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Unlike crime thrillers, crime films usually offer a more serious, grim and realistic portrayal of the criminal environment, emphasizing character development and complex narratives over suspense sequences, chase scenes and violence.
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Unlike defendants who are found guilty of a crime, they are not institutionalized for a fixed period, but rather held in the institution until they are determined not to be a threat.
Unlike Palin, Idle is said to be the master of insincere characters, from the David Frost-esque Timmy Williams, to small-time crook Stig O ' Tracy, who tries to deny the fact that organised crime master Dinsdale Piranha nailed his head to the floor.
Unlike other street gangs whose business was petty crime, Luciano offered protection to Jewish youngsters from Italian and Irish gangs for ten cents per week.
Unlike later police series, Dixon focused less on crime and policing and more on the family-like nature of life in the station ( and at home ) with Dixon, a warm, paternal and frequently moralising presence, being the central focus where crime was little more than petty larceny.
Unlike in crime fiction, thrillers keep the emphasis away from the gangster, melodrama or the detective in the crime-related plot, and rather focus more on the suspense and danger that is generated.
Unlike conspiracy, there is no overt step necessary for solicitation, one person can be a defendant, and it merges with the substantive crime.
Unlike situational crime prevention, the theory ignores the opportunistic nature of crime ( Jeffery, 1990: 261 – 2 ).
Unlike most detectives in crime fiction, McGee is neither a police officer nor a licensed private investigator ; instead, he is a self-described " salvage consultant " who recovers others ' property for a fee.
Unlike the Crime Syndicate though, the Justice Lords are not simply evil opposites of their good counterparts ; rather, they rule their world with an iron fist in order to end war and crime.
Unlike the Chinatowns in some other countries, Sydney's Chinatown has been relatively free of crime and hygiene issues.
Unlike most crime dramas, many crimes on Da Vinci's Inquest aren't clearly explained, and some aren't even solved.
Unlike Ashraf, she never confessed to having sexual relations with him, which is required for a conviction for the crime of adultery under Libyan law.
Unlike the Niger ex-combatants who appeared successfully integrated into national life, small numbers of Malian Tuaregs remained restive, complaining of the Kidal region's poverty, some involved in cross-border smuggling and crime, while a splinter faction of the Tuareg ex-combatants rose in 2006.
Unlike Most Wanted and Carbon this time the plot involves an undercover police officer who is trying to breakup an international crime ring, however the game was very badly reviewed, and considered by many to be the low point of the series.
Unlike most of the hard-boiled detective novels that comprise and inspired the Hard Case Crime collection, The Colorado Kid offers little in the way of actual procedural detective-work, no sex, violence or action, possibly no crime, and no solution to its mystery.
Unlike Truart, Mosley is a solid, honest officer, and her conscience eventually causes her to question Truart's brutal methods despite her admiration of the way he has cut down crime.
Unlike and thrillers
Unlike formula thrillers, the German characters in Hornet Flight are in general quite decent and honourable.
Unlike and films
Unlike the musical films of Hollywood and Bollywood, popularly identified with escapism, the Soviet musical was first and foremost a form of propaganda.
Unlike Aleksandrov, the focus of Pyryev ’ s films was life on the collective farms.
Unlike The Movies, some dedicated machinima software programs, such as Reallusion's iClone, have licenses that avoid claiming ownership of users ' films featuring bundled assets.
Unlike most of Fleming's work, this storyline does not appear in any of the James Bond films.
Unlike most Western directors, Peckinpah tended to concentrate on the early 20th century rather than the 19th, and his films portray characters who still believe in the values of the Old West being swept away by the new, industrial America.
Unlike his prior films ( or any that would follow ), The Straight Story was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures after a successful debut at Cannes, was given a G rating by the MPAA and is the only Lynch film for which Lynch himself did not have a hand in the screenplay ( although it was co-written by his recurring associate, Mary Sweeney ).
Unlike M-G-M's imposing feature films, which always boasted strong story values, The Hollywood Revue of 1929 was a plotless parade of variety acts.
Unlike the Bond films, The IPCRESS File was designed to have a different, more down-beat style, although Saltzman employed many Bond movie staff, including production designer Ken Adam, editor Peter Hunt, and composer John Barry.
Unlike other Academy Awards, the Foreign Language Film Award does not require films to be released in the United States in order to be eligible for competition.
Unlike many American male actors, Keitel has appeared nude in several films, including full frontal nudity in Bad Lieutenant and The Piano.
Unlike expressionist films, Kammerspielfilme are categorized by their chamber play influence, involving a lack of intricate set designs and story lines / themes regarding social injustice towards the working classes.
Unlike previous Star Trek films, The Voyage Home was shot extensively on location ; many real settings and buildings were used as stand-ins for scenes set around and in the city of San Francisco.
Unlike his previous films, Cries and Whispers uses saturated colour, especially crimson.
