Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted October 27, 2015 Moderator Share Posted October 27, 2015 John Woo – the legendary Hong Kong action director behind A Better Tomorrow, Bullet in the Head and Hard Boiled – is aiming to direct an English-language remake of his 1989 film, The Killer. “I still have a couple of projects developing in Hollywood, so after Manhunt, I probably will go back to Hollywood to make another action thriller. I’m going to make The Killer in an American version.” I think I'd rather see Woo do a Hong Kong re-make of 'Paycheck' than an American version of 'The Killer'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted October 27, 2015 Member Share Posted October 27, 2015 So... It IS ultimately coming now ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yihetuan Posted May 4, 2022 Member Share Posted May 4, 2022 https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3713216/john-woo-directing-a-remake-of-the-killer-for-peacock-in-2023/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member starschwar Posted May 4, 2022 Member Share Posted May 4, 2022 My first reaction was one of disgust. The original is perfect. But in fairness. The South Korean remake of A Better Tomorrow turned out better than it had any right to. Certainly not as good as the original, but it did a fine job of recontextualizing ideas and imagery from the original and giving an original spin on them. There's innumerable bad remakes and reboots and so on, but every once and a while, you'll get Fist of Legend or what have you in there. I'm skeptical, but I might give it a chance if I hear good things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted May 4, 2022 Member Share Posted May 4, 2022 It would be nice if the remake took the blind theme to another level like having the killer be colour blind while the cop is sensitive to light (but not like what happened with Blackjack where the hero has an aversion to white). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Super Ninja Posted May 4, 2022 Member Share Posted May 4, 2022 5 hours ago, starschwar said: My first reaction was one of disgust. The original is perfect. Mine as well when this remake was talked about in another thread a couple of months back. Nothing changed. If he turns this into another Manhunt, I'm deciding to live in a reality where Woo retired after Reign of Assassins. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 4, 2022 Member Share Posted May 4, 2022 The Killer is my favourite John Woo movies but I don't mind that it's being remade. When it was announced about a year ago, Lupita Nyong'o was in talks to star and while she's dropped out, I liked the idea of the genders of the lead characters being switched. That might add something fresh to the film. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted May 4, 2022 Member Share Posted May 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Drunken Monk said: The Killer is my favourite John Woo movies but I don't mind that it's being remade. When it was announced about a year ago, Lupita Nyong'o was in talks to star and while she's dropped out, I liked the idea of the genders of the lead characters being switched. That might add something fresh to the film. I have to agree. What would be nice is to have someone who knows action to play the Chow role. Not just have another big name. There's so much talent out there...names I can think off the top of my head: Amy Johnston, Zoe Bell, Heidi Moneymaker. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Omni Dragon Posted May 4, 2022 Member Share Posted May 4, 2022 This is at least the fourth time that plans for a remake of The Killer have been announced... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted May 8, 2022 Author Member Share Posted May 8, 2022 I'm 50/50 on this. 50% skeptical and 50% optimistic... Skeptical as in redoing the whole thing frame-by-frame with a new unknown (to my knowledge) cast, and 50% optimistic as in Woo presenting everything in a fresh and inventive way. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yihetuan Posted July 18, 2022 Member Share Posted July 18, 2022 John Woo recently spoke to Deadline at the Fantasia Film Festival about the Killer remake, returning to the US & his bio pic about Columbia University Chinese philanthropist Dean Lung among other things. https://deadline.com/2022/07/john-woo-dean-lung-silent-night-the-killer-1235071598/?fbclid=IwAR0py5q64yB638n18n2f0kL4z7qLOxLPWMj4XPb3efWx0NBQy7SBVo43jW0 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted August 5, 2022 Member Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) Omar Sy (Lupin) has scored the lead role. https://www.thewrap.com/omar-sy-the-killer-reboot-john-woo/ Edited August 5, 2022 by AlbertV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted March 14, 2023 Member Share Posted March 14, 2023 Nathalie Emmanuel, who plays Ramsey in the Fast and Furious saga, will take on the role originated by Sally Yeh while Omar Sy will play the role originated by the legend Chow Yun-Fat https://www.thewrap.com/nathalie-emmanuel-the-killer-john-woo-universal/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yihetuan Posted March 24, 2023 Member Share Posted March 24, 2023 John Woo arrived in Paris to work on the reboot. https://www.instagram.com/p/CqIhom2M24i/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member morpheus Posted March 24, 2023 Member Share Posted March 24, 2023 Oh no, please.......just no. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Karlos Posted July 4, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2023 https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/john-woo-on-face-off-mission-impossible-2-and-more.html 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted July 5, 2023 Author Member Share Posted July 5, 2023 What a great interview! I can easily see why Face/Off is regarded as Woo's best all around Hollywood movie. He got the deserved artistic freedom that he didn't get before and hasn't been given ever since. I hope that goes for his new movie. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Ah_Tao Posted July 5, 2023 Member Share Posted July 5, 2023 14 minutes ago, DiP said: What a great interview! I can easily see why Face/Off is regarded as Woo's best all around Hollywood movie. He got the deserved artistic freedom that he didn't get before and hasn't been given ever since. I hope that goes for his new movie. Face Off was fire. It's hard to believe that the director of HK favs like Last Hurrah For Chivalry or The Killer made an American fav like Face Off. I actually liked Manhunt so I'm excited to see what's in store for John Woo. I haven't seen an action movie from him I didn't like 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TigerCage1990 Posted July 6, 2023 Member Share Posted July 6, 2023 The Killer is great cinema 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted July 6, 2023 Author Member Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) 23 hours ago, Ah_Tao said: Face Off was fire. It's hard to believe that the director of HK favs like Last Hurrah For Chivalry or The Killer made an American fav like Face Off. I actually liked Manhunt so I'm excited to see what's in store for John Woo. I haven't seen an action movie from him I didn't like Heroes Shed No Tears, Just Heroes, Once a Thief (1991), Broken Arrow, Once a Thief (1996), Blackjack, Windtalkers, and Paycheck are the least discussed action movies by the majority of Woo fans. What's your opinion on them? Edited July 6, 2023 by DiP 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Ah_Tao Posted July 7, 2023 Member Share Posted July 7, 2023 1 hour ago, DiP said: Heroes Shed No Tears, Just Heroes, Once a Thief (1991), Broken Arrow, Once a Thief (1996), Blackjack, Windtalkers, and Paycheck are the least discussed action movies by the majority of Woo fans. What's your opinion on them? I haven't seen the 96 version of Once a Thief yet but jeez, I haven't seen a few of them like Paycheck in a while. But I think the rest are awesome in different calibers. Heroes Shed No Tears is a fun movie but people try to compare it to Hard Boiled and Face Off, which is really odd if you ask me (like that's comparing Dirty Ho to The 36th Chamber of Shaolin). Not all his movies are for everyone but it's definitely an acquired taste. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cheer You On Posted July 7, 2023 Member Share Posted July 7, 2023 7 hours ago, DiP said: Heroes Shed No Tears, Just Heroes, Once a Thief (1991), Broken Arrow, Once a Thief (1996), Blackjack, Windtalkers, and Paycheck are the least discussed action movies by the majority of Woo fans. What's your opinion on them? Heroes Shed No Tears is so dark that it makes Bullet in the Head look whimsical. Just Heroes would have been better had Woo been the only director, although I like how it foreshadows Stephen Chow's parodies. Once a Thief, while inventive at times, would have been better had Woo stuck to his guns and made it a dark film. The remake was neither here nor there. Broken Arrow is fun but it's his most generic action film. Windtalkers was a return to form after the frothy nature of M:I-2. As for Paycheck, I thought it was enjoyable but it could have done with more suspense and less action. Apparently, that's what Woo wanted but the script and studio wanted something more popcorn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PandaPawPaw Posted July 7, 2023 Member Share Posted July 7, 2023 Anyone play this? I thought it was great fun. I loved shooting up the environments. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member laagi Posted July 7, 2023 Member Share Posted July 7, 2023 8 hours ago, PandaPawPaw said: Anyone play this? I thought it was great fun. I loved shooting up the environments. Yep I certainly do! Just replayed this recently. Still A LOT of fun. Did you play others like this too? True Crimes LA Jet Li's Rise to Honour Sleeping Dogs Hong Kong Massacre And of course my favourite Shenmue ❤️ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PandaPawPaw Posted July 8, 2023 Member Share Posted July 8, 2023 15 hours ago, laagi said: Yep I certainly do! Just replayed this recently. Still A LOT of fun. Did you play others like this too? True Crimes LA Jet Li's Rise to Honour Sleeping Dogs Hong Kong Massacre And of course my favourite Shenmue ❤️ I've only played Sleeping Dogs from that list which I loved and the only game I've 100% completed achievement wise. It's also the closest we'll get to a Bruce Lee type game. I wish there had been a sequel. A GOD game in that style would of been great! I bought Shenmue 1&2 a while back but not played it yet (Heck I don't think I've even installed it). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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