Sentences with phrase «with tense action»

A post-apocalyptic action game originally released worldwide on June 14th, PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us combines a powerful, cinematic storyline with tense action, adventure and a meticulously rendered environment, developer Naughty Dog created a world where survival is at the heart of every decision in the game.

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The lone police officer who faced a tense stand - off with the man suspected of driving a van into pedestrians in Toronto is being hailed a hero for his actions.

Newly flush with more blood, our muscles tense for action.

Also, the original post was a cartoon envisioning the words / concepts represented by the Jesus figure, against the background of the Syrian refugees ---- what are your thoughts on the irony, applicability, and / or actions advocated by the Followers of Jesus (past tense) with the Followers of Jesus (present tense).

A quick survey of present tense verbs in the Bible reveals that there are countless actions in the present tense which are clearly one time events with ongoing consequences.

Frank Bascombe, a 38 - year - old feature writer for an unnamed sports magazine (like the defunct Inside Sports, where Ford once worked), narrates the three - day action, mixed with flashbacks, in the present tense.

The fourth quarter saw tense action, but when Mississippi State took a five point lead with just over two minutes remaining thanks to a huge Roshunda Johnson three, things looked bleak for the Irish.

Bob sat down with my past list of «action - rich past - tense verbs» and recast his grad school experience in terms of these words and specific past accomplishments.

CHICAGO — Ben Affleck has reached the apex of his already impressive directorial career with the stunning «Argo,» a tight, tense machine of a film, a masterwork that delivers as comedy, action, drama, and more.

It combines a gripping narrative with intense action that blends both fast - paced combat with slower - paced, tense stealth sections perfectly.

Another good impression maker is the excellent action stunts, most noteably a great car and tram chase with multiple wrecks which all look realistic, some good tense stand offs and none of it being watered down, a good step for Murphy although at times he doesn't quite nail the gritty realistic acting thing.

Game Night, directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, wastes not a single second of dialogue, gives killer lines to every member of its all - star ensemble, delivers genuinely tense action sequences, and even goes for broke with style.

«Minimalist gaming at its finest, with graphics and presentation out of the Stone Age but evocative sci - fi action that's tense, tactical and instantly addictive.»

When a keen - eyed scientist discovers that a large asteroid is currently on a deadly collision course with the planet Earth, she must seek the help of a military outcast to jump into action and save humanity from annihilation in a tense, end - of - the - world thriller starring Rae Dawn Chong, Antonio Sabato, Jr., and Michael Moriarty.

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.

What You Need To Know: With director Paul Greengrass having made a name for himself in two relatively distinct areas — the tense conspiracy action thriller (the second and third «Bourne» films) and based - in - fact films about recent historical events («United 93,» «Bloody Sunday,») «Captain Phillips» seems like it could play to his strengths in both areas, as it's a gripping, tense, fight - for survival type tale that has added weight and heft for being lifted from a real - life incident.

A film with so little action should not be as tense as this film is, and it is a testament to the quality of all angles of the production that a predominantly real - time drive down a highway is as gripping as this film often is.

It's really a fusion of that very one - on - one high tense battle with the Devil May Cry or God Eater very fast paced action.

Academy Award ® nominee Mark Wahlberg re-teams with director Peter Berg (Lone Survivor) in the tense, moving action drama Deepwater Horizon, arriving on Digital HD December 20th from Summit Entertainment, a Read More →

The trailer for Sicario (Spanish for hitman) from director Denis Villeneuve (Enemy, Prisoners) is here and it's a tense two minutes of action and drama with Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt (Into the Woods, The Young Victoria) and Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro (Traffic, 21 Grams) fighting the war on drugs through a backdoor loophole that allows for a clandestine mission to apprehend a Mexican drug lord.

It becomes a combination of the Dark Souls style high tense battle with a very high pace action — that's what sets us apart.

Buddy cop films that blend tense drama, wise - cracking partners and eye - widening action have long been popular, with the jewel of the genre being Lethal Weapon.

At its core, the JJ - verse is still a dumb, loud vehicle for big - budget action set pieces and nonstop explosions, so it's unlikely we'll ever get a tense sci - fi drama with more talking than punching.

And if nothing else, it's got some tense and exciting (and brutally gruesome) action / thriller moments with muskets and revolvers.

He gives his film several tense action scenes (thrilling shootouts, car chases conducted in night vision) executed at a perfect clip, but forgets to invest it with a larger sense of wonder.

With only four credited parts including Samantha Morton as the maid of the household, the action seems to be incredibly tense.

