Sentences with phrase «with a revenge plot»

Not especially bright — in fact it's often hard to know if she's intellectually impaired — she and her workmates come up with a revenge plot that relies on the dubious skills of a hired «security consultant» (Bouli Lanners as Michel).

It's under his tutelage that she learns the assassin's trade with a revenge plot of her own in mind.

Not exact matches

A high place must be accorded the story of Joseph, who in a spirit of revenge, it might seem, dealt harshly with his brothers, but whose real magnanimity the evolution of the plot reveals.

And yet the text also includes disturbing details: a young virgin drafted into a harem with hundreds of other women to be used at the perverse discretion of a powerful and impulsive king, a queen deposed for refusing to flaunt her body before a room of drunken men, ethnic tensions and violence, a genocidal plot, an impaling, and an ending that depicts with some detachment the violent revenge of the Jews.

For one electric moment, it seems the revenge plot might end with a confession.

(This might make for a good revenge plot if you are upset with a co-worker or an ex girlfriend.)

Ridding itself of the grim and unexciting revenge plot of the previous two Bond 2.0 films, Skyfall picks up with a new story.

A western that keeps true to old - time westerns with the entire plot focusing on «Revenge» and «Blood on hands».

As the prom draws near and the popular head cheerleader of Echo Lake High dumps her star quarterback boyfriend in favor of attending the dance with the biggest loser in school, the raging footballer plots murderous revenge in cult animation icon Bill Plympton's darkly satirical take on the teen tragedy radio hits and high - school melodramas of the 1950s and»60s.

In the Season 1 finale, abandoned by even his cardinals, Alexander meets King Charles with humility and saves his throne, even eliciting a confession from the conqueror he crowns as the new «King of France and Naples;» Della Rovere despairs as Charles abandons him; Lucrezia safely gives birth to a son in a convent as the Borgias secure an annulment of her marriage and plot revenge on their enemies.

The plot involves three brothers» quest to exact revenge on Rushdie for penning «The Satanic Verses» and ends with a thoroughly crazy shootout, capped by Rushdie's destruction by three giant flying Qurans.

This is a great super hero movie with no special plot, just another revenge story, the title of which shouldn't trick people into thinking that Kick Ass ends up being important.

Ben Stiller is starring as the overworked manager of a luxury tower building, who, along with his staff, plots to get financial revenge on the crooked Wall Street fat cat (Alda) who swindled them out of their life savings with a Ponzi scheme, and now happens to be under house arrest in their building with his ill - gotten gains.

Deliver a murder mystery plot of the quality you'd find in a Scooby - Doo cartoon, along with a dark serious revenge story.

Strickland is keen for his thrillingly strange and sophisticated movie not to be labelled a horror (recalling a line from Santini in the movie itself, who's outraged by the very suggestion) and - although it flirts with horror conventions, just as Katalin Varga did with its rape - revenge plot - Strickland conjures a world that's hypnotically unsettling rather than overtly frightening.

Starts out pretty well with some good tense action and a solid revenge plot building in the same type of vain as your average Seagal or JCVD flick.

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Driving the mayhem, as usual, are the Decepticons with Megatron (Hugo Weaving sounding as ominous as ever) plotting a comeback coup after that embarrassing setback in 2009's «Revenge of the Fallen.»

Plot summary is unnecessary: the script, by Ehren Kruger (who joined the franchise with «Revenge» and here proves himself to be a crucial asset), is its own Wikipedia.

From legendary martial arts movie director Chang Cheh and Shaw Brothers studios comes the 1978 classic The Five Deadly Venoms, a late entry in the old school Hong Kong martial arts spectacle with a fun spin on the familiar revenge plot.

Oddly enough, the wit is still there, but this time it's in the form of homages, both visual and aural, hearkening you back to the 70s schlock action cinema, full of revenge plots, martial arts gusto, and bad - ass mamas who aren't afraid to tussle with the big boys.

More character study than thriller (the title means «revenge»), this slow - burning Austrian film effectively holds our interest with its unpredictable plot, even though it's not easy to care where it's going.Tamara (Potapenko) is a Ukrainian...

Maybe we should chalk it up to my having grown up in Alabama, where one imbibes revenge plots along with one's daily grits.

The plot - heavy story involves a murderous silver thief (William Fichtner) with a scarred Jonah Hex - like face, an evil corporate railroad man (Tom Wilkinson), a dead brother and a widowed girl (Ruth Wilson), plus revenge and destiny.

Obsessed with revenge, she plots every night to kill Senator Roark, but she never follows through.

While he and Kazuhira «Kaz» Miller are initially driven to exact revenge, Snake soon unearths a plot by the Cipher organization to develop a weapon with the potential to surpass even the Metal Gear system, and his mission quickly switches focus to ending the threat.

