How to Use actioner in a Sentence
actioner
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The Alzheimer Case in 2003, is Neeson’s best actioner since the pre-Covid days.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 1 May 2022
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The Indian actioner of the year, if not the decade, is on course to getting a sequel.
—Manori Ravindran, Variety, 14 Nov. 2022
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The Chris Hemsworth-starring actioner had been set to lens in Australia.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 31 Aug. 2021
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To be fair, the fourth Keanu Reeves actioner doesn’t need a prime holiday weekend to score.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
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The film is a period naval actioner that released in late July and gave the 2022 box office its high point.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022
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Who at this point still walks into a period actioner like this and doesn’t know what to expect?
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 23 Apr. 2022
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The Orion Pictures sci-fi actioner went on to gross $53 million that summer and launched a franchise.
—Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2022
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This new actioner is merely the next mega-bucks Chinese blockbuster.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
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Works well as actioner, not so well as espionage thriller.
—Philly.com, 17 Sep. 2017
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That’s because the Daniel Craig actioner is crushing it overseas.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
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Snatch is an ensemble piece and more of a gangster comedy than an actioner, but if Wrath of Man passes it that will be a moot point.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 2 June 2021
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For a change, Boutella didn’t do any fighting in that Cold War espionage actioner.
—The Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2017
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Wrath of Man opened with $8.1 million two weeks ago, which is exactly par for the course for a solo/non-franchise Jason Statham actioner.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 21 May 2021
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The Brad Pitt actioner’s domestic gross should stand at $68.6 million by Monday.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 20 Aug. 2022
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Kinnaman is pictured above in an exclusive first look still from the actioner.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 17 May 2022
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That sci-fi actioner placed first for the first five weekends, partially because the promised post-Tenet tentpoles never arrived.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
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Nevertheless, the scheduling now on the books is in many ways one of the best possible outcomes for both Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic and the Daniel Craig actioner.
—Rebecca Davis, Variety, 18 Sep. 2021
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Markets across Asia should be more than welcoming of a polished, franchise-style actioner headlined by a girl from the neighborhood.
—Elizabeth Kerr, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2018
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When teenagers get superpowers, the government turns against them in this sci-fi actioner based on the Alexandra Bracken novel.
—Lindsey Bahr, kansascity, 26 Apr. 2018
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Like the two mindless actioners that came before it, Race 3 is light on characterization and heavy on the stylized brand-fetishization.
—Lisa Tsering, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2018
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The Pluto Moment begins with a once-famous art house director visiting his film-star wife on the shoot of an actioner, high atop a Shanghai skyscraper.
—Clarence Tsui, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2018
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Speaking of morally dubious actioners, this late-era Mel Gibson romp offers more than its fair share of thrills (and questionable curse words).
—EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024
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The actioner was acquired by Saban Films during Toronto.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Jan. 2023
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The team will also be selling high-concept Scott Adkins actioner Take Cover, which wrapped in early summer this year, and will be presenting a first look at the festival.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2023
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Gal Gadot plays an adrenaline junkie in her upcoming actioner.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2022
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In the debut trailer for this international actioner, Ryan Reynolds stars as a ghost… as in, someone who faked his own death, scrubbed his record, and now moves about as a phantom operative.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 Oct. 2019
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In almost 100 years of the Oscar awards, fantasy and sci-fi film characters, along with actors in comedies, Westerns and actioners, almost never get any love.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
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Lacking a high concept or memorable central character, the film is a by-the-numbers actioner that coasts on its star’s soulful gravitas and low-key charisma.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022
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Despite its talented cast, who demonstrate a willingness to go for broke in their portrayals, the film comes across like a pretentious version of an ‘80s-era Charles Bronson actioner.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
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Highland Film Group is handling international rights to the actioner.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 May 2024
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