A Better Tomorrow II 1987  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Dean Shek, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Kwan Shan, Regina Kent, Lung Ming Yan, Shing Fui-On, Ken Boyle, Dean Harrington, Mark King, Waise Lee, Siu-Ming Lau
Following the highly successful "A Better Tomorrow," John Woo brings a sequel that is filled with intense scenes as twin brothers, aided by two other brothers, seek revenge on a notorious gang.
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A Better Tomorrow 1986  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow, Emily Chu, Waise Lee, Shing Fui-On, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, Yangzi Shi, Hsieh Wang, Hark Tsui, Chi Fai Chan, Feng Tien, Stephen Chow, Hing Ying Kam
Ho Tse Sung (Ti Lung) and Kit Sung (Leslie Cheung) are two brothers whose lifestyles have diverged along very different paths. Ho Tse is a police officer, and Kit has turned to a life of crime. Now, recently released from prison, Kit wants to go straight but cannot shake his mob connections, and his brother still blames him for their father's death. A major hit when released in Hong Kong.
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 Broken Arrow 1996  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo, Bob Gunton, Frank Whaley, Howie Long, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Jack Thompson, Kurtwood Smith, Casey Biggs, Shaun Toub, Vyto Ruginis, Qusaun Elam, Joey Box
Vic Deakins (John Travolta) and Riley Hale (Christian Slater) are pilots on a "Stealth" bomber packed with nuclear weaponry. On a routine patrol, Deakins knocks out copilot Hale, crashes the plane, and takes off with the weapons. He then threatens to detonate them if the Pentagon doesn't give him money. The chase is on as a recovered Hale and park ranger Terry Carmichael (Samantha Mathis) set out to track down Deakins.
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Bullet in the Head 1990 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam, Fennie Yuen, Yolinda Yam, Chung Lam, Shek Yin Lau, John Woo
The Vietnam War was raging in 1967, and John Woo uses this setting for another of his epic productions. Three friends in Hong Kong are not only on the run but feel stifled by the archaic Hong Kong rule. Thus, they flee to Vietnam where they intend to make money on the crime scene. Instead, they become involved with wartime events that challenge their friendship and lives.
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 Face/Off 1997  R, 138 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, CCH Pounder, Colm Feore, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Wisdom, Matt Ross, Margaret Cho, James Denton
As the means of getting information about a time bomb that terrorist Castor Troy (Nicholas Cage) has planted to destroy Los Angeles, FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) undergoes surgery to take on the appearance of Castor who is presumed dead. He believes this will give him the means of getting information from Troy's brother Pollux (Alessandro Nivola) about the time bomb. However, it turns out that Troy is merely in a coma, and when he recovers he turns the tables and assumes the identity of Archer–now, the fight to the finish is on.
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Hand of Death 1975 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Strike of Death
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tan Tao-Liang, James Tien, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yang Wei, John Woo, Yuen Wah, Yuen Biao, Chang Chung
A Shaolin student is sent to kill a powerful warrior who leads a group that terrorizes the area. On the way, he meets others who support his cause–including a young Jackie Chan. An early John Woo effort.
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Hard Target 1993  R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Vosloo, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Wilford Brimley, Kasi Lemmons, Ted Raimi, Robert Apisa, Chuck Pfarrer, Mike Leinert, Douglas Forsythe Rye, Lenore Banks, Eliott Keener
Natasha (Yancy Butler) is looking for her homeless, war-veteran father (Chuck Pfarrer) in New Orleans and hires Chance Boudreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) to help in her search. They find her father dead, and the trail leads to Randal Poe (Elliott Keener) who, in turn, works for wealthy Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) who manages a game offering rich clients the chance to hunt down homeless veterans. After their discovery, Chance and Natasha find themselves the targets in the game. 1 User Review
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Hard-Boiled 1992 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: John Woo
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
In this, another of John Woo's extremely violent films (see, for example, "The Killer"), a tough cop must team up with a mysterious hired gun to rid Hong Kong of gun smugglers. The action scenes are incredible!