From its starkly arresting beginning, in which an act of violence is perpetrated against a housewife while her young daughter looks on, only for the daughter to become an active participant in the revenge taken on the assailant once Dad comes home, the film plots a highly original, beautifully shot course through a genre that often feels overgrown with familiarity.

Director: Oliver Megaton Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Rade Serbedzija, Leland Orser, Luke Grimes Plot: On a holiday in Istanbul with his ex-wife and daughter, Bryan Mills (Neeson) is kidnapped by a blood - thirsty gang out of revenge.

Somehow successfully combining elements of a revenge thriller with some seriously dark humor in a plot about violence towards children, Big Bad Wolves will leave you saying, «My, what big balls you have!»

Written by Irving Wallace and Roy Huggins, based on the novel Ten Against Caesar, Gun Fury has a fairly standard revenge plot, originating from a stagecoach holdup in which Frank Slayton (Philip Carey) and his temporarily committed cohort Jess Burgess (Leo Gordon, who had appeared in Hondo) not only make off with the loot, but eventually abduct Jennifer Ballard (Donna Reed), soon to be wed to promptly resentful Ben Warren (Rock Hudson).

Instead of gaining appreciation for the power of pacifism, Christian decides to seek retribution from the confrontational mechanic, plotting revenge with the gunpowder of found old fireworks.

Plot: Kick - Ass joins a new group of superheroes, while Hit - Girl struggles with high school and Red Mist plots revenge.

Watching her matter - of - factly plot her revenge with her slippers was the best part of the movie, for me, and the only part worth remembering.

The wild plot focuses on a woman who seeks a Dickensian revenge plan against a local criminal, conveyed with cheapjack special effects and a narrator who guides us though the action with hilariously excited — and almost uninterrupted — interjections.

In the plot, prince Judah Ben - Hur was enslaved by a Roman tribunal friend (with a homosexual subtext provided by co-writer Gore Vidal), but then returned years later to seek revenge in the film's centerpiece, a chariot race.

Guy explains in a voice - over at the start of the movie that this is all part of a revenge plot, and while «Bad Words» is no «The Count of Monte Cristo,» Bateman's feature directorial debut is a crafty story with some unpredictable turns.

The plot deals with familiar themes of guilt, revenge, and redemption in pretty standard fashion.

In the title role, John Cassavetes chews his way through a scenario that begins with his release from San Quentin and progresses quickly through a betrayal that turns into a revenge plot and finally a Mafia manhunt.

There's a lot more plot in Tai Chi Hero, including the efforts of Tai Chi Zero's big bad guy, Fang Zi Jing (Eddie Peng), to get revenge after his defeat in the earlier movie, which involves buddying up with an unscrupulous railway tyro played by a scenery - munching Peter Stormare.

The villain played by Benedict Cumberbatch brings intensity to the film but has barely anything decent to work with beyond the mundane intricacies of a vague revenge plot and «you killed my blah blah blah».

That doesn't stop Lecter from being one of the FBI's top 10 Most Wanted, and his placement on the list has much to do with Mason Verger (Oldman, The Contender), a man he defaced (literally) some time back who does nothing with his reclusive lifestyle but plot revenge.

by Angelo Muredda A Claire Denis film through and through, Bastards is nevertheless a brilliant departure for one of the most distinctive artists in world cinema — an indignant revenge thriller with, of all things, a straightforward plot.

Considering death to be an easy out for his enemies, he meticulously plots a painful revenge for each of them with the aid of his assistant Jacopo (Luis Guzman) and a band of seafaring smugglers.

Considering death to be an easy out for his enemies, Edmond Dantes meticulously plots a painful revenge for each of them with the aid of his assistant Jacopo (Luis Guzman) and a band of seafaring smugglers

Summary Capsule: An attractive plot device for revealing exposition stumbles into the secret world of ninja assassinations and goes on the run with an rebel ninja seeking revenge on his former clan.

While Optimus Prime and his Autobots work with the military to ensure peace on Earth, Megatron lies in wait plotting his revenge.

Just as the screenplay has trouble determining who Cross actually is, director Rob Cohen struggles with finding a balance between the very straightforward revenge plot and the story's more outlandish elements.

While the first film had its odd plot developments (like the previously - abducted pilot who wanted to fight the aliens as revenge for their experimentation on him), this one embraces its zaniness with a zest for the outrageous.

The primary revenge plot is a bore, which is still better than can be said about D'Artagnan's soggy romance with a chambermaid (a very out - of - place Mena Suvari); that thread is memorable for all the wrong reasons, in particular some forced and downright embarrassing sexual innuendo.

deterioration within the character, with the perfect British accent, the smoke - damaged voice and the amusing one liners that often come in the form of insults towards the Nazi soldiers, but we aren't looking at a simple plot for revenge