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The Killer: Revisiting John Woo’s Best Film

Posted 3 years ago

Chris In the pantheon of movie assassins with hearts of gold, Chow Yun-Fat, as the title character in John Woo’s The Killer, is at the top of the list. It’s no stretch to say that without Chow Yun-Fat and John...

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WTF Happened to Face/Off?

Posted 3 years ago

Chris Face/Off ranks as the most universally acclaimed of director John Woo’s North American output. While Hard Target is a cult classic, and Broken Arrow was a solid hit, 1997’s Face/Off was the first time Woo got to really flex...

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The Killer: Lupin’s Omar Sy to star in John Woo’s reimagined crime drama

Posted 4 years ago

Universal has announced that Lupin’s Omar Sy will lead John Woo’s reimagining of The Killer. The project, based on Woo’s 1989 crime drama, is being developed as a premiere property for Peacock. Directed by John Woo (Face/Off, Broken Arrow, Hard Target), The Killer focuses on a disillusioned...

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Silent Night: First-look image released from director John Woo’s first U.S. action film in over a decade

Posted 4 years ago

Director John Woo is setting up his return to U.S. action films with his latest effort Silent Night and we now have a first-look image from the film which returns him to the genre in the U.S. for the first...

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The Killer: John Woo is remaking his 1989 action classic for Peacock

Posted 4 years ago

John Woo has directed some of the coolest action movies ever made, one of them being his 1989 film The Killer (buy it HERE). A few years ago, it was announced that Woo was going to be directing a remake...

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Silent Night: John Woo directing dialogue-free action flick starring Joel Kinnaman

Posted 5 years ago

Time to break out the slow-motion and doves because John Woo is getting back in the director’s chair. The iconic action filmmaker will direct his first English language production since 2003’s Paycheck starring Ben Affleck with a film that features...

Hard Boiled (1992) – The Best Movie You Never Saw

Posted 5 years ago

Chris While some of you might take issue with me including a stone-cold classic like John Woo's HARD BOILED among my Best Movie You Never Saw picks – here's the thing. I'd wager a lot of of younger viewers, or...

Face/Off sequel: Cage, Travolta involvement teased by director

Posted 5 years ago

It was revealed last month that Paramount Pictures had tapped Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard with helming a reboot of the John Woo action classic, Face/Off, but Wingard was quick to correct those reports by saying that the project...

Face/Off 2: Travolta and Cage reportedly interested in returning!

Posted 5 years ago

So this is potentially cool! Talking to Showbiz Cheat Sheet – ostensibly about his upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong – director Adam Wingard briefly discussed his upcoming Face/Off 2, and how it is contingent on the involvement of the stars from the original...

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