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The Hand of Death. 1976 1h 35m R. 6.0 (2K) Rate. A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor. Director John Woo Stars Tao-Liang Tan James Tien Jackie Chan. 5. Money Crazy. 1977 1h 32m.
Oct 7, 2023 · John Woo found himself able to cement his place in Hollywood studio pictures with this 20th Century Fox tentpole. A lot of faith was being placed in Woo, jumping up another budget level from his ...
Dec 27, 2021 · Hard Target is Woo's first American film, coming directly off of his final Hong Kong film at the time, Hard Boiled. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, a New Orleans drifter with a combat background, who is hired by a woman (Yancy Butler) seeking to find her missing father. Her father was hunted and killed by a group of men led ...
Apr 9, 2023 · What is John Woo’s net worth? Introduction John Woo is a Chinese film director, producer, and screenwriter. Woo is best known for his highly chaotic action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion, and allusions to neo-noir, wuxia, and Western cinema. He was a pioneer of heroic films and the gun-fu genre […]
May 22, 2022 · The legendary John Woo Yu-sum was the first Hong Kong director to be hired by a Hollywood studio. US studios were impressed with the action choreography of classic local films like The Killer, ...
John Woo (em chinês: 吳宇森, pinyin: Wú Yǔsēn; nascido em Guangzhou, 1 de maio de 1946) é um cineasta, roteirista e ator chinês.Ele é considerado uma grande influência no gênero de ação, conhecido por suas sequências de ação altamente caóticas, imagens estilizadas, impasses mexicanos, uso frequente de câmera lenta e alusões ao neo-noir, wuxia e ao cinema ocidental.
Violence as poetry, rendered by a master—brilliant and passionate, John Woo’s Hard Boiled tells the story of jaded detective “Tequila” Yuen (played with controlled fury by Chow Yun-fat). Woo’s dizzying odyssey through the world of Hong Kong Triads, undercover agents, and frenzied police raids culminates unforgettably in the breathless hospital sequence. More than a cops-and-bad-guys ...
