“X-rated action!” quips Chow Yun-Fat’s supercool cop, taking a jab at the U.S. film ratings board during the gonzo climactic shootout of director John Woo’s 1992 “Hard Boiled,” a movie comprised ...
Fat, Anthony Wong, Tony Leung, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Phillip Kwok, and John Woo. SYNOPSIS: A tough maverick cop and an undercover agent ...
"He's a bit different from the average assassin." GKids has revealed a new trailer for the highly anticipated 4K remastered re-release of 3 iconic Hong Kong action movies from the mastermind filmmaker ...
Hollywood’s action genre owes a massive debt to John Woo. The Face/Off and The Killer director had his breakthrough with 1986’s A Better Tomorrow, whose stylized gun-fu sensibilities subverted ...
Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...
“Most things go in and out of style, that is, with the exception of war, of course,” notes chief villain Johnny Wong (Anthony Wong) in Hard Boiled, finally receiving the 4K UHD/Blu-ray treatment later ...
Action cinema would not be the same without John Woo. He helped launch the Hong Kong New Wave of the 1980s with "A Better Tomorrow," "The Killer" and "Hard-Boiled." All three films have been given new ...