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Heroes Shed No Tears 1986 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: John Woo
Cast: Eddy Ko, Lam Ching-Ying, Chin Yue Sang, Jang Doo He, Kim Ho Kon, Lau Chau Sang, Cecile Le Bailly, Philippe Loffredo, Kuo Sheng, Ma Ying Chun
Mercenaries descend on a drug lord in Thailand in order to smash a drug-trafficking ring. They get their man, but that's just the start. Non-stop, bloody action. Made in the early 1980s, the film was re-cut and released in theaters after John Woo became known for his "A Better Tomorrow."
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The Killer 1989  R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: John Woo
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Chu Kong, Kenneth Tsang, Shing Fui-On, Lam Chung, Ye Rongzu, Yi Fanwei, Huang Guangliang, Barry Wong, Parkman wong, Wu Shaohong, Yang Xing, Yan Zhaohong
This is an unusual film with violent, intense action. Jeffrey Chow (Chow Yun-Fat) is a hit man ready for retirement in order to care for his girlfriend Jenny (Sally Yeh) who he has accidentally blinded. When he is betrayed by his boss, he teams up with Detective "Eagle" Lee (Danny Lee) who has been assigned to get him to fight off the REAL bad guys. The characters are well developed, the directing is superb, and the action is spectacular.
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Mission: Impossible 2 2000 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, Anthony Hopkins, John Polson, Brendan Gleeson, Rade Serbedzija, William Mapother, Dominic Purcell, Nicholas Bell, Kee Chan, Kim Fleming, Mathew Wilkinson
Tom Cruise again stars as government agent Ethan Hunt who sets out on another impossible mission. This time, he is recruited by the new IMF chief Commander Swanbeck (Anthony Hopkins) to destroy a deadly virus that has been hijacked by the evil IMF agent, Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott). Hunt recruits Ambrose's ex-lover Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton) to help infiltrate Ambrose's terrorist group. Complications ensue–especially after Hunt falls in love with Nyah.
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Once a Thief 1990 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: John Woo
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Chu Kong, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, David Wu
John Woo moves away from his violent films for this action/comedy caper. A trio of art thieves was brought up by a foster father and crime boss (Kenneth Tsang). They steal and romance their way across Europe and are on the verge of quitting the business. But when their foster father insists they steal a "cursed" painting and they are double-crossed, a new strategy must be developed.
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 Paycheck 2003 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Mystery
Director: John Woo
Cast: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, Michael C. Hall, Peter Friedman, Kathryn Morris, Ivana Milicevic, John Cassini, Fulvio Cecere, Christopher Kennedy, Callum Keith Rennie, Michelle Harrison
Reverse engineer Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) disassembles cutting-edge technology in order to improve on it for the competition. He wakes up one day with no recollection of the past two years because his memory has been erased so he cannot expose his employers. Worse yet, it appears that those employers are out to kill him, and Jennings must put together pieces of a puzzle to save his own life.
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 Windtalkers 2002 R, 134 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: John Woo
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Christian Slater, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Roger Willie, Brian Van Holt, Martin Henderson, Frances O'Connor., Jason Isaacs, Holmes Osborne, Cameron Thor, Billy Morts, Kevin Cooney
Tough U.S. Marine Sergeant Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is assigned the special mission of accompanying a Navaho "code talker" into battle during World War II. Code talkers were trained to relay highly sensitive information in their native tongue, and Enders has orders to "protect the code at all cost"–an order that includes killing the code talker to prevent him from falling into enemy hands.
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| 1. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
2. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
3. Blackjack (1998)
4. Broken Arrow (1996)
5. Bullet in the Head (1990)
6. Face/Off (1997)
7. Hand of Death (1975)
aka: Strike of Death
8. Hard Target (1993)
9. Hard-Boiled (1992)
10. Heroes Shed No Tears (1986)
11. The Killer (1989)
12. Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
13. Once a Thief (1990)
14. Once a Thief (1996)
aka: John Woo's Once a Thief
15. Paycheck (2003)
16. Windtalkers (2002)
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