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‘The Man from Nowhere’ (2010): A Great Introduction to Korean Action

Directed by: Lee Jeong-beom || Produced by: Lee Tae-heon Screenplay by: Lee Jeong-beom || Starring: Won Bin, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Hee-won, Kim Sung-oh, Kim Tae-hoon Music by: Shim Hyun-jeong || Cinematography: Lee Tae-yoon || Editing by: Kim Sang-beom || Country: South Korea || Language: Korean Running Time: 119 minutes Though modern Korean cinema is most renowned … Continue reading

‘The Expendables 2’ (2012): Stallone Jumps the Shark

Directed by: Simon West || Produced by: Avi Lerner, Danny Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, Les Weldon Screenplay by: Richard Wenk, Sylvester Stallone || Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger Music by: Brian Tyler || Cinematography: Shelly Johnson || … Continue reading

‘Django Unchained’ (2012): The Spaghetti Western Goes South

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino || Produced by: Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone Screenplay by: Quentin Tarantino || Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, Michael Parks, Don Johnson Music by: James Brown, 2Pac, RZA, Rick Ross et al. || Cinematography: Robert Richardson || Editing … Continue reading

‘Skyfall’ (2012): Pretty Cool & Pretty Overrated

Directed by: Sam Mendes || Produced by: Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli Written by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan || Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Judi Dench Music by: Thomas Newman || Cinematography by: Roger Deakins || Editing by: Stuart Baird, Kate Baird || Country: United … Continue reading

‘Red Cliff’ (2008): John Woo’s Still Got It

Directed by: John Woo || Produced by: John Woo Screenplay by: John Woo, Terence Chang, Han Sanping || Starring: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Zhoa Wei, Chang Chen, Hu Jun, Shido Nakamura, Lin Chi-ling Music by: Taro Iwashiro || Cinematography: Taro Iwashiro || Editing by: Angie Lam, Yang Hongyu || Country: China || Language: Mandarin … Continue reading

‘Black Hawk Down’ (2001): A Technical Filmmaking Demonstration by Ridley Scott

Directed by: Ridley Scott || Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott Screenplay by: Ken Nolan || Starring: Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, Orlando Bloom Music by: Hans Zimmer || Cinematography: Stawomir Idziak || Editing by: Pietro Scalia || Country: United States || Language: English Running Time: 144 minutes A … Continue reading

‘Predator’ (1987): The Mecca of 1980s Hollywood Action

Directed by: John McTiernan || Produced by: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver, John Davis Screenplay by: Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Shane Black || Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Elpidia Carrillo, Richard Chaves, Sonny Landham, Kevin Peter Hall Music by: Alan Silvestri || Cinematography: Donald McAlpine || Editing by: Mark Helfrich, John F. Link … Continue reading

‘A Better Tomorrow’ (1986): An Early John Woo-Misfire

Directed by: John Woo || Produced by: Tsui Hark, John Woo Screenplay by: Chan Hing-Ka, Leung Suk-Wah, John Woo || Starring: Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-fat, Emily Chu, Waise Lee Music by: Joseph Koo || Cinematography: Wing-Hung Wong || Editing by: Ma Kam, David Wu || Country: Hong Kong || Language: Cantonese Running Time: 95 … Continue reading

‘The Killer’ (1989): Before the Wachowskis… There Was Woo

Directed by: John Woo || Produced by: Tsui Hark Screenplay by: John Woo || Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kenneth Tsang, Chu Kong, Shing Fui-On Music by: Lowell Lo || Cinematography: Peter Pau, Wong Wing-hung || Editing by: Fan Kung Ming || Country: Hong Kong || Language: Cantonese Running Time: 110 minutes My first … Continue reading

‘Hard-Boiled’ (1992): Witness the Original Gun-Fu

Directed by: John Woo || Produced by: Terence Chang, Linda Kuk Screenplay by: John Woo, Barry Wong || Starring: Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok, Anthony Wong Chau Sang, Bowie Lam Music by: Michael Gibbs || Cinematography: Wang Wing-Heng || Editing by: John Woo, Kai Kit-Wai, David Wu || Country: Hong … Continue reading

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