If you like action movies and have not seen anything John WuCall for help, because you need some other hands to help you get the rock that you are staying below. His initial work went back in the 1970s, some of his most famous titles came out in the 1980s, a better tomorrow As a brave bloodshed/gun fu film as his fixed film. And then, in the 1990s and 2000s, he made some American films, including hard Target, Broken arrowAnd (perhaps infamous) Mission: Impossible II,
Among those films, there are a lot of great stuff in a better tomorrow, but Wu actually “better” in the later years, at least as far as his brave bloodshed films go. And those American films have to ensure their moments, but they are some faults. Similarly, his red Cliff Duology is worthy of a respectable mention here to be an impressive epic, but it was not correct. What is being focused below is John Wu movies that are really excellent, or At least sufficiently correct that the flaws will make you feel very nutritious, or even petty. These are all highly high quality action filmsAnd rank from great to great.
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‘Bullet in the Head’ (1990)
Starring: Tony Leung, Jackie Chewing, Wes Lee Chi-Hung
John Wu’s action movies can be as much as they can be very low. bullet in the headIs a good quantity The spectacle here, and a high body countAs someone can expect from a Wu-directed film, but it is too heavy. It begins as a fairly gritty action/crime film, revolving around three friends who find themselves in trouble after killing a well -respected criminal. Therefore, they run away from Hong Kong and try to create life for themselves as criminals in Vietnam, but participate in further problems.
Essentially, because bullet in the head The 1960s was set in the late 1960s and takes place in Vietnam on a large scale, the main characters were swept away in the War, so there was originally a crime film morph in a war film. And this war is an unrelated type of film, which is discovering the psychological effects of being a prisoner by Vietkong, which can remind something the deer HunterIts Certainly not a boring film, but neither is it fun in the traditional sense. As far as action films go, It is exceptionally acute and sobberIn large parts it is not only related to action style. But it is powerful and very well built, eventually standing as one John Wu’s less effort,
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‘Last storm for Shivalri’ (1979)
Starring: Damian Lau Chung-Yayan, Y. Pak, Lau Kong
One of the lowest films of John Wu is his lowest film, here is here Final storm for courtesyWhich he has also done the best film, which does not include gunfights as the main source of his action. this is because Final storm for courtesy Is A martial arts movieBut as long as you get into the habit of the fact that swords are the main weapons instead of guns, it is still a different Wu-esk film. The play has increased here, blood is shed with heroism, and everything is very well choreographed For maximum effect.
As for the story? Well, Final storm for courtesy There is a little chaotic in that department, but in a way that is only confusing in the beginning, and ends working for the film as a whole, because different types of struggles and characters are essentially. Make sure there can be lots of action scenesIt is a film that suggests that John Wu martial arts may get stuck to do films and still become a famous action movie director, even though more modern action flixes ended with that echoed with more people. At least he found to return to such action (Although on a lot of scale) With the above red CliffBoth parts surfaced in the late 2000s.
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‘Face/Off’ (1997)
Starring: John Travolta, Nicholas Cage, Zone Alan
Some people can say so encounter It is very stupid to be considered an excellent work, but also an argument that it is more stupid saying that it is more stupid. Absolutely encounter Is dopy. It is well known how ridiculous it is, but the fact that it is just so difficult that it makes it amazing. John travolta Plays the role of a good manAnd Nicolas Cage A humor plays the role of evil bad manBut then, through some ridiculous circumstances, their characters ended the facial exchange and, in this way, the character of the cage with the identity, now, and the Cage played the role of Travolta.
It has already increased and wild before the face-swapping, but after leaving the main story, it is completely something else, slow, pigeon, shout, jumping during gunfights, and A comedy unavoidable gel All are on the proposal here, as well as a lot. encounter The 1990s action films are about the over-the-top, and it is saying something, given how attractive many action films of the 1990s are. If you can get With encounterCinematic is a very specific brand of madness, it is undoubtedly a fantastic piece Stupid, endurance and maximum cinematic fuck,
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‘Hard Boyal’ (1992)
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong
hard boiled It is quite easy, one of one The best and most satisfactory action films were ever madeThis can be the most John Wu film among all John Wu films, as it rarely decreases and it seems that it is the least downtime (here is not a downtime explosion, gunfights, slow speed, or none of the above views). It is about a policeman who wants to take revenge on a group of criminals, and the alliance attacks with another policeman who targets the same bad ones. And they shoot many people and it is all very spectacular.
Here, the action style is essentially snatched down its barely downwards, but the action is made to feel bigger than life and to feel as explosive as possible. Climax of hard boiled Is Especially worthy of praise, because it involves a large -scale fight inside a hospital that moves forward in just and the best waysAnd includes huge explosions with one Very impressive and acclaimed honorToo, Chou Yun-VasThe character of the character saves a child at one point, one hand in one hand and a gun in the other, and what is it just about cinema, you know?
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‘The Killer’ (1989)
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh
Even after hard boiled There is a big action sequence, and encounter Is more memorable conspiracy, Bloody Still, of course, John Wu’s work as an action film director. This is a film which is completely Are there brave bloodshed moviesAll the materials are here, and it corrects the balance in terms of moving luxurious and surprisingly. It is about a killer who blinds a woman, by accident, during a mission, which motivates her to do and somehow looks for redemption, even if doing so, she is put in additional danger.
The killer is working at an entire other level, riding a line between a sublime gritty/somaras and luxurious/action-packs.
Many films have not been successful in making melodram and kick-gourd action films at the same time so successfully, but Bloody It is just special. It is working at an entire other level, riding a line between Gritti/Somaras and Fantastic/Action-Pack In a sublime manner. It tells a simple story and achieves a potential surprising amount of emotional depth, which means what is said about low Bloody Finally offers, better. A couple of Wu’s later films may be easy to recommend in traditional sense, or feel a little more fun, but Bloody The most excellent in his excellent works,