" Unlike previous cinematic depictions of Jesus ' life, Pasolini's film does not embellish the biblical account with any literary or dramatic inventions, nor does it present an amalgam of the four Gospels ( subsequent films which would adhere as closely as possible to one Gospel account are 1979's Jesus, based on the Gospel of Luke, and 2003's The Gospel of John ).
Unlike the soundtracks to other blaxploitation films ( most notably Isaac Hayes ' score for Shaft ), which glorified the ghetto excesses of the characters, Mayfield's lyrics consisted of hard-hitting commentary on the state of affairs in black, urban ghettos at the time, as well as direct criticisms of several characters in the film.
Unlike substantive transparency and negative color films, Kodachrome films did not incorporate dye couplers into the emulsion layers.
Unlike feature films, which were routinely censored in the script, the animated shorts were passed upon only when completed, which made the producers exceptionally cautious as to restrictions.
Unlike many gay filmmakers, Van Sant — who had long been openly gay — declined to use same-sex relationships as fodder for overtly political statements, although such relationships would frequently appear in his films.
Unlike previous films, Blood Vengeance is set within the official Tekken storyline and is set between the events of Tekken 5 and Tekken 6.
Unlike his later films, it has many scenes with dialogue, and offers a droll, affectionate view of life in rural France.
" Unlike other critics, Milne thought the new plot was refreshing: " With the possibilities of the characters the previous Halloween films well and truly exhausted, Season of the Witch turns more profitably to a marvellously ingenious Nigel Kneale tale of a toymaker and his fiendish plan to restore Halloween to its witch cult origins.
Unlike Frankenstein and Dracula, and other, later Universal horror films, this film had no sequels, but rather was semi-remade in the 1940's b-film The Mummy's Hand ( 1940 ), and its sequels, The Mummy's Tomb ( 1942 ), The Mummy's Ghost ( 1944 ), The Mummy's Curse ( 1944 ), which were later spoofed in 1950's Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.
Unlike the later James Bond films, Danger Man strove for realism, dramatising credible Cold War tensions.
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Unlike the typical hijackings of land vehicles or ships, skyjacking is not usually committed for robbery or theft.
Unlike some of their continental European counterparts, the Monarch and her Governors-General in the Commonwealth realms hold significant " reserve " or " prerogative " powers, to be wielded in times of extreme emergency or constitutional crises usually to uphold parliamentary government.
Unlike the penis, the male variant of the clitoris, it usually does not contain the distal portion or opening of the urethra and is therefore not used for urination.
Unlike stompboxes, rackmounts usually have several different types of effects.
Unlike the related battles over operating systems, programming languages, and even source code indent style, choice of editor usually only affects oneself.
Unlike most lizards, geckos are usually nocturnal and are great climbers.
Unlike reality television franchises, international game show franchises generally only see Canadian adaptations in a series of specials, based heavily on the American versions but usually with a Canadian host to allow for Canadian content credits.
Unlike management fees and performance fees, redemption fees are usually kept by the fund.
Unlike other United Nations specialized agencies, the International Labour Organization has a tripartite governing structure — representing governments, employers and workers ( usually with a ratio of 2: 1: 1 ).
Unlike woven fabrics, where strands usually run straight horizontally and vertically, yarn that has been knitted follows a loopy path along its row, as with the red strand in the diagram at left, in which the loops of one row have all been pulled through the loops of the row below it.
Unlike Raynald's attacks on caravans, which may have had some military purpose, Guy attacked a group that was usually loyal to Jerusalem and provided intelligence about the movements of Saladin's troops.
Unlike integrated circuits ( ICs ), LCD panels with a few defective transistors are usually still usable.
Unlike other dangerous animals, moose are not territorial, and do not view humans as food, and will therefore usually not pursue humans if they simply run away.
Unlike auto camps, tourist courts typically provided bed and breakfast or hotel-style service, usually with stand-alone cabins.
Unlike boarding houses, guests at tourist homes were usually just passing through.
Unlike dendrites, an axon usually maintains the same diameter as it extends.
Unlike regular PLCs that are usually modular and greatly expandable, the PLRs are usually not modular or expandable, but their price can be two orders of magnitude less than a PLC and they still offer robust design and deterministic execution of the logic.
Depending on the size of the velodrome, this event can be from 600 m to 1000 m. Unlike the sprints in athletics, these events do not usually start with riders sprinting from the starting line and they are not confined to lanes.
Unlike Stalfos, they do not carry any weapons, usually swiping at their target with their arms.
Unlike members of the violin family, which are tuned in fifths, viols are usually tuned in fourths with a major third in the middle, mirroring the tuning employed on the vihuela de mano and lute during the 16th century and similar to that of the modern six-string guitar.
Unlike poison, which is ingested or inhaled, venom is usually delivered directly into the lymphatic system, where it acts faster.
Unlike formats like FLAC, WAV files don't usually have information fields, for instance,
Unlike in white tie, where decorations are always permitted, the dress code will usually give some indication when decorations are to be worn with black tie.
Unlike SVCs, PVC are usually very seldom broken / disconnected.
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