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John Woo

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Hong Kong film director known for stylized action films and a Hollywood period in the 1990s.

Best known for Hong Kong-era action films (e.g., The Killer, Hard Boiled) and later Hollywood films such as Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II. Returned to direct the large-scale Chinese epic The Battle of Red Cliff.

Reviews celebrate John Woo's mastery of stylized action and choreography, calling Hard Boiled a genre masterpiece. One review covers an album titled Woodoo (credited to a band called John Woo) as a wild, energetic debut. The Battle of Red Cliff is seen as a partial return to his roots with mixed placement for Western audiences.

For:Fans of stylized action cinema, Hong Kong film enthusiasts, and readers curious about eclectic music pressings listed under the same name.

 Hard Boiled, besides being a masterpiece of its genre on a technical level, is a work with a distinct original personality, based on a well-rendered and interpreted world, and develops in a simple, spontaneous, and enjoyable way, all characteristics that should define an entertaining film.

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 The Venetians John Woo with these 17 tracks sign a great debut, obsessive and exciting like an imminent danger behind, like fleeing from a giant wave that's about to reach us!

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 Old Woo fans will have no trouble recognizing the director's hand from his independent period.

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