Synopsis
A decade before he would change action filmmaking forever with A Better Tomorrow and The Killer, director John Woo was directing martial-arts films for the two biggest studios in Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. Under the mentorship of the great Chang Cheh (Five Deadly Venoms), Woo began to develop his signature style, films that featured slick, stylish and often violent choreography, with dramatic plots that revolved around brotherhood, honour and redemption. Presented here are two of his early works from this period.
In Last Hurrah for Chivalry, two killers (Wei Pai and Damian Lau) agree to help a man exact revenge upon a kung fu master. Woo’s first cinematic masterpiece, Last Hurrah for Chivalry is a dark and violent revenge film, featuring lightning fast swordplay and stylish cinematography.
In Hand of Death, a young Shaolin monk must train to defeat a dangerous Manchu...
A decade before he would change action filmmaking forever with A Better Tomorrow and The Killer, director John Woo was directing martial-arts films for the two biggest studios in Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. Under the mentorship of the great Chang Cheh (Five Deadly Venoms), Woo began to develop his signature style, films that featured slick, stylish and often violent choreography, with dramatic plots that revolved around brotherhood, honour and redemption. Presented here are two of his early works from this period.
In Last Hurrah for Chivalry, two killers (Wei Pai and Damian Lau) agree to help a man exact revenge upon a kung fu master. Woo’s first cinematic masterpiece, Last Hurrah for Chivalry is a dark and violent revenge film, featuring lightning fast swordplay and stylish cinematography.
In Hand of Death, a young Shaolin monk must train to defeat a dangerous Manchu...
- 4/12/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
John Woo is remaking his classic action movie, The Killer, this time giving it a female twist.
Lupita Nyong'o is in negotiations to star in the new project, which hails from Universal Pictures and eOne, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Woo will direct the movie, and will also produce with eOne’s Mark Gordon (Source Code, Saving Private Ryan) and Matt Jackson. Luc Etienne will executive produce.
The studio is describing the remake as a “blistering thriller that blends espionage with extraordinary stunts, an assassin is sworn to protect a young woman she accidentally blinded during a mob hit years prior.
The original movie,...
Lupita Nyong'o is in negotiations to star in the new project, which hails from Universal Pictures and eOne, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Woo will direct the movie, and will also produce with eOne’s Mark Gordon (Source Code, Saving Private Ryan) and Matt Jackson. Luc Etienne will executive produce.
The studio is describing the remake as a “blistering thriller that blends espionage with extraordinary stunts, an assassin is sworn to protect a young woman she accidentally blinded during a mob hit years prior.
The original movie,...
- 4/30/2018
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hey, if you needed someone to go undercover in South Korea, I guess one of the popular members of the boy band Big Bang is probably a pretty good choice. Well, not really, now that I think about it. Fortunately for Choi Seung-hyun’s character in Hong-soo Park’s “Commitment”, Myung-hoon is just a high school student. Which, I suppose, makes his infiltration kinda easier. Yeah, that makes way more sense. Anyhoo. Take a gander at the trailer for “Commitment”, including a poster and some images. Choi was also in John H. Lee’s “71: Into the Fire”, which I liked, even though it was a tad overblown. Whatever happened to Lee’s “The Killer” remake, anyway? Am I the only one still waiting for that movie? Probably… After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp.
- 12/3/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
David Fincher is attached to direct the horror romance Black Hole for Paramount/ MTV Films.
Plan B Entertainment and Kevin Messick are producing the film. Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman are adapting the screenplay.
Based on a graphic novel by Charlie Burns, the story revolves around a group of high school students whose lives are drastically altered when they come in contact with a sexually transmitted disease called the "teen plague" or "the bug."
Fincher (Zodiac) just wrapped The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for Paramount. He also has Torso, The Devil in the White City and The Killer in development at the studio.
He is repped by CAA and attorney Craig Jacobson.
Plan B Entertainment and Kevin Messick are producing the film. Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman are adapting the screenplay.
Based on a graphic novel by Charlie Burns, the story revolves around a group of high school students whose lives are drastically altered when they come in contact with a sexually transmitted disease called the "teen plague" or "the bug."
Fincher (Zodiac) just wrapped The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for Paramount. He also has Torso, The Devil in the White City and The Killer in development at the studio.
He is repped by CAA and attorney Craig Jacobson.
- 2/21/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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