Sentence examples for brand of action from inspiring English sources

But Chan says the unthreatening brand of action is one reason why his movies tend to do well internationally.

Yet the over-all idea is that the fate of humanity depends on faith, family, the U.S. Army, and the right brand of action figures.

On the other hand, Michael Bay, who is shooting "Transformers 3," appears to have agreed that his film will be at least partly in 3-D after insisting for months that the technology was not quite ready for his brand of action.

Having Schwarzenegger snap someone's neck on a plane, cover his face with a hat and tell the stewardess, "He's dead tired," was, in a weird way, a precursor to the culture of knowing irony that became so pervasive 10 years later — and which (ironically) helped kill off this very brand of action film.

His particular brand of action filmmaking has been so thoroughly appropriated by other directors -- the interiors of movies including "Black Hawk Down" and "We Were Soldiers" were selected from pages of the John Woo scrapbook -- that he seems like an imitator for simply indulging in the heightened violence that was once his sole province.

Cade and Vivian (no spoilers here) have something to do with it, which is why they've got to get hold of Merlin's staff, conjure the return of Optimus Prime, and — with the help of faith, family, the U.S. Army, and the right brand of action figurines — save the world.

It is, rather, a showcase for Taylor's patented brand of live action role playing that bleeds into "reality".

In "The Berlin File," a film with a title out of a paperback spy thriller, the South Korean filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan ("The Unjust") brings his brand of muscular action and quicksilver agility to the shifting battleground of international espionage.

(Dargis) 'The Berlin File' (No rating, 2 00; in Korean, English and German) The South Korean filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan ("The Unjust") brings his brand of muscular action and quicksilver agility to the shifting battleground of international espionage.

Correction: May 30 , 2001 Wednesday An article in Business Day on Friday about Hasbro's attempts to revive its G.I. Joe toys misidentified the maker of Elite Force, a competing brand of military action figures.

Hollywood has a lot riding on the season's brand of explosive action, with plots more likely to be moved along with TNT than character growth (and no, The Hulk's rage-induced girth doesn't count).