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2009 | 2007
18 articles from 2009
Chow Yun-Fat Lets Bullets Fly
21 October 2009 5:01 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
At 54 years old, the Hong Kong action star of John Woo’s The Killer and Hard-Boiled is still ready to kick some tail. Chow Yun-Fat is following his starring role in Mei Hu’s Confucius with a turn in Jiang Wen’s $18 million picture Let the Bullets Fly.
Slated for a Fall 2010 release, Let the Bullets Fly will co-star Jiang and Yun-Fat, and is described as a “comic Western legend” that “contains elements of a thriller, with suspense and black humor.” I’m all for it, especially with a poster like that one.
According to Variety, the script for the film was just finalized two days ago, after undergoing nine rewrites that altered the ending of the film 10 times. That’s a lot of work to finesse a script that no one has any details on just yet.
However, keep your eye on AtomicPopcorn.net for updates as Jiang Wen »
- John Cooper
Chow Yun-Fat's Bullets
21 October 2009 4:05 PM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Confucius say: man can only find peace after emptying all six chambers. Chow Yun-Fat is following up his turn as that ancient philosopher with some gunplay in the Hong Kong comedy Western Let The Bullets Fly. With the star of The Killer and Hard Boiled on board, that title alone is enough to merit some excitement. And the title is basically all we have -- not much is known about the story itself, except that the script had to go through numerous rewrites before it met with Chow's... »
- Dave Davis
John Woo Exclusive Interview: Talks Red Cliff and His Next Movie Flying Tigers
15 October 2009 2:34 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
A few hours ago I got to interview director John Woo. While his last few projects didn’t wow me, he’s made more than a few films worth watching and two of them I absolutely love (”The Killer”, “Hard Boiled”). Thankfully, his new movie “Red Cliff” is a return to form and it’s finally getting released in America on November 20th.
Anyway, during the interview, Woo talked about the shortened running time for the American release, how the success of “Red Cliff” has given him creative freedom to make whatever project he wants, and he talks about his next movie, “Flying Tigers”, and reveals what it’s about and how it’s going to be very expensive. More after the jump:
Since there is no way for me to quickly sum up what “Red Cliff” is about and the differences between the American release and the one that was already released in Asia, »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Interview: Director John Woo on His ‘Red Cliff’ Premiere at the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival
13 October 2009 3:55 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – John Woo, whose mastery of the action movie was once compared by director Sam Raimi to the suspense mastery of Alfred Hitchcock, premiered his new film, “Red Cliff” at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 9th.
Known primarily for his Hong Kong guns-and-gangster epics like “The Killer” (1989), “Hard Boiled” (1992) and “Bullet in the Head” (1990), Woo came to America in 1993 for his memorable turns in “Broken Arrow” (1996), “Face/Off” (1997) and “Mission Impossible II” (2002). He returns to his native China for the historical drama Red Cliff.
Portrait of an Icon: John Woo at the Chicago International Film Festival, October 9, 2009.
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Red Cliff is the story of the “Three Kingdoms” of China in 208 Ad, and the war between them that changed history for its country and people. It has a broad and epic scope, beautifully composed, with a sweep and acting passion worthy of David Lean. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
John Woo reveals plans for next english language projects
9 October 2009 1:51 PM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
John Woo has become one of those directors whose name gets attached to so many projects that you can't help but adopt a believe-it-when-i-see-it approach to any new announcements involving him and his work.A quick look at the man's IMDb page shows 14 different projects listed as "In Development". Yep, you read that right. Fffffffffffffffourteen. Including what I assume are remakes of A Better Tomorrow and The Killer. Woo announcing or talking about a new project is still news, though, and it's still worth caring about because with Red Cliff, Woo has proven that his abilities as a great filmmaker didn't completely vanish while he was in Hollywood. So here we are. »
John Woo reveals plans for next english language projects
9 October 2009 1:51 PM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
John Woo has become one of those directors whose name gets attached to so many projects that you can't help but adopt a believe-it-when-i-see-it approach to any new announcements involving him and his work.A quick look at the man's IMDb page shows 14 different projects listed as "In Development". Yep, you read that right. Fffffffffffffffourteen. Including what I assume are remakes of A Better Tomorrow and The Killer. Woo announcing or talking about a new project is still news, though, and it's still worth caring about because with Red Cliff, Woo has proven that his abilities as a great filmmaker didn't completely vanish while he was in Hollywood. So here we are. »
John Woo Update: A Remake of ‘Le Samourai?’
