Sentences with phrase «work as a thriller»

Too muted and pensive to work as a thriller, too withdrawn to be a character study, and too cold to evoke any sympathy, the film is instead a dull and alienating exercise in how to take a strong actor and interesting premise and mostly waste them.

Be it the emotion of the attack or the undeniable thrill of the manhunt, the film works both as thriller and drama.

The film might have worked as a thriller, but pacing suffers from its overwritten script.

The film works as a thriller, mostly when one is able to forget the actuality of this real - life story and be drawn into the hopes of the men involved.

Ahah, you're such a conspiracy theorist Mark Regardless of whether one believes in Bin Laden killing or not, I still think the film works as a thriller.

Not exact matches

The movie works well as an engaging thriller, but don't expect much more than that.

There might be purists who'd argue that what Crichton writes are better classified as techno - thrillers than works of science fiction, because drawing petty distinctions is what being a purist is all about.

A tragically beautiful horror film that works not only as a supernatural thriller but also as a commentary on the failure of man.

Its time to go to work as this zombie thriller prepares to rock your world, in theaters this Friday, June 21st.

«Training Day» is still a very interesting thriller where Denzel Washington truly shines just as the lucid but equally necessary and inspired work of Ethan Hawke.

Get Carter works as a revenge thriller because Mike Hodges had the confidence to make us subversively root for Jack and then show how his violent acts destroy him in the iconic, near - perfect ending.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest film, a thriller as challenging as Antonioni's Blow - Up, is his finest work to date, writes Philip French

The film works as both a character study about two men trying to manipulate the system for personal gain, and as a thriller in which the line between heroes and villains isn't all that clear - cut.

Critic Consensus: A somewhat disturbing movie that works as a suspenseful thriller, yet isn't completely satisfying.

Critics Consensus: A somewhat disturbing movie that works as a suspenseful thriller, yet isn't completely satisfying.

Much ballyhooed for its on - location filming in and around the United Nations building in Manhattan «The Interpreter» works better as a captivating drama than it does as an espionage thriller due to some sticking plot points that prevent the audience from

A thriller like this can collapse under too much scrutiny, but in the moment, it does work as a nitty - gritty game of cat and mouse, especially when Shaun does break back into the house and outsmarts the numbskulled intruders.

Despite such ill - founded critical misgivings, Russo has continued to do strong work playing strong women: The acclaimed Get Shorty (1995) featured her as a B - movie actress, while she re-teamed with Gibson for Ron Howard's crime thriller Ransom (1996) and Lethal Weapon 4 (1998).

It works well as a cat and mouse thriller and action - packed buddy movie.

This wannabe highbrow horror - thriller is a graceless, unfocused piece of work with a central narrative as tonally schizophrenic and wayward as its lead.

Sure, the political references are ridiculously presented and totally unnecessary (especially those hinted through the reaction of the African Dictator of the movie's focus to the climax), but the fact that The Interpreter usually works as a clever thriller is undeniable.

Unlike series co-star Biel, Mitchell remained with the program throughout its run, and through many character changes that found Lucy marrying Kevin Kinkirk, working as an associate pastor, giving birth, and surviving both a miscarriage to twins and clinical depression.Although Mitchell branched out from television into cinematic work as early as 1996, with a turn in the fantasy - action thriller The Crow: City of Angels, and continued intermittent film appearances (such as a supporting role in 2005's slasher movie Saw II), she made no secret of her real passion: performing country music as a guitarist and vocalist.

Gripping Drama - Fuzzy Politics Kidman And Penn Elevate UN Thriller By Cole Smithey Much ballyhooed for its on - location filming in and around the United Nations building in Manhattan «The Interpreter» works better as a captivating drama than it does as an espionage thriller.

It'll be a snooze for those looking for a standard post-apocalyptic thriller, but accepting it as a drama with rich performances and three - dimensional characters, it's elegantly wrought.

With a mood and setting worthy of a murder story by Jack London, this audience - friendly, atmospheric work could be remade as a thriller, although that's really what it is already.

For as long as it has, 12 Monkeys works beautifully as a fast - paced sci - fi thriller that is actually far more complex.

A solid piece of storytelling that doesn't pander, skips the usual POW stereotypes and allows the film to work reasonably well as an epic of war, a survival story, a prison thriller, a murder mystery and a courtroom drama.

Hitchcock's Rear Window gets an update for the mostly teenage crowd unfamiliar with the Master's work, and while it falls far short of the sheer pleasure of its inspiration, it retains enough of the formula to engage as an entertaining paranoid thriller with laughs and chills doled out in equal measure.

Argo is a valentine to the cinema in the very convincing drag of a political thriller; a closing title reveals that Chambers was literally declared a national hero for his work with Mendez, and it's the movie's sly mission to get us thinking of him as a figurative one as well, for all those great ape makeups.

