John Woo's last true Hong Kong masterpiece was the action crime thriller Hard Boiled, inspired by Dirty Harry.

everything was primed for a spectacular entrance from Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo. With the scene set and cameras ready, the lift doors opened on cue. But instead of the director appearing ...

At its most blunt, the collision of Jia with genre arrives in the film’s ironic use of the saccharine theme to John Woo’s iconic The Killer. “I’m a big fan of both the director and also ...