8 October 2009 2:04 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Since 2003’s much-panned Paycheck, American audiences haven’t heard much from the often-imitated action auteur, John Woo. But he hasn’t been resting on his laurels. In fact, he’s been adding feathers to his cap. His latest film, Red Cliff, is an over four-hour-long historical epic that broke the record for the highest-grossing film in China (a title once held by Titanic).
However, Red Cliff, like Woo’s next project, Jianyu Jianghu (The Swordsman’s World), is in Chinese. And we all know that subtitles - especially on an action film that won’t play with the art-house types - dooms a film to limited release in America. So when Will the director return to American screens with an English language film?
IMDb lists a slew of projects in development, but the two Woo is most excited about haven’t been announced till now. One is a remake of »
- Brian Gresko
John Woo Wants to Remake 'Le Samourai'?
8 October 2009 10:47 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Movieline has posted a few snippets from their interview with Red Cliff director John Woo, whose new film is the first feature length film he has released since 2003's abysmal Paycheck. It's his return to Chinese language films, but as he tells Movieline's Kyle Buchanan, "It doesn't mean I have given up on Hollywood."
Nope, instead he has a pair of films he would like to make, the first being an English-language remake of John-Pierre Melville's outstanding 1967 feature Le Samourai, a film Buchanan says Woo already touched upon so much with his Chow Yun-Fat starrer The Killer, that he has nearly remade the film already. I haven't seen that film, but the idea of someone trying to get Le Samourai remade now seems impossible. Woo says, "I want to make it into a modern film," but the quiet nature of Melville's film simply isn't a feature that can be brought »
- Brad Brevet
Shing Fui-On Rip
28 August 2009 2:51 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Hong Kong actor Shing Fui-On has succumb to nasopharyngeal carcinoma yesterday after being diagnosed with the disease in 2004. He was 54.
For anyone who watched many Hong Kong films from the 80’s to early 90’s, chances are you seen Shing’s face before. With a tall and rugged appearances, its not so hard to forget and its no wonder why he has become well-known for often playing villainous roles as a Triad boss, a personal favorite of mine with him is in the heroic bloodshed film The Killer. His only leading role throughout his 31 years in the showbiz was the horror comedy The Blue Jean Monster.
He’ll be missed.
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- Al Young
Top Korean Director Coming To America With Clive Owen?
26 August 2009 8:26 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
There are always a handful of insanely talented foreign directors around whose successes have led to visits from Hollywood representatives thirsty for hot names to pimp, drain, and discard. Hong Kong's John Woo is one of the more famous examples of course... after making two very highly regarded action pics in Asia (The Killer, Hard-Boiled) he came to America, had a few pretty impressive hits followed by a couple bombs, and then returned home with his head down, shoulders slumped, and doves dead in his pockets. They often aren't accustomed to the way the system works over here including the lack of artistic control, the test audiences, the multiple cooks in the kitchen... Woo still faired better than many others though who got just one shot before having their return ticket stamped. Chen Kaige went from beautiful and moving films (Yellow Earth, Farewell My Concubine) to the ridiculous Killing Me Softly. The »
- Rob Hunter
Exclusive review of Michael Bartlett's Timeless script!
24 August 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Of all the zombie movies to hit in recent memory, few have sparked quite as much praise, criticism, debate or controversy as Michael Bartlett and Kevin Gates' debut effort, The Zombie Diaries. Part faux-documentary, part shorts series, The Zombie Diaries may not have been everyone's cup of tea, but it showed the duo as budding film talents who understood the fundamental principles of how to make something out of nothing. Like a lot of low-budget hits before it, it was high on concept and low on production cost (ie. the documentary aesthetic), but by refusing to scrimp on story or direction, Tzd got noticed fast and was scooped up by Weinstein's Dimension Extreme for American distribution.
Luckily for us, Michael Bartlett has become as much a fan of Qe as we are of his work, so through the years since Tzd we've kept in touch and have hounded him »
John Woo to Shoot World War II Movie
7 July 2009 4:33 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
The MTV Movies Blog reports that director John Woo announced in a Chinese press conference that he will be directing an epic about the "Flying Tigers," volunteer American pilots who flew against the Japanese from bases in China's mountainous Yunnan region during World War II.
The Chinese-born Woo is best-known for his Hong Kong action movies from the 1980s and early 1990s, including the must-see landmarks The Killer and Hard Boiled. He later made a foray into Hollywood with Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II, Paycheck, and another WWII picture, Windtalkers.
