It goes through the motions of the multinational action thriller, and, although those motions are as flamboyantly excessive as you would expect, the result is more gruelling than pleasurable.

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As is also the case with a good thriller, we get plenty of action and suspense.

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In his 2010 directorial follow-up, The Town, Affleck pulled triple duty and acted in the tense thriller that blended great acting with thrilling action.

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The producers say they hired Chip Johannessen, a former "24" writer and showrunner on "Dexter, " because of his skill with tense action-thriller plots.

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Rush Hour, Chan's new action-comedy-thriller, set box office records in the U.S. and is about to do the same across Asia.

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Her next film, The Tourist, is another action thriller this time costarring Johnny Depp which means it cost the producers (Graham King and Spyglass Entertainment) a pretty penny in star salaries.

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It's a high-tech but earnest spy thriller, which comes in roughly midway between the geopolitical pretensions of "Syriana" and the action-speaks-louder-than-words thrust of the "Bourne" movies.

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