John Woo
2 Films
John Woo
2 Included Films
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.
Director: John Woo
Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray > Disk Kino Lorber/WCL China import
review: Disk Kino Lorber
Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray has the original mono
Director: John Woo
Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray > Disk Kino Lorber/WCL China import
review: Disk Kino Lorber
Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray has the original mono
Director: John Woo
Britain Arrow 4K Blu-ray, correct grade and archival extras missing from the Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray
Criterion LaserDisc, both Arrow 4K Blu-ray and Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray are worse.
Criterion USA LaserDisc [CC1397L]: Original Cantonese mono.
Best Cantonese mono still was from Criterion LaserDisc, as the Shout one was boosted with clipping, with some filtering and losing dynamic range over the Criterion LD.
There’s no need for other Cantonese audio, as all 5.1 remixes are extremely bad and not worth including.
For English Dub the Shout offered the best, it was pure mono. All other 5.1 remixed of said dub are also terrible and offer no value, only less fidelity and more echo.
Director: John Woo
Britain Arrow 4K Blu-ray, correct grade and archival extras missing from the Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray
Criterion LaserDisc, both Arrow 4K Blu-ray and Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray are worse.
Criterion USA LaserDisc [CC1397L]: Original Cantonese mono.
Best Cantonese mono still was from Criterion LaserDisc, as the Shout one was boosted with clipping, with some filtering and losing dynamic range over the Criterion LD.
There’s no need for other Cantonese audio, as all 5.1 remixes are extremely bad and not worth including.
For English Dub the Shout offered the best, it was pure mono. All other 5.1 remixed of said dub are also terrible and offer no value, only less fidelity and more echo.
2 films