The new project, whose literal English translation is Flying Tiger Heroes, has a reported budget of $160 million and will star both Chinese and American actors. Empire had this quote from Woo regarding the project: This is an extremely important production. Currently, basic preparations for shooting work have already been made, and in a month, we'll confirm the script. This Yunnan-themed »
- Rich Z Zwelling
John Woo Divebombs Into WWII Again With ‘Flying Tiger Heroes’
6 July 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Hong Kong action auteur John Woo (“Hard Boiled”) will remain in China for his next film, a WWII epic about the 1st American Volunteer Group (aka The Flying Tigers), according to a report on /Film. You’ve no doubt seen the group’s iconic aircraft, known for having teeth painted on their noses. Maybe a few of you have even seen the 1942 John Wayne movie “Flying Tigers,” a then-contemporary fictionalized story of the now-legendary airmen.
Woo’s picture, currently titled “Flying Tiger Heroes,” will ostensibly present us with the real history of the Volunteer Group. The Flying Tigers consisted of Americans recruited to aid the Chinese Air Force against Japan prior to America’s entrance into World War II. Of course, the $160 million action flick will also wow us with what the filmmaker promises to be “the most spectacular aerial battle scenes ever seen in Chinese cinema.”
This will be »
- Christopher Campbell
Top 5 Jean Claude Van Damme films
28 April 2009 3:28 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Hard Target For 20 years Hong Kong director John Woo was the driving force in film on the Pacific Rim. Following the success of The Killer, Woo's 1989 masterpiece of operatic violence, he made out to Hollywood with his chop-socky. Hard Target. Woo's American debut took the Belgium-born Jean-Claude Van Damme to new lows of clunky one-liners and preposterous action scenes forcing you to suspend you disbelief to a max. However Hard Target proved that John Woo was the hottest name in action at the time Double Impact Shot on location in Hong Kong, the film contains not one but two Van Dammes. Jcvd plays twin brothers. The gimmick is to pit Van Damme up against Van Damme which successfully works when one brother in a drunken and jealous rage believes that the other is sleeping with his girlfriend. The film also includes Bolo Yeung as the villain and a muscle-bound lesbian »
- Ricky
Dragonball: Evolution Review
8 April 2009 6:20 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Short version: Dragonball: Evolution is a badly written film with horrible dialogue, lackluster action and a sense of fun that’s nowhere to be found.
Screen Rant’s Ross Miller reviews Dragonball: Evolution
When you head to the theater to see a movie called Dragonball: Evolution, you obviously aren’t expecting Shakespeare. From the advertising, the whole thing gives off a feeling of light, campy, action-packed fun that you would hope would allow you to just sit back, relax and turn off your brain for 90 minutes or so.
Yeah, well, that’s why we have words like “hope” as a counterpoint to “guarantee.”
Dragonball: Evolution may very well be one of the worst films of the past 12 months or so - I am actually struggling to think of the last movie I thought was quite as bad as this one was. And it’s not one of those cases where »
- Ross Miller
Blood Brothers R2 DVD: Review
8 April 2009 1:16 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Friends, who needs them? They may be there for you when the rain starts to pour (or snow in this case) but boy can things get testy. Chandler and co are nowhere to be seen in music video director Alexi Tan’s Shanghai gangster tale, that would just be silly, but John Woo has his hands all over this incredibly satisfying story of love, honour, betrayal and bloody redemption. A re-working of his very own Bullet In The Head, John Woo and Terence Chang act as producers on this hotly anticipated adaptation. Anyone familiar with the likes of The Killer, Hard Target and Face/Off will know what to expect from this bullet soaked journey into the heart of heroic bloodshed cinema. Daniel Wu and the adorable Shu Qi star in Blood Brothers, a familiar tale to be sure but a damn fine one all the same. »
Chow Yun-Fat: 'I am a fake'
3 April 2009 8:04 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Chow Yun-Fat has said that he is a "fake" who relies on stunt co-ordinators to film the martial arts scenes in his movies. The star of The Killer and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon told Metro that he finds it difficult to keep his body in shape now that he is 53 years old. Yun-Fat said: "I am not at all athletic. I am not like Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan, I promise you. It is an illusion. "I have to thank the stunt co-ordinators. (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
Movies That Deserve a Second Life: Action/Adventure Edition
13 March 2009 2:12 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
When referring to a movie that nabbed a second life, typically home video is the savior. There are countless movies that didn’t fare well in their original theatrical runs but have earned a so-called second life thanks to profitable video sales and rentals that make them much stronger than they ever were when they first arrived. Examples of this trend vary greatly, whether you’re referring to genre, era, proliferation (or magnitude of the “second life”) and, of course, how deserving it is. Most that get a boost long after its premiere got where it is now slowly, spread wide by word of mouth and critical re-analysis. Most of them were not well received during the initial run, and many are re-evaluated, and mistakes are mended. Among them: 2001, The Princess Bride, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, Office Space and Dazed and Confused. These »
- Matt Medlock
2009 | 2007
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