S. Craig Zahler follows up Bone Tomahawk with an equally brutal tense action piece, this time starring Vince Vaughn (of all people) as a man trying to provide for his family who falls back into the drug world and ends up in prison, forced to carry out hits to ensure his wife isn't killed by his former employer.

Still, for the modest effort it is, it's skillfully directed and acted, with more than enough developments to hold your attention for its modest 98 - minutes, right up to the tense, action - packed ending.

The frequently electrifying atmosphere proves instrumental in compensating for a plot that admittedly doesn't hold up to close scrutiny, as Cavayé, working from a script cowritten with Guillaume Lemans, peppers the narrative with a number of strikingly conceived and executed action set pieces - including an impressively tense foot chase through a busy subway station.

The ensuing multitude of subplots does prevent the viewer from wholeheartedly embracing the central protagonist's plight, and yet there does reach a point at which the various threads begin to converge and the plot appreciatively streamlines - which paves the way for an impressively propulsive midsection that's rife with tense, action - packed sequences.

A respectable action effort that makes up for its lack of depth with tight pacing and some tense, brutal action sequences that actually do manage to deliver on visceral impact.

Although Middle - Earth: Shadow of Mordor seemed like a pretty standard take on the open world action adventure stylings of games like Assassin's Creed, its tense and unforgiving action combat combined with a wonderfully compelling Nemesis system saw it scoop up awards on all sides, proving one of the most welcome surprises of the generation so far.

Nothing at home happens with action - packed aplomb (though the director sets up tense red herrings to lure the audience into a sense of unease), and yet the stakes are painfully real.

October 26, 2017 - Famed Japanese game maker Shinji Mikami delights us with another tense and action - packed survival horror thriller.

As the streets fill with blood we slowly uncover, with Kate, more and more of the truth behind her new team's blatantly unethical methods of crime - fighting, the film develops into a tense, action - packed scramble that will leave you gasping for breath.

Setting up his scenes in the crowded streets of New York, Director Richard Donner keeps the reins on this production by mixing tense, action - packed scenarios with moments of quiet desperation as the worn - out detective and his nervous sidekick attempt to elude the inevitable.

With a very compact 95 minute runtime, not a minute of screentime is wasted and it's full of memorable scenes and stunts which comes to a climax with a climactic, tense and perfectly choreographed break - out chase that remains one of cinema's truly great action sceWith a very compact 95 minute runtime, not a minute of screentime is wasted and it's full of memorable scenes and stunts which comes to a climax with a climactic, tense and perfectly choreographed break - out chase that remains one of cinema's truly great action scewith a climactic, tense and perfectly choreographed break - out chase that remains one of cinema's truly great action scenes.

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.

With its rich story, meticulous attention to visual detail, tense action and infinite replay value, BioShock delivers the perfect blend of storytelling and first person action.

The Last of Us Remastered includes the Abandoned Territories Map Pack, Reclaimed Territories Map Pack, and the critically acclaimed The Last of Us: Left Behind Single Player campaign that combines themes of survival, loyalty, and love with tense, survival - action gameplay.

But while this latest adventure — in which geek - with - a-gun Isaac Clarke once again takes on an ancient alien menace that corrupts, kills, and resurrects its victims in hideously mutated form — delivers gore by the bucketful and action so tense that I felt compelled to take the occasional break, it doesn't deliver in the one area I really wanted it to: Spine - tingling terror.

Imagine how tense the action would be with a cash prize on the line against the whole world.

Dead Space does feature a boss fight that feels more more in line with its focus on tense action and quick - thinking in its encounter with the Hunter.

The intense battles of the world war 2 era games are relocated to the sand - blasted alleyways of a middle - eastern dictatorship, with tense spec - ops raids that reign in the action to brief bursts of gunplay, relying on atmosphere and deftly - weaved scripts to keep the player invested.

Both next - gen controllers also handle the action well, with the Xbox One's overly clicky d - pad never missing a beat in tense segments of gameplay.

Enemy Within takes the tense action a step further with alien assaults on your hidden ant farm.

Hell Is Empty, the final episode of Life is Strange: Before the Storm, is action packed and tense but ends with a hollow, inconsequential decision.

Tense and soothing, Soft Body combines the challenge and twitchy fun of quick - restart action games with a meditative aesthetic.»

A decent job of reskinning the old PlayStation version with new Dreamcast graphics, the game is still dark and moody, with the action well spaced out between the tense situations.

The best level is a tense and action - filled infiltration of a sprawling base disguised as the enemy, but too many sections elsewhere give the player any width to work with, and more than a couple of scenarios feel overly familiar, even by COD standards.