Sentences with phrase «tough guy characters»

(Better known for tough guy characters in Rollerball and Mission: Impossible, actor Jean Reno also displays his previously undisclosed talent for deadpan humor in this role as Martin's straight man.)

De Niro seems to be enjoying himself here as he undercuts the tough guy character he's played so many times before.

So the stuff that worked in the first movie (the Euro enemies, the vengeance plotline) stays, and the stuff that works as original plot devices (opening the playing field to all of New York, having another tough guy character) is just icing on a deliciously explosive cake.

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For Dish, today's comments reveal merely a change in executive linguistics; the company, in its advertising, has been directly targeting traditional cable for some time, evidenced by its national campaign of TV ads starring tough - guy character actor Danny Trejo.

Christopher Abbott plays the title character, one of those New York guys who seem to think being a writer mostly means hanging out in bars acting tough.

The man with no name may have been the character that made Clint a star, but it was Harry Callahan that made him an icon; he is the personification of tough guy charisma in one of the all - time classic cop thrillers.

Though seemingly born with a battered bulldog countenance and a rattly voice best suited to such lines as «We don't like you kind around these parts, stranger,» tough - guy character actor Kenneth Tobey was originally groomed for gormless leading man roles when he came to Hollywood in 1949.

All the scenes that involved Ladd playing the tough guy were great though and the villains of the piece had a lot of character.

It feels like a slapdash collection of scenes rather than a balloon sent smoothly aloft, with jokes often falling as flat as Cena's buzz cut (a running gag centers on his tough - guy character's propensity for crying, a go - to bit that ages fast).

Playing a middle - aged, single father with convincing charm, Gandolfini's portrayal of this vulnerable character is a far cry from the Tony Soprano tough guy he has become famous for.

And while the storyline, characters and sets could only come from the quirky imaginations of the Coen brothers, the film remains critical and engaged with the world we live in — a world where the little guy struggles to change their own tough situation, let alone the world at large, and the big ones who don't give a damn.

In Braven (2018), he plays the role of an average joe (his character is even named Joe) that frankly any tough guy actor could have played but suits Momoa fine.

So no great surprise here that The Lincoln Lawyer turns out to be superior piece of crime storytelling with some characters clearly designed for recurring roles (in other novels and perhaps other films should this one do well) while others are designated for showy guest appearances as larger - than - life evildoers or tough - guy eccentrics.

It also casts characters directly from the Big Book Of Clichés: the sergeant on the verge of retirement (Aaron Eckhart), the guy about to get married (Ne - Yo), the tough - as - any - man female soldier (Michelle Rodriguez), the guy with a pregnant wife, the guy who may go crazy at any moment... and so on.

A dirty - cop thriller that never lets its scuzzy urban backdrop and tough - guy characters get in the way of a rocket - fuel plot, «Triple 9» is his most enjoyable and perhaps best movie to date.

You'll play as characters including a soldier who chooses a weapon with limited ammo, a melee - only tough guy, plenty of masked criminals, and even two characters at once with one wielding a chainsaw and the other holding a gun.

From literally the very first second of the film where Will Arnett's gravelly voiced title character provides a hilarious narrative guide to the opening credits, there's silliness to spare, and much of it is based on Batman's self - absorbed tough - guy persona.

For instance, Spencer is usually fearful but his character is always brave, Fridge is a big tough guy who is relegated to a small, wimpy body, Martha lacks confidence and is especially self - conscious in her midriff - baring tank top and tiny shorts, and Bethany can't stop being a flirt even if she looks like a man.

There are the obvious red shirts and it is tough to feel scared for characters we have classed as bad guys, when the monster taking them out is our favourite character.

Gandolfini shines as the wannabe tough guy who thinks he deserves more respect than he gets, but this is Hardy's movie through and through, delivering an unusually subdued turn that becomes more impressive by the minute as he carefully peels back each layer of his character.

Cooper at the time was convincing as this tough - guy jock who really had no interest in his girlfriend, Claire Cleary (Rachel McAdams), other than to make her his trophy wife, but the character is so much funnier now when one pauses to consider how against - type he was playing.

He's very likable as Barnum, even though the screenplay rarely characterizes the character as anything more than a nice guy who's still battling some «respectability» issues left over from a tough childhood.

He's tough as a coil of barbed wire, this guy, and he's made sheriff by the townsfolk, not merely by way of apology but out of respect for his character and his cool under pressure.

Its characters come from a well - worn stock of war movie stereotypes; along with Wardaddy's tough but honourable leader, we have the god - fearing Bible basher (a fantastic Shia LaBeouf), the token ethnic guy (Michael Pena), the brutish redneck (Jon Bernthal) and, of course, the scared newbie, Norman (Logan), whose innocence is eventually corrupted.

Monahan fills the screen with tough - guy dialogue for these two characters that are both simultaneously stupid and smart.

There is a selection of the more iconic villains to choose from and there is some good fun to be had from creating a team of good guys to help you out, giving the bad guys a group of tough characters and then swooping in and saving the day as 007.

The action amped up, and the tough - guy seriousness worked, even if he never quite had the Connery - Brosnan blend of sadism - plus - silly that makes the character work.

Often, Chaykin's unkempt looks and burly build lent themselves to boorish tough - guy characters.

Special Features Alternate Ending Alpha Males — The cast describes how the tough characters in the film blur the lines between the good guys and the bad guys.

And it's a particularly good look for Farrell, even when his character goes a bit too far with the noir tough - guy clichés.

Forget for a moment that Safe has some of the worst dialogue and cheesiest tough - guy characters this side of the most forgettable straight - to - video action flicks.

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Likewise, I tried to make Dylan Hunter a unique character — a «philosophical tough guy» or «intellectual avenger,» with distinctive, even controversial, ideas and values.

I thought that it was really unique — after all, it's good to be playing a first - person shooter where your character isn't a «tough guy» battling a whole bunch of aliens — but rather, a doctor battling his way through hostile soldiers that shot his ship down, and he must rescue his infected patient before an infection spreads.

Characters are trying too hard to sound like tough guys.

I worked with quite a few characters, pretty tough sort of guys who had a lot of experience in the field, who became really good friends of mine.