Mockumentary Mixes Suspense with Cold War Paranoia Sir Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980) set a stratospheric bar rarely reached by other filmmakers in terms of the suspense genre.

Not exact matches

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

As a straight thrill ride, The Debt delivers not only in terms of casting but in degree of suspense.

Alex Garland's screenplay is pretty lean in terms of story (in the way that Jaws can be described as lean) and is more concerned with psychological suspense as opposed to philosophical speculation.

Of course it defies genre — it's not primarily a horror movie or a suspense thriller but simply a character study, with the delicacy that term typically implies but also with a freakishness it doesn't usually portend.

While it shares similarities with its current - gen predecessor Silent Hill: Homecoming, Silent Hill: Downpour looks like more of a return to form in terms of how it builds atmosphere and suspense through the relative helplessness of its protagonist, Murphy Pendleton.

That said, Denise Di Nova manages to deliver some suspense in some of the scenes, but the film can't quite manage to work out whether it is playing for laughs in terms of black comedy, or completely straight.

No movie franchise embodies the term «meh» better than the «Divergent» tetralogy, because although the second installment is a competently made sci - fi thriller, it suffers from many of the same problems as the last movie — namely, a troubling lack of excitement, suspense and emotion.

However, the points made by Matt, Christy and many others on the panel — do have relevance, in terms of criticism of the «action» and suspenseful movie — and what are the various ways, that directors, actors, scripts and projects, can generate these emotions of suspense and danger, within the movie viewing public.

Sure it did add to the tension and suspense but in todays gaming world it also took away from the gameplay experience somewhat as I found myself playing a guessing game in terms of which direction I should head.