John Woo
1946 (77 лет)Woo's family fled to Hong Kong when he was five to escape persecution after the communist revolution in China. Married to Annie Woo since 1976, they have two daughters and a son. A devout Christian, Woo admires Jesus as a "great philosopher."
His favorite films include Lawrence of Arabia, Seven Samurai, and Le Samouraï. In July 2024, Woo was the only director to list The Bridge on the River Kwai and Zorba the Greek among his top films on LaCinetek, a French website.
Life in 24 Frames a Second
Saw Tiong Guan
John Woo, Anurag Kashyap
"Life in 24 Frames a Second" is a film about hardship, misfortune, perseverance and triumph. The personal stories of John Woo (The Killer), Anurag Kashyap (Sacred Games), Rithy Panh (The Missing Picture) and Lav Diaz (The Woman Who Left), who survived extreme poverty, disease, sexual abuse, genocide and civil war to go on to become maestros of world cinema. 'Survivors' united by their abiding love of the movies.
Life in 24 Frames a Second
Hard Boiled
John Woo
Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Hard Boiled
The Killer
John Woo
Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee Sau-Yin
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.
The Killer
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Steve Webb
Bruce Lee, Дже́ки Чан
More than just a biography, this film explores Bruce Lee's global impact to see how he has influenced all areas of popular culture including fitness, cinema, music, sport, dance, video games and philosophy. A journey across the United States, Asia and Europe, takes Shannon Lee on a trip back to her father's roots in Hong Kong and China. With unique access to the family's photographic archive, home movies and all material owned by the Bruce Lee Foundation.
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Bullet in the Head
John Woo
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Jacky Cheung
When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
Bullet in the Head
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Ian Taylor
Cheng Pei-Pei, David Chiang
A full journey from the beginning of "Swordplay" movies in Shanghai, growth in Hong Kong cinemas in the 60's and 70's and Ang Lee's epic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000. The series also features interviews with such luminaries including John Woo, Chu Yuen, Lau Ka Leung, Gordon Lau Ka Fai, Sammo Hung, David Chiang and Cheng Pei Pei.
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Red Cliff
John Woo
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
Red Cliff
Hostage
John Woo
Clive Owen, Maury Chaykin
The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the money, writing the sum on his hand as instructed by the hostage taker. After he is told that he holds the life of a person in his hand, he is ordered to burn the money. As he complies, the federal agents break in and attempt to subdue the man, who shoots himself in the head before he reveals where the woman is hidden. The Driver then tries to find the hostage before she drowns in the trunk of a sinking car. As a twist, the kidnapped woman is revealed to be the hostage taker's lover. She coldly taunts the dying man in the hospital.
Hostage
