John Woo – We Have Issues

Heroes Shed No Tears (1984) – Review

February 14, 2026 greigzilla

In 1986, after roughly a decade of slaving away making movies he didn’t want to make, John Woo finally exploded onto the scene proper with

Top 5 Mission: Impossible Moments That Prove Tom Cruise Is Practically Immortal

May 20, 2025 greigzilla

For a dude who has thrown his lot in with Scientology, this Tom Cruise bloke sure seems to want to meet God face to face.For

Windtalkers (2002) – Review

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Once upon a time, the idea of John Woo doing a war movie would be enough to make the hairs stand up on the neck

The Killer (2024) – Review

August 28, 2024 greigzilla

Is there still a place in modern action cinema for John Woo?As a crazed fan of his revolutionary 80s/90s Hong Kong era and an unabashed

Once A Thief (1991) – Review

August 8, 2024 greigzilla

Even someone who can orchestrate action at the level John Woo was operating at during the late 80s needs to let their hair down at

The Killer – Official Trailer

July 16, 2024 Paul Wilkinson

The trailer has been released for John Woo’s remake of The Killer. From the Oscar® winning producer of Oppenheimer, the kinetic action thriller stars Emmy

Top 5 Glorious Gunfights From The Movies Of John Woo

April 15, 2024 greigzilla

There’s something that hits a little different when you watch a gunfight orchestrated by the maestro of mayhem known as John Woo. For a start,

Silent Night (2023) – Review

December 24, 2023 greigzilla

Can you believe it’s been twenty years since Hong Kong action maestro John Woo last presided over frenzied gunplay on American soil? After his much

Silent Night – Official Trailer

October 3, 2023 Paul Wilkinson

Lionsgate has released the trailer for Silent Night. From legendary director John Woo and the producer of John Wick comes this gritty revenge tale of

The Killer (1989) – Review

September 15, 2022 greigzilla

After the literal smoke had cleared from the iconic climax of A Better Tomorrow II, it seemed that action maestro John Woo was poised to

Paycheck (2003) – Review

September 2, 2022 greigzilla

If I’m being honest, John Woo’s big move from making home grown, Hong Kong, action bangers to adjusting to a career blowing shit up in

A Better Tomorrow II (1987) – Review

June 27, 2022 greigzilla

Those who have seen the original A Better Tomorrow would surely concur that that although it contained many of John Woo’s signature themes, it hadn’t

A Better Tomorrow (1986) – Review

June 14, 2022 greigzilla

These days, the many themes and visual tricks of action maestro John Woo are incredibly well known as his frenetic, slow motion gunplay, religious iconography

Broken Arrow (1996) – Review

June 4, 2022 greigzilla

After crafting God-level action classics back in his native Hong Kong, John Woo inevitably made the leap to Hollywood after his 1992 epic Hard Boiled

Bullet In The Head (1990) – Review

September 1, 2021 greigzilla

Those of you familiar with the Hong Kong output of action maestro John Woo – before he moved to the States and gave us Broken

Hard Boiled (1992) – Review

August 7, 2020 greigzilla

While no doubt conjuring images to the uninitiated of a documentary about egg preparation, those of you who only know Hong Kong action maestro John

Hard Target (1993) – Review

March 3, 2020 greigzilla

A brooding hero squares up to some low level thugs to not only teach them a lesson in manners and protect a woman in danger,

Face/Off (1997) – Review

October 9, 2019 greigzilla

Action maestro John Woo’s much touted leap from his native Hong Kong to the shores of American filmmaking hadn’t really produced everything we’d hoped back

Mission: Impossible II (2000) – Review

May 14, 2019 greigzilla

Fucking with the production of a Mission: Impossible movie causes irreparable ripples in the space time continuum. Fact.You want proof? Take Henry Cavill’s Moustache Of

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