The critics who aren't particularly taken with Ford's romantic crime thriller describe it as a hollow piece of work.

If the opening intertitle didn't reveal the fact that The House of the Devil was going to be dealing with the occult / Satanism the film could just as well stand on its own as a psychological thriller about a girl working herself up into a paranoid frenzy over creaks on the floorboards.

The film works on multiple levels — as a supernatural thriller (though explicit paranormal elements are limited to a hallucinatory dream sequence and the final shot of the baby's eyes), as a psychological thriller about a paranoid pregnant woman who imagines herself at the centre of a conspiracy, and as the last word in marital betrayal, since the most despicable villain here is surely Guy, who allows his wife to be raped by the devil in exchange for an acting role.

Enough is a dark - as - night psychological thriller directed by Michael Apted (who's roster of composers is most impressive: as well as Arnold, he's worked with James Horner, John Barry, Maurice Jarre, Mark Isham, Danny Elfman - not bad going).

Written by Steven Knight, it's a period thriller that will find Pitt and Cotillard as assassins who fall in love while working a mission to take out a German official.

And while there are a number of strong sequences sprinkled throughout (eg Cole talks to his mother (Toni Collette's Lynn) about her own deceased parent), The Sixth Sense's funereal atmosphere ultimately lessens the impact of the much - vaunted climactic twist and it is, in the end, clear that the film doesn't entirely work as either a drama or a spooky thriller - with the movie's mild success due mostly to Shyamalan's considerable talent and his ongoing ability to wring top - notch work from folks both in front of and behind the camera (ie this is an exceedingly handsome production, undeniably).

Once one moves beyond these annoyances, however, «Snitch» works as a simple and enjoyable action thriller.

Here's a movie that calls to mind both espionage thrillers (the «James Bond», «Mission: Impossible» and «Bourne» series, notably) and the work of Charlie Kaufman («Being John Malkovich», «Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind», etc.), while also weaving a deeply affecting character study, as DiCaprio's character is haunted by his dead wife (Marion Cotillard) and... Well, you'll see!

Working, however, in an even softer register than that already lightweight film, «The Young Victoria» plays down court intrigue in favor of dewy - eyed first love; if «Elizabeth's» populist coup was restyling royal history as political thriller, this lands squarely in rom - com territory, with Rupert Friend's Prince Albert the dreamy yet ever - deferred suitor.

Those points aside, ’71 is an important film that works both as a historical document and an action thriller.

Much more of a paranoid thriller than a black comedy, The Manchurian Candidate will probably never be heralded as a great film, even if it were a wholly original work.

Sure to remind some of «Cellular,» the 2004 picture starring Kim Basinger, Chris Evans and Jason Statham, The Call is, for the most part, a gripping little tight - knit crime thriller directed by Brad Anderson («The Machinist «-RRB- and blessed with decent work by Halle Berry (Academy Award winner for «Monster's Ball «-RRB- as heroine Jordan, and Abigail Breslin (Oscar nominee for «Little Miss Sunshine «-RRB-, as Casey, the girl Jordan is trying to save.

Bold colours, costumes, Austrian pop music (Naked Lunch mix the soundtrack), devilish performances, and candid material seek to match this film with the likes of other psycho - thrillers, such as the work of Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Drive, Only God Forgives) and even the deftly affecting films of Alejandro González Iñárritu (21 Grams, Babel, Biutiful).

The actress» stunning stunt work throughout her latest thriller made it seem as though she was truly trained by MI6 to track and kill any perceived threat.

American Ultra is part action - comedy, part spy thriller, and part romantic drama, with Eisenberg starring as Mike, a burn - out working at a convenience store and trying to work up the nerve to propose to his girlfriend, Phoebe (Stewart).

Instead, there are some twists that reduce the terror in favor of character tension, which in a thriller would work fine, but in this film come off as gimmicky and distracting.

It works very well as a thriller, including one scene that's textbook Hitchcockian suspense.

John can currently be seen in the revisionist thriller «The Raven» as American poet Edgar Allen Poe, and has a number of other projects in the works, including the black - ops thriller «The Numbers Station,» the Spanish - language comedy «No somos animales,» the true crime thriller «The Frozen Ground,» and two new films from director Lee Daniels: «The Paperboy» and as Richard Nixon in the star - studded «The Butler.»

Most of the ingredients are here for something special - a decent enough cast, the man behind the visuals of most of Christopher Nolan's works, and a high - concept sci - fi thriller that delves into such heady topics as «neo-ludites» and the...

Omar (Hany Abu - Assad)-- Role playing works both psychologically and as plot points for this Cannes award - winning political thriller set in Palestine.

This 2005 crime thriller first appeared at the Cannes Film Festival, where it contended for the prestigious Palme d'Or, and when a couple of months later it premiered in the United States, it was almost universally hailed as a brilliant and deeply thought - out work of art.