JOHN WOO COLLECTION The Killer / Bullet to the Head DIGITAL REMASTERED 2-DVD SET

Description: Rare Digitally Remastered Set. NTSC. Region-Free. Digitally remastered versions of 'The Killer' and 'Bullet In The Head' The Killer:John Woo's 1989 Hong Kong action classic, a stylish, bullet-riddled elegy to friendship under four, firmly established him as the maestro of mayhem. Superstar Chow Yun-Fat, Asia's king of cool, plays the most charming hit man ever, and when one of his killings leaves an innocent nightclub singer (Sally Yeh) blinded, he dedicates his life to giving her back her sight. Danny Lee is the cop on his tail, but the two adversaries become unlikely comrades when the mob decides to cancel his debt to Chow by taking him out, leading to a beautifully filmed and incredibly violent confrontation. Woo places the showdown in a church and punctuates the acrobatic gunfight with images of religious icons, flying doves, and burning candles. An ode to Jean-Pierre Melville's existential gangster classic Le Samouria, Woo's delirious mix of melodrama and stylized action recalls the balletic bloodletting of Sam Peckinpah, the elegant camerawork of Martin Scorsese, and the operatic, bigger-than-life grandeur or Sergio Leone. Woo's Love of American Musicals (and his own background as a dance instructor) adds a touch of grace to the fluid choreography of the action scenes. In term of sheer action, Woo topped himself a few years later with Hard-Boiled, his Hong Kong swan song, but most critics still rate The Killer as his masterpiece. Bullet in the Head:Not for the faint-hearted, John Woo's unflinching account of individual destinies caught up and lacked the greater madness of the Vietnam War remains his greatest cinematic achievement to date. More than three-act tragedy or epic proportions than a conventional action film, it follows the fortunes of Ben, Paul and Frank, three Hong Kong youths raised in poverty who have little to depend on except their unswerving friendship for each other. When Ben kills a local hoodlum in a revenge beating and is forced to flee to Saigon, his two friends come with him, dreaming of the fortune they intend to make together on the Vietnamese black market. What they find instead is a world gone mad, ruled by gangsters, murderous fanatics and rogue soldiers who have taken the law into their own hands. Original title:The xue shuang xiong, The xue jie ropeText:English, ChineseSound:Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS (Cantonese, Mandarin)Picture:16: 9 WidescreenFormat:DVD Region Free (All Regions)Country of origin:Hong KongExtra material:- Codes Of Bullets: Encoding the secrets of guns and battle skills by comparison with action scenes in the movies- Perfect Selection / Deadly Sniper- Guns Mean Power / Gone With The Wind- New and original movie trailers- Photo stills / Photo slide show Please see my other auctions for liquidations and closeouts on DVDs, Blu-Rays, and DVD/Blu-Ray Box Sets, both Region 1 (USA) and Region 2 (Europe). FREE SHIPPING in USA. Outside USA, shipping via eBay International Shipping.

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