«Out of the Furnace» will likely be forgotten in a flood of award films, but it's worth checking out for something difference in
the wake of action films and animated family movies.
Not exact matches
The screening we were at was packed with kids who were mostly silent for much
of the
film, but seemed to
wake up for the final
action - packed climax.
At first blush, Ramsay's
film would appear to be a look into the genesis and reasons behind the title teen's killing spree; the
film we get is something different entirely, an exploration
of loss and pain and grief through the eyes
of the mother (Tilda Swinton) left shattered and battered in the
wake of her son's irrational, irredeemable
actions.
The new trailer for the sci - fi
action film The Maze Runner was just released, and it gives me hope that the movie might be more than just a retread
of Divergent following in the considerable
wake of The Hunger Games.
That, though, was but one
of a rash
of Ip Man
films to emerge in the
wake of 2008's «Ip Man,» which starred Hong Kong
action hero Donnie Yen and took substantial liberties with Ip's life story.
LOS ANGELES, CA (January 14, 2015)-- Bruce Willis (DIE HARD
film franchise) will star in John Pogue's (THE QUIET ONES)
action thriller
WAKE, produced by Michael Benaroya (LAWLESS, MARGIN CALL)
of Benaroya Pictures, Tobin Armbrust (A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES, BEGIN AGAIN), David Alpert (upcoming AMERICAN ULTRA, AMC's «The Walking Dead») and Chris Cowles (THE NUMBERS STATION, AUTOBAHN).
The result is bright, agile and momentous, and a million miles from the overbearing rain - slick brooding to which much
of the
action genre has been held hostage in the
wake of the recent Batman
films.
Why do these
films, and others in the
action genre, concentrate on the fate
of the main characters while overlooking the loss
of human life and the cost
of property damage that occur in their
wake?
Rad Rodgers» story is reminiscent in concept to a videogaming equivalent to that
of Arnold Schwarzenegger
action comedy film Last Action Hero as it revolves around young gamer Rad waking up after a marathon night of gaming to find that his retro console has turned itself on, producing a vortex that places Rad as the star of his own videogame with the retro console providing support in a buddy duo team - up scenario as they attempt to save the inhabitants of a jungle and return the Elder Tree as guardian of the
action comedy
film Last
Action Hero as it revolves around young gamer Rad waking up after a marathon night of gaming to find that his retro console has turned itself on, producing a vortex that places Rad as the star of his own videogame with the retro console providing support in a buddy duo team - up scenario as they attempt to save the inhabitants of a jungle and return the Elder Tree as guardian of the
Action Hero as it revolves around young gamer Rad
waking up after a marathon night
of gaming to find that his retro console has turned itself on, producing a vortex that places Rad as the star
of his own videogame with the retro console providing support in a buddy duo team - up scenario as they attempt to save the inhabitants
of a jungle and return the Elder Tree as guardian
of the land.