John Woo

2017-01-27

[...] throws in an early example of heroic bloodshed, giving an indicator of how Cheh’s apprentice John Woo developed his style. The sheer number of opponents the trio have to fend off, and the flow of [...]

Cityonfire.com

#45

cityonfire.com

2017-01-26

[...] equipment already available to the filmmakers. Whereas El Mariachi is a neo-western with John Woo touches, Blade Warrior is more so a martial arts cop actioner at a street level. “Blade [...]

Cityonfire.com

#45

cityonfire.com

2017-01-16

[...] “Manhunt” Teaser Poster John Woo, the man behind action classics such as A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Bullet in the Head and [...]

Cityonfire.com

#45

cityonfire.com

2017-01-09

[...] delivering the thrills and spills that are normally associated with a saga’s conclusion. John Woo’s Red Cliff is a perfect example of this. However in the case of these manga adaptions that we’ [...]

Cityonfire.com

#45

cityonfire.com

2016-12-29

[...] good company; it’s a favorite technique of filmmakers like Akira Kurosawa, Sam Peckinpah, John Woo, and Wes Anderson. Of course, time isn’t literally slowing down for your characters—it [...]

FeedBox

#232

feedbox.com

2016-12-29

[...] Wi-gyun is also listed as the co-director for the likes of The Postman Strikes Back and John Woo’s Heroes Shed No Tears. Challenge of the Lady Ninja ultimately surprises with a plot twist [...]

Cityonfire.com

#45

cityonfire.com

2016-12-11

[...] to me… [Le Samouraï is] the closest to a perfect movie that I have ever seen.” – John Woo Being and nothingness In a taut and lean 100 minutes Jean-Pierre Melville somehow [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2016-10-28

[...] Award® winners Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Ang Lee; Joe Carnahan, Wong Kar-wai, Guy Ritchie, John Woo and the late John Frankenheimer and Tony Scott. “The Hire” also featured A-list talent in [...]

The Inspiration Room

#50

theinspirationroom.com

2016-02-28

[...] , capturing fans in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, particularly after his role in John Woo’s “A Better Tomorrow”, which became the turning point for his acting career. Later on, his [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2016-02-15

[...] 80s and early 90s, headed by companies as Cinema City, filmmakers as Tsui Hatk, Wong Jing and John Woo, and actors as Chow Yun Fat, Brigitte Lin and Jet Li, who made the action genre the dominant [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com