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View Poll Results: Best John Woo movie?
Heros shed no tears
0
0%
A Better Tomorrow
8
9.41%
A Better Tomorrow 2
1
1.18%
The Killer
40
47.06%
Bullet in the Head
4
4.71%
Once a Thief
0
0%
Hard Boiled
17
20.00%
Broken Arrow
1
1.18%
Face/Off
13
15.29%
Mission Impossible 2
1
1.18%
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Old 05-15-03, 05:24 PM
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Best John Woo movie?
Either Hard Boiled or the Killer

I know I forgot a few (windtalkers, Hard Target, some of his lesser known hk movies) but the thing only limits to 10 and imo, these are his 10 most known.
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Face/Off is my fav. The boat chase scene is incredible. The shootouts in the Church, Airplane Hangar, and Castor's Apartment top anything in The Killer and Hard Boiled
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No Windtalkers? j/k.

A Better Tomorrow, definitely.
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It was a tough decision between this and ABT, but my final vote has to go to The Killer.
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I love Hard-Boiled and The Killer, but I give Face/Off the edge slightly... it had the best acting of his films, and the most over-the-top plot. It's been Woo's only American film so far that's as stylish as his Hong Kong work, but with a slightly more coherent American sensibility... imho anyway.
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Gotta go with Bullet in the Head . (still waiting for a good DVD release of it. Hopefully soon from HKL).
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The Killer. Nothing can touch it, nothing ever will.
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The Killer followed closely by A Better Tomorrow
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Had to go with The Killer.
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The Killer with Hard Boiled being a close second.
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The Killer, followed by ABT 2 (I liked that ending shootout too much!)
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Gotta go with Bullet in the Head . (still waiting for a good DVD release of it. Hopefully soon from HKL).
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The Killer, closely followed by A Better Tomorrow.
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THE KILLER - it has a place on my personal top ten list. I especially like the comment from the Maltin Video Guide which describes it as a ".....near-operatic masterpiece".
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Face/Off then The Killer then Hard Boiled.
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It's all about The Killer. Too bad Hollywood ruined Woo.
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The Killer just edges out Hardboiled. The rest are far behind.
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The Killer, Hard Boiled a close second.
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