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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  I'm not a fan of John Woo at all. Yes his films (US) are good ( Hard Target being the best) but they are like a check list of cliches as well.
Doves
Motorbike duels
Weird hand running down face gestures
Slow motion action
Two protagonists each holding two guns on opposite sides of a wall before diving out firing at each other... it's all a bit Naked Gun in my opinion. |
I quite like those clichés/tropes which are a little like in jokes to let you know you're watching a Jon Woo film!
I'd forgotten about Face/Off, which is a film I really enjoyed, but haven't seen for many years. That said, I much prefer his Hong Kong films (especially those with Chow Yun Fat) to the American ones.
I know it's not exactly an action film, more a historical epic, but Red Cliff is a masterpiece.