The Killer, 1989. Directed by John Woo. Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Barry Wong, Kenneth Tsang, and Chu Kong. SYNOPSIS: An assassin accepts one last job to pay to restore the eyesight of a woman he accidentally blinded, whilst a dogged cop closes in. Continuing their run of releasing Hong Kong action classics […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Hard Boiled (1992)
Hard Boiled, 1992. Directed by John Woo. Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Anthony Wong, Tony Leung, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Phillip Kwok, and John Woo. SYNOPSIS: A tough maverick cop and an undercover agent team up to take down a ruthless Triad gang leader. Often cited as the definitive Hong Kong action movie, inspiring the likes of […]
4K Ultra HD Review – City on Fire (1987)
City on Fire, 1987. Directed by Ringo Lam. Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Yueh Sun, Carrie Ng, Kong Lau, and Roy Cheung. SYNOPSIS: An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of jewellery thieves whilst also trying to save his relationship with his fiancé and avoid getting arrested by other cops who don’t know he is undercover. […]
John Woo’s Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow Trilogy set 4K Ultra HD releases
Having acquired the rights as part of its acquisition of the Golden Princess library, Shout Studios begins to bring the Hong Kong back catalogue of legendary filmmaker John Woo to 4K Ultra HD in November with the release of deluxe editions of Hard Boiled and the A Better Tomorrow Trilogy in November; check out the […]
Omar Sy to lead John Woo’s reimagining of The Killer
Back in May it was announced that legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo is bringing some Heroic Bloodshed to Peacock with an English-language reimagining of his action classic The Killer, and now comes word that Woo has found his lead for the remake. As announced by Peacock and Universal, The Intouchables and Lupin star Omay […]
From Hard Boiled to Soft Boiled: Why John Woo’s masterpiece will never be matched again
Tom Jolliffe revisits John Woo’s action masterpiece Hard Boiled… John Woo had already made quite a name for himself in China, thanks to hit action classics such as A Better Tomorrow and The Killer. In 1992 he released the film which would see him transition from Hong Kong director, to Hollywood. The film was Hard […]
Blu-ray Review – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000. Directed by Ang Lee Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei Pei, Ziyi Zhang SYNOPSIS: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has been on Blu-ray before, but this new release serves up some deleted scenes and a new series of retrospective interviews with director Ang Lee, writer/producer James […]
