Sentences with phrase «video action flicks»

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.

Not exact matches

I wasn't expecting anything else out of this besides a gritty, entertaining action flick and that's exactly what it was - non-stop military action, pretty much like a video game in real life, which was cool as hell to see.

The video - game - based action flick opened with $ 8.2 million in 3,261 theaters.

Though this all - killer - all - filler action flick from Russian director Timur Bekmambetov (Day Watch) is based on a comic book and replicates the next - level momentum of a video game, it's more like the cinematic equivalent of an energy drink.

I had to pause the new Netflix action / sci - fi flick Spectral two separate times to make sure it wasn't based on a comic book or (more specifically) a video game, and that's because, well, it plays exactly like a video game based on a comic book would play.

«Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time» (2010) The actor stars as Dastan in this adventure action fantasy film based on the video game, as Gyllenhaal proves he is capable of taking on a macho persona in an action flick

The most interesting notion that the new «Tomb Raider» reboot has to offer apparently comes from the 2013 reimagining of the original»90s video game: It gives us a Lara Croft who's capable but not superhuman, making her more like Bruce Willis» legendary John McClane (in the first few «Die Hard» movies, anyway) than the usual impenetrable war machines who so often anchor action flicks and video games.

This week's home video releases include a Bruce Willis action flick, a new entry to the «Saw» franchise and Drew Barrymore's first feature as a director, but it's a documentary about late pop star Michael Jackson that leads the pack in terms of both quality and stature.

A throwaway action flick that was instantaneously forgotten, this used to be a direct - to - video sort of thing.

Maybe the myth of the Hollywood disaster - action flick has been exploded one too many times in real life on tv, YouTube and the video phone to function as cathartic of our repressed fears and internalized anxieties.

Rupert Friend certainly looks the part of the titular assassin, and the action sequences appear to make good use of the R - rating, but with so many better video game properties begging to be made into films, did we really need another generic action flick based on one that didn't work the first time?

The long - awaited reboot to the film series (based on the 2013 reboot of the game series), is finally hitting theaters, and the movie is receiving praise for being a solid adaptation of the video game and a strong action flick on its own merits.

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