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John Woo Yu-sen SBS (Chinese: 吳 宇 森; born 22 September 1946) [1] is a Hong Kong film director known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre. [2] The recipient of various accolades, including a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing, as well as a Golden Horse Award, an Asia Pacific Screen Award and a Saturn Award, he is regarded as a pioneer ...
The stylish filmmaker of such action classics as 'The Killer,' 'Hard Boiled' and 'Face/Off' returns with his first Hollywood movie in 20 years, a dour revenger.
Action movie icon John Woo is not watching superhero movies, he recently told The New York Times in an interview ahead of the release of “Silent Night.” Woo, the Hong Kong director acclaimed ...
John Woo rewrote the rules of mayhem during the '80s and '90s and the goodwill his fans have for him carry this half-successful remake across the finish line.
Silent Night is a 2023 American action thriller film directed by John Woo and stars Joel Kinnaman, Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi, Harold Torres and Catalina Sandino Moreno.The film, which features minimal spoken dialogue, follows an aggrieved father avenging the death of his son, who was killed by local gang members in a drive-by shooting on Christmas Eve.
The Killer is a 2024 American action thriller film directed by John Woo. It is a remake of Woo's 1989 film. The film stars Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy, Sam Worthington, Diana Silvers, Eric Cantona, and Saïd Taghmaoui. It was released in the United States by the streaming service Peacock on August 23, 2024.
John Woo hasn’t made an American film in 20 years, ... [The character] is an ordinary man, then something happened, something tragic happened his family, so he got so much pain. … So he had to ...
Speaking to Deadline from Fantasia Film Festival (Montreal, July 14-August 3), where he is being honored with a career achievement award, Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo revealed details of his ...