Sentence examples for contemporary action from inspiring English sources

The switch from contemporary action to lengthy, narrated historical flashback is a bit of a jolt.

All that we can know about a Fassbinder character is revealed on the screen in the course of the contemporary action but because the contemporary action is not always clear, we have to step in and make our own assumptions.

The combat scenes are well shot and impressively staged, with a visual clarity often lacking in frenetic contemporary action movies.

The high-octane struggles between good and evil in contemporary action movies have made cowboys and Indians redundant.

He's a very contemporary action hero: handsome, buff, funny and charismatic, while remaining relatable, a Joe Schmo done good.

Contemporary action films from around the globe owe much to Hong Kong action cinema, which in turn owes even more to classic Hollywood.

Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times in April, "The film at once embraces and satirizes contemporary action-film clichés with Tarantino-esque self-regard — it's the latest in giggles-and-guts entertainment".

Fast, periodically spit-funny and often grotesquely violent, the film at once embraces and satirizes contemporary action-film clichés with Tarantino-esque self-regard — it's the latest in giggles-and-guts entertainment.

In the case of monofilament technical textiles used in the screen printing industry, mechanical properties such as the response of the fabric to contemporary actions of in-plane tensile and local bending are considered of primary interest.

It requires separating the rationale for contemporary actions from the long history of clashes between Islam and the West, and it requires overcoming the resentment caused when Muslim noncombatants are killed as a byproduct of conflict.

I have a rather average honours degree in history from Edinburgh University – my enthusiasm for my subject was not reflected in academic application – but what I loved then and love now is the sensation of seeing the past take solid form in the present as the reasons for contemporary actions and attitudes are uncovered by the study of forgotten events.