Hard Boiled
Red Cliff - 3/23/2010
...in a film that's as visually mesmerizing as Red Cliff. People expecting to see something from the John Woo of Hard Boiled may be disappointed, while others hoping not to see the John Woo...
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Impressions: True Crime
...that, if not "accurate," is consistent with the grim-and-glossy Hong Kong captured in films like "Hard Boiled" (and, err, games like Stranglehold). It's difficult to get a sense of...
"The acknowledgment recognizes a filmmaker who in recent decades, with his revolutionary conception of staging and editing, has renewed action movies to the core, introducing an extreme stylization close to visual art, both in Asia and in Hollywood," organizers said. Woo made his name in Hong Kong with stylish action films like "A Better Tomorrow," "The Killer" and "Hard Boiled" before moving on to the U.S., where his credits include "Broken Arrow," "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible II."
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Red Cliff (Chi Bi) (Review)
...centered on seedy urban environs, Red Cliff takes place in the Han Dynasty of 208 A.D. The gritty cityscapes of Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow emphasized the claustrophobia of Hong...
Festival hands Woo lifetime award
...friends through movies." Woo made his name in Hong Kong with stylish action films like A Better Tomorrow and Hard Boiled, before moving on to the US, where his credits include...
Venice festival honors John Woo with lifetime achievement award
...said. Woo made his name in Hong Kong with stylish action films like "A Better Tomorrow," ''The Killer" and "Hard Boiled" before moving on to the U.S., where his credits include "Broken...
John Woo to receive Venice honour
Woo made his name in Hong Kong with stylish action films like A Better Tomorrow, The Killer and Hard Boiled before moving on to the US. He recently returned to China to make...
Venice festival honors Woo with lifetime award
The 63-year-old film director first made a splash in the late '80s with high-powered urban Hong Kong crime dramas"Hard Boiled" and "A Better Tomorrow" (both starring Asian superstar Chow...
John Woo's 'Red Cliff' gets set for U.S. debut
Action filmmaker John Woo has made a career out of macho fare like "Hard Boiled," "The Killer," "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible II," riddled with bullets and charred with gunpowder.
Woo brings genres aplenty to 'Cliff'
...a John Woo movie that takes place before the invention of bullets or the tailored business suit? His pictures "Hard Boiled" (1992) and "The Killer" (1989) remain twin peaks of Hong Kong...
