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LordWoolamaloo

Tonight's viewing distraction: very silly but huge fun, 1990s John Woo action with Slater & Travolta in Broken Arrow(plus an early Hans Zimmer soundtrack)

Part of a Secret Santa gift from thoughtful chum who picked out several DVDs for me from a charity shop haul (amazingly, despite me having some 300 DVDs and Blu-Rays, she didn't pick anything I already had!)

Unplug brain, enjoy dumb but stylish action.

GIF
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Schnatterick

Endlich den #Klassiker #HardBoiled (1992) gesehen, ein absolutes must-watch des Hong Kong #Action Kinos, leider nur auf kleinem Bildschirm und in deutscher englischer Vertonung, aber dennoch genossen als einflussreiches Kind seiner Zeit.

themoviedb.org/movie/11782

Ursprünglich bin ich weniger wegen #JohnWoo drauf gestoßen, sondern wegen einer besonderen One-Take Empfehlung, das hat mich im Film aber nicht sonderlich umgehauen.

@filmeundserien @film

The Movie DatabaseHard BoiledA 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.
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CatBusRuss: Russ Stevens

“Pik’n Away at “Hard Target” with @bakingwhilebaked1” - Ninety For Chill: The Podcast with @catbusruss

Perhaps the best narrative that @JCvD had starred in. I think it maybe the best #american #johnwoo #movie. Why hasn’t #hollywood failed to fully utilize @arnold_vosloo_official.

open.spotify.com/episode/3Pcfk

#movies #podcast #podcasts #film #cinema #cinemastodon #podcasting #podcastandchill #podcastandchill🎙#FilmMastodon #thanksgiving #actionmovie @smarshian @amindonfire

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steve mookie kong

The Killer (2024)

In a Post John Wick film landscape, can John Woo adapt his style for the modern audience? It doesn't seem so, Woo continues to rely heavily on his old style without adaptation or evolution.

Woo working off a checklist of things from his past films to cobble together a movie:

  • Slow motion. Check.
  • Doves. Check.
  • Gunpoint standoffs. Check.
  • Religion symbols -- Jesus on the cross. Check.
  • Motorcycles. Check.
  • Double fisted gunplay? Check.
  • Flying exploding motorcycles? Check.

It feels lazy, as if he's checked out and only here to cash in a paycheck. It leaves me disappointed.

When John Wick films account for every bullet shot and have accurate reloads on screen, this is something that Woo would evolve and incorporate into his filmmaking -- but he doesn't. This is an prime example of him not adapting or growing.

Nathalie Emmanuel is miscast as protagonist of this movie. She's not a bad actor, she's just not right for this role. She does not have the screen presence as Chow Yun-Fat -- although, who does? I am not speaking about her size, she fits the description as a non-description assassin -- but she does not command the screen. Nathalie Emmanuel is much better in Army of Thieves on Netflix.

Diana Silvers is not very good at acting blind. Sam Worthington is bland. Omar Sy is great in his role as the inspector. John Woo's daughter as an assassin -- nepotism.

The splitscreens are interesting but overused -- and as they kept being used made me constantly think of The Brady Bunch.

The theme for Nathalie Emmanuel's character sounds a lot like the theme for her character in Army of Thieves.

This remake of The Killer feels like a made for TV movie where gore and language was splined in to get an R-rating.

I wouldn't recommend The Killer, I sat through it to be able to say I finished watching it. If you're looking for classic John Woo, watch the original The Killer from 1989. My favorite John Woo film from Hong Kong is Hard Boiled -- the opening tea house shootout is unparalleled. My favorite John Woo film from the States is Face/Off -- it is bonkers and the ballet of bullets is glorious.

The greatest sin of The Killer is that it is bland, uninspired and boring. I can see why NBC Universal skipped the big screen for this movie and sent it straight to streaming.

Rated 4 out of 10.

cc: @jasonrush

Two people holding guns.
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