Honestly, I wasn’t even gonna watch the trailer for John Woo’s new movie. Do I love The Killer and Hard Boiled and Last Hurrah for Chivalry and A Better Tomorrow? Damn straight. Do I have a shameful affection for Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II? Yes. But. My heart still feels the sting of Windtalkers (EXCUSE ME NICOLAS CAGE YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR EAR); I am still haunted by nightmares of Broken Arrow (“A broken what?”). If John Woo has taught us one thing, my friends, it is that one man is capable of delivering sights and sounds both beautiful and excruciating.
That said, Woo’s latest, the forever-in-development Red Cliff, looks pretty badass. YouTube below, non-shitty quality here. And yes, there’s a dove in the trailer. Of course there’s a dove in the trailer.
Template for epic films does not disappoint.
Sometimes at night, when I am alone with my deepest fears, a voice whispers simply: “Paycheck.”
This looks sick! I’ll see it just to find out whats going on with all the horses in that circle of dudes. Yessssss!
This has been on DVD for a while, and was released as two movies in Hong Kong. I can’t decide if I want to watch them or hope that the single, shorter version being released here will actually be a better film.
heh. i share the mi3 and face/off affection/shame, though i maintain that Hard Target (van damme’s mullet and all) is the most HK-ish of Woo’s American films. and it’s got Lance Henrikson in it. now that’s epic.