And he's the stoic, enigmatic hero of Nicolas Winding Refn's sleek action reverie "Drive" (now in theaters), a hit this year at Cannes, where Mr. Refn won the best director prize.
But for the insatiable, there's a two-hour banquet of such fare in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, a sleek action picture by Guillermo del Toro, who's making a corner for himself in the horror-fantasy world in his native Mexico, in Hollywood and in Spain.
Delicate gouache cityscapes by Prosper Merimee, author of "Carmen," mingle with a jewel-like Winterhalter painting of Princess Bibescu, a sleek action sketch of Suzanne Lenglen (the tennis star of the 1920's) by Robert de Coninck and a haunting portrait of the cabaret singer Suzy Solidor by Francis Picabia.
We'll have the greatest story ever written!" I ask Terry Dougas, an enthusiastic creative force in Hollywood (he co-produced Ricky Gervais' amazing The Invention of Lying), about the genesis of their sleek action-romance.
For Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), the imperilled heroine of Luc Besson's sleek, punchy action caper, superpower comes courtesy of a packet of prototype narcotics that ruptures in her intestine, allowing her to access an extra 90% of her cerebral capacity.
"Alias" (Sundays at 9 p.m. Eastern time on ABC) developed a complex mythology of interwoven plot lines, fast action and sleek technology in its first season.
Director David Schweizer has the action flowing seamlessly on Caleb Wertenbaker's sleek, two-level set, vividly lit by Aaron Black and enhanced with stylish projections by Driscoll Otto.
Currently comprised of 13 "actions," the sleek app allows user to verbally command their phones to perform a wide array of tasks such as to call a friend, find directions, dictate and send e-mail/text messages, call any business on Google Search, find songs, etc.
Sleek, pine sets locate the action anywhere and anytime.
Sleek as a bullet, the action star Jason Statham jaw-clenches his way through "The Mechanic," a sputtering remake in need of a more powerful recharge.
Until "Hope and Glory," in fact, Mr. Boorman's most successful pictures, both critically and commercially, were action films: the sleek revenge melodrama "Point Blank" and the backwoods adventure-horror movie "Deliverance".
