This wretched action comedy stars Ryan Reynolds as a bodyguard entrusted with escorting an assassin (Samuel L Jackson) from Coventry to the Hague to testify against the deposed Belarusian president (Gary Oldman, wearily dusting down his failsafe "eastern heavy" accent).
Its producer is Avi Lerner, whose typical slate includes wretched alpha male action pictures such as The Expendables.
The reason, of course, is that the Mets' chief operating officer, Jeff Wilpon, made it clear at the end of last year that ownership would not tolerate another wretched season without taking action.
(of a person) that is to be pitied, sad, poor, wretched, unfortunate (applied to the actions of persons in a pitiable state) attended by misery, grievous, distressing; miserrima Dido: most sad Dido..
Tony Blair insisted today that Britain had to give up the "wretched policy of apology" for the allies' action in Iraq.
And they adopted simpler, more positive explanations for their actions — jettisoning the gloomy, expectations-killing language that cited wretched economic prospects to justify every expansionary move.
Intergalactic bounty hunters called "Killjoys" are coming to a wretched hive of scum and villainy near you in this new action-adventure series.
Governor Jan, if you sign this bill, your actions will contribute to the further decline in Arizona's already wretched reputation due to your state's merciless attacks on the human and civil rights of its residents.
By and large, it was a wretched year for Hollywood's major studios, with a steady stream of action movies and comedies performing belly flops into empty pools.
Even setting aside the question of how effective such affirmative action is and an existing reservation of 22% of seats for wretched tribal Indians and dalits, Hinduism's former untouchables, is discouraging the proposed amendment is flawed.
Even when he takes a decisive action--in this case, perhaps because it is such a wretched choice he refuses to be seen aligned with it.
