Sentence examples for generic action from inspiring English sources

She'd just finished her first Hollywood job a few years ago, a generic action thriller called After the Sunset.

At some point the narrative begins to feel rushed, subsumed by the generic action of chases, fights and dimensional transit.

"Angel of Evil" is bloody, yes, but loaded with generic action sequences, shouting matches and blustery sentiment.

Or even this year's Contraband, which flits clumsily between generic action and Wahlberg's patented slightly-speeded-up Concerned Family Man voice.

(Ages 4 to 8) The best toys have powerful secret lives, and Traction Man, described as a "generic action figure with dazzle-painted battle pants" on the box he arrives in, is a fine example.

The emptily throbbing music, by Eric Serra, is placed on the soundtrack no differently from the way that similarly generic action music is employed in "Transformers," "Edge of Tomorrow," or other, lesser violent thrillers.

In Clara's dream, the Mouse King magically shrinks her down to his size and goes into battle with the now-living Nutcracker, as generic action-movie music plays in the background.

For the third, fourth and now fifth films, the producers wisely ditched the "Die Hard" trapped-in-a-blankety-blank constraint (had they not, we would most likely be watching "Die Hard in the Center of the Earth" at this point), which both freed the franchise but also sent it spiraling toward the black hole of generic action-adventure.

As the industry's interest in managing demand increased and the acceptance of DSM as a unifying umbrella to house programs or activities which could manage demand increased as well, it became clear that there were seven generic actions, taken together or independently which could have the greatest impact in actually effecting the deployment of DSM.

And then it all starts to make sense -- the posters on the wall saying, "Obey, look pretty, stay quiet, cook and clean, smile, be happy, stand straight, do homework" list generic actions that society considers to be "good" in women -- some even outdated, like the '50s concept of cooking and cleaning to be the perfect housewife.

The extended care comparison group received generic, action-oriented information about diet and exercise at the same two time points.