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  • Face/Off
  • Face/Off review by from CARLTON
    Rated - 5 stars 1 October 2004
    ...John Woo for the masses. Excellent film with Travolta and Cage obviously relishing the opportunity to swap roles. ...  
  • A Better Tomorrow
  • A Better Tomorrow review by from Colne, Lancashire, England
    Rated - 4 stars Definately worth the hype! 13 May 2005
    ...ilm has a strong emotional undercurrent running through it which beats not only John Woo's US work but most dramatic films in general. For those who like low-key and su...  
  • Broken Arrow
  • Broken Arrow review by from LEICESTER
    Rated - 4 stars 18 February 2004
    ...volta is a great actor, wonderul narative and great action sequences, a typical John Woo film. This is a story about two friends who are B12 Stealth Bomber pilots in...  

John Woo - filmography


  • Red Cliff - BLU-RAY Version (2008)
    Starring: Chang Chen,  Tony Leung Chiu Wai,  Zhang Fengyi
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After directing stylish action films such as THE KILLER and FACE-OFF, director John Woo turns to Chinese history for inspiration with RED CLIFF. The Han Dynasty is facing its death in third century China, and the emperor raises a million-man army against two kingdoms that are hopelessly outmatched. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 11 members
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  • Paycheck on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Aaron Eckhart,  Uma Thurman
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Adapted from a mind-bending sci-fi thriller by Philip K. Dick, the slick and riveting PAYCHECK is directed by John Woo (THE KILLER, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II)--the king of artful gunfighting flicks--who shows off his agility here with flat-out, white-knuckle cinematic entertainment. Michael Jennings (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 28,287 members
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  • Windtalkers on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Christian Slater,  Adam Beach
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    WINDTALKERS begins quietly--with widescreen aerial shots of clouds that gradually clear to reveal the beautiful mesas of Monument Valley. A bus collects Navajo volunteers Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) and Charlie Whitehorse (Roger Willie). It's 1943, and the U.S. has developed an indecipherable secret ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 11,311 members
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  • The Art Of Action on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Jackie Chan,  Jet Li
    Director: Keith Clarke
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This in-depth documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at the history of the martial arts film--from its rebellious beginnings to the high-flying epics of today. Host Samuel L. Jackson takes you through the best moments of 100 films, including CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 160 members
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  • Face/Off on DVD (1997)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Nicolas Cage,  Joan Allen
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The ordeal of super-heroic, singularly dedicated FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta – BLOW OUT, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER) is only beginning after finally capturing his arch nemesis, Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage – WILD AT HEART, NATIONAL TREASURE), an elusive, maniacal terrorist who claimed the life of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 26,498 members
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  • Hard Target on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme,  Lance Henriksen,  Wilford Brimley
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In his Hollywood directorial debut, Hong Kong sensation John Woo styles this action movie about a simple Merchant Marine (Jean-Claude Van Damme) who seeks to protect a beautiful woman whose father was murdered by an organization that sells the opportunity to hunt human prey in a safari game.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 3,978 members
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  • Hard Boiled on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Chow Yun-Fat,  Philip Chan
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When a tough police officer's (Chow Yun-Fat) partner is brutally murdered, he joins forces with another loose-cannon cop (Tony Leung) to exact his own bloody revenge on the gun-smuggling gangsters responsible for his friend's death. A lot of action, guns, and violence, all masterfully rendered by ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7,975 members
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  • Once A Thief on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat,  Leslie Cheung,  Cherie Cheung
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A close-knit trio of dashing art thieves (Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, and Cherie Chung) undertake one last lucrative job before their planned retirement, only to be torn apart when the heist goes awry as the result of a double-cross from their criminal mentor. Once reunited, the team resolves to ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 2,078 members
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  • The Killer (1989)
    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat,  Danny Lee,  Sally Yeh
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In John Woo's THE KILLER, a hired assassin (Chow Yun-Fat) accidentally blinds a beautiful nightclub singer during what was supposed to be his last murder. When he falls in love with her and accepts another contract in order to finance her cornea surgery, the stage is set for a long and bloody ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 4,750 members
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  • A Better Tomorrow on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Chow Yun Fat,  Ti Lung,  Leslie Cheung
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    John Woo's forays into Hollywood cinema have revealed just how childish a lot of his material can feel when it is delivered without the clouding medium of subtitles. In his earlier Hong Kong movies it is possible to allow that the melodramatic, risible and at times confusing dialogue--a disgruntled ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,355 members
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  • Bullet In The Head on DVD
    Starring: Waise Lee,  Jacky Cheung,  Tony Leung
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Not for the faint-hearted, John Woo's unflinching account of individual destinies caught up and mangled by the greater madness of the Vietnam War remains his greatest cinematic achievement to date. More a three-act tragedy of epic proportions than a conventional action film, it follows the fortunes ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,314 members
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  • Blackjack
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  Kate Vernon,  Dolph Lundgren/ Kate Vernon
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After saving a girl from hired assassins, a federal agent (Lundgren) is struck with a phobia of the color white. Unfortunately, he also has to protect an endangered witness from an assassin determined to silence her testimony, and the bad guys know all about the hero's weakness. Made by John Woo in ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 68 members
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John Woo facts

5 most recent films

Red Cliff - 3.5 stars
Red Cliff - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Paycheck - 3.0 stars
Paycheck - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Windtalkers - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Face/Off - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Red Cliff - 3.5 stars
Face/Off - 3.5 stars
The Killer - 3.5 stars
A Better Tomorrow II - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Run Tiger Run - 1.5 stars
Red Cliff - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Once A Thief - 2.5 stars
Blackjack - 2.5 stars
The Art Of Action - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Christian Slater - 4 times - show films
Nicolas Cage - 4 times - show films
Chow Yun-Fat - 4 times - show films
John Travolta - 4 times - show films
Ving Rhames - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Keith Clarke - 1 times - show films


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