Sentences with phrase «with elaborate action sequences»

Populated with henchmen, heroes, and femme fatales, punctuated with elaborate action sequences, and set against a backdrop of Weimar - era European decadence, DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER had an unmistakable influence on all the espionage thrillers that followed in its wake.

Not exact matches

And while no one is really clamoring for any more of Peter Jackson's Tolkien - fueled «world building,» few doubt Jackson's skill with elaborate set - pieces and action sequences.

With a nod to the movies» first action western, Edwin Porter's The Great Train Robbery (1903), and innumerable train - jacking movies since, the assault on the train is a long, elaborate and cleverly executed sequence.

However, while it becomes overloaded with self - referential quips, Deadpool 2 finds the right balance between its brand of self - deprecating humor and the requisite elaborate effects - driven action sequences.

Historically Bollywood's appeal has been based around family - friendly entertainment, with songs, elaborate dance sequences and heroic action scenes sprinkled across 180 minutes of escapist, tear - jerking melodrama.

A classic cocktail of mystery, suspense and paranoia, Guillaume Canet's Tell No One is a tense thriller with a knotty plot that harkens back to Hitch in its themes while satiating modern audiences with its brisk narrative momentum and elaborate action sequences.

Superhero movies are filled to the brim with crazy action scenes and elaborate fight sequences that very few actors are able and allowed to perform themselves.