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Nothing that Cannibal Holocaust great features here; the jungle setting is not well used, the natives never really feel like they're posing a
threat
and the film doesn't manage to be disturbing in the least - something that can never be said for Cannibal Holocaust.
If there is a distinct shrill ringing throughout us as the film plays out, it's because while conforming to gangster genre conventions, we see most of the world and most of the film unfold through the eyes and ultimately with two females: a very young girl and a middle aged woman, two people we feel are under
threat
and will have harm come to them if they're caught.
The end of the film proves just how little of a
threat
the Faceless Man really was to anyone, and consequently how stupid all his victims were.
Don't forget that this was made shortly after WWII ended, so that the theme of men returning from combat, and the constant
threat
of death, was something everyone was conscious of; it's almost as if Jeb has PTSD (the 'black dog riding his back'), and death follows him, through no fault of his own, throughout the movie.
Not that he'll regret for the rest of his life killing someone who was no
threat
to him, but that it tainted his reputation permanently.
The unsophisticated characters conceal a complex film about family and gender, in which the usual Indian
threat
is more of a psychological displacement.
Killer Bees are a very real and dangerous
threat.
Although everything I know about this era comes from reading about it, nonetheless One of the Hollywood Ten seems to accurately depict a darker side of our history during the Cold War years when Communism was a
threat
to our country.
Plenty of action and a good through line of how an obsessively detailed individual would battle a
threat
to his environment.
After 12 episodes there was little
threat
from any aliens, and there was still no sign of them.
After the Iran-Iraq war ends, the US pays Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to combat the Iraqi
threat.
have I seen another action film about a train that poses a
threat
to the world if it is not stopped?
My favorite is Lou reprising the 'whispering
threat'
business from 'Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap' where he challenges the bad guys to a no-holds-barred fight, but from a distance where they can't see him and in a voice so slight they can't hear him.
Indeed, the
threat
of human-rights litigation has made providers of public services overly cautious and defensive.
This will allow President Bush to avoid seeming to surrender to the
threat
of nuclear blackmail.
Its very existence, and the
threat
of random investigations, would serve as an effective deterrent against malpractice – just as random audits deter tax evaders.
But autonomous economic regions should be avoided as a
threat
to Afghan national unity because they would play into the hands of the warlords.
On Wicksell’s definition – the best, and, in fact, the only definition I know of – the market interest rate was, if anything, above the natural interest rate in the early 2000’s: the
threat
was deflation, not accelerating inflation.
Does all of this amount to a serious
threat
to the benefits of globalization?
Local Innovation for Local ProblemsBOSTON – As we learn more about the
threat
from substandard and counterfeit medicines, it is becoming clear that it is a far greater problem than previously thought.
Rather, it is part of a clever public-awareness campaign by the WHO to prepare people and governments for the
threat
posed by new infectious diseases.
But while outbreaks of infectious illnesses such as Ebola, flu, Zika, SARS, and – hypothetically – Disease X tend to capture headlines, most global health practitioners understand that noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension, and cancer pose an even greater
threat
to health and economic stability.
Diabetes poses an especially grave
threat
to Mexico, where urbanization and other social changes are pushing people toward more sedentary lifestyles and triggering a surge in obesity-related diseases.
The WHO should be commended for raising awareness about the
threat
of new infectious diseases.
Perhaps one day Russia will become a
threat
again, but for the moment it is more threatened by its own internal disintegration.
Will America view the euro's establishment as an aid or a
threat
to the dollar?
With entire industries coming under threat, workers increasingly face the need to switch careers.
The uniquely dangerous combination of a nuclear Iran, which seeks to inspire the Shia in the Gulf states to rise up against their Sunni masters, coupled with Ahmedinejad’s millenarian mysticism, poses an existential
threat
to Israel, which Ahmadinejad has threatened to “wipe off the map.”
And, if Iran succeeds in acquiring long-range ballistic missiles, the security
threat
will become global.
Since then, however, the US has relied on diplomacy rather than bombast in handling the North Korean nuclear
threat
– an approach that has enabled recent progress.
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