John Woo (Director)

Reviews of movies from director John Woo

Looking for reviews of films directed by John Woo? Cinafilm has a total of 5,257 reviews across 15 movies directed by John Woo.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 64%.

Hard Boiled is John Woo's highest rated movie, with a score of 79% based on 564 reviews.

The lowest rated film from John Woo is Manhunt, with a score of 42% based on 32 reviews.

Director Biography

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled and Red Cliff. His Hollywood films include Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as "arguably the most influential director making movies today". Woo cites his three favorite films as David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.

John Woo has directed films starring Angeles Woo, William Morts, Nicolas Cage and John Travolta.

John Woo has collaborated with these film directors: Ridley Scott, Spike Lee, Emir Kusturica and Su Chaobin.