John Woo
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Hand Of Death (Shao Lin men) (1976)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
- Fairly standard HK action fare with a young Shaolin martial–artist given the difficult task of avenging the death of a member of his order.…
- Better Tomorrow, A (1986)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat stars in the high–octane gangster flick that literally changed the face of the genre. A cop becomes ostracized by the force…
- Heroes Shed No Tears (1986)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Eddy Ko
- Bloody actioner has elite commandos having to capture a drug lord and smuggle him into Thailand. Things do not go smoothly.
Early John Wood effort…
- Better Tomorrow II, A (1987)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Kenneth Tsang, Emily Chu
- Sequel to Woo's breakout genre classic finds Chow Yun–Fat shoehorned (as the twin brother of his original role, no less) into another fire…
- Killer, The (1989)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Action at break–neck speed with a body–count to match the running time, this smorgasbord of super–violence with lashings of good…
- Bullet in the Head (1990)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee
- John Woo's indictment of war as raw and visceral as its title. Three friends flee Hong Kong and find themselves knee deep in the corruption and…
- Once a Thief (1991)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang
- Whimsical actioner combines directorial flair with the charisma of Chow Yun–Fat. He leads an elite team of art thieves who encounter the…
- Hard-Boiled (1992)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Anthony Wong
- An action film to end all action films, John Woo's technical command of the genre reaches its peak with this ballistic ballet in which Chow…
- Hard Target (1993)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Hong Kong action style–merchant John Woo goes America and fashions an ultra–violent cartoon for Jean–Claude Van Damme. Complete…
- Broken Arrow (1996)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis…
- When John Travolta nicks off with a couple of nuclear warheads, its enough to transform his (former) air–force buddy (Christian Slater) into…