I knew about John Woo’s reputation… people have always said that his Hollywood flicks, like Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2 just haven’t quite matched up with his earlier Hong Kong work. So this information, plus my current obsession with Tony Leung Chui Wai, put Hard Boiled at the top of my must-rent list. Super-cool Chow …
The Hong Kong gangster genre of films is one that I have been dipping into lately, and I have to admit the formula is followed so closely with almost all the films, that they are starting to blur together. Portland Street Blues tries to mix it up a little, by following the life of one …
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A Better Tomorrow was the movie that originally caught everyone’s attention with the distinct John Woo-style. His formula, which continues in his later movies like The Killer and Hard Boiled, first were apparent in A Better Tomorrow. And since I’ve seen too many of his films too close together, I’m starting to realize that they …