wasted Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Obviously Hair Boiled and The Killer, but also Hard Target and Broken Arrow, Face/Off.I've been meaning to watch Paycheck I think it's called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 It's all about The Killer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlrod Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Obviously Hair Boiled and The Killer, but also Hard Target and Broken Arrow, Face/Off.I've been meaning to watch Paycheck I think it's called.Windtalkers and IM2Hair Boiled? Oh I see, Hard Boiled... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Ignore everything he did in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 Face/Off is pretty awesome. But yeah you need the pigeons to fly in slo mo for the classic Woo.Hair Boiled!!!Hard Boiled might be better than The Killer. A Better Tomorrow is pretty cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evader Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 A Better TomorrowA Better Tomorrow IIOnce A Thief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinrocksnexttognr Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Hard boiled was a blast! (Pun.. intended?) But that beginning shootout was ace. All those poor innocent people get blown away. You don't see that often. Its always good or bad guy gts killed. Never collateral damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 (edited) Like every HK film director he started out in Kung Fu (at Shaws in fact under the great Cheng Cheh). Check out an interesting film by John Woo for Golden Harvest called Hand of Dead (1976). It co-stars Samo Hung and a, pre eye-op, Jackie Chan (Yuen Biao also makes a brief appearence). Also, the film's main bad guy is James Tien of Bruce Lee fame. It is interesting because it unites these three who would go on to do much bigger (and better) things; you could infact argue that the three of them would go on to dominate HK cinema of the 1980s. Chan and Hung would dominate Kung Fu, comedy and the modern-day actioner, whereas, Woo pioneered the 'heroic bloodshed' genre. It is curious because the actual star of the piece, Dorian Tan, disappeared into obscurity. Decent chop sockey also, Hand of Death. Not like a Shaw masterpiece or anything but decent. (Good theme tune which I am surprised Quentin has not ripped-off yet). My Woo Top Ten list by the way would go something like this, 1/ The Killer 2/ Bullet in the Head 3/ A Better Tommorow 4/ Hard-Boiled 5/ A Better Tommorow II 6/ Once a Thief 7/ Last Hurrah For Chivalry 8/ Hand of Death 9/ Red Cliffs 10/ Face Off (the best of his yank films, certainly). Edited September 12, 2013 by DieselDaisy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdHeartBreaker Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 akimbo pistols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 O saw Red Cliff 1 there was meant to be a 2 but i never saw it come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinrocksnexttognr Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Red cliff and was great. Watched it a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 O saw Red Cliff 1 there was meant to be a 2 but i never saw it come out.There is an edited version released in the States which is a bit of a mess so it is probably better to watch them as Part 1, Part 2. Ahh, the Battle of Red Cliffs (AD 209), Romance of the Three Kingdoms and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 O saw Red Cliff 1 there was meant to be a 2 but i never saw it come out.There is an edited version released in the States which is a bit of a mess so it is probably better to watch them as Part 1, Part 2. Ahh, the Battle of Red Cliffs (AD 209), Romance of the Three Kingdoms and all that.I may have seen both parts in one in theatre. That's why it was so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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