John Woo

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q55432: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Mission: Impossible 2, which The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Hard Boiled (1992); Face/Off (1997); Mission: Impossible 2 (2000); Broken Arrow; Hard Target; Mission: Impossible (earlier entries); Mission: Impossible II; The Killer (implied).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 2 lines

  1. craft (craft) · them, directly: John Woo ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The Mexican standoff was the first visual reference the speaker caught: like a John Woo Hong Kong action movie.
    “It was very like John Wu Hong Kong action movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Hard Boiled (1992), which they directed: Hard Boiled ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The speaker had not yet seen Hard Boiled, but the standoff read as John Woo.
    “I don't know if I'd seen hardboiled or whatever, any of those movies yet”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (9) everyone in directing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Chow Yun-fat → John Woo. Chow and Woo were a crossover pair, and the studios wanted both in the States.
    “He and John Wu were one of those pairs where like their movies were crossover success and they were like, let's get those guys to the states.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:32:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Panic Room → John Woo. The syringes thrown into the panic room is like a John Woo moment.
    “it's almost like a, uh, like a John Wu movie or something.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Reservoir Dogs → John Woo. The Mexican standoff was the first visual reference the speaker caught: like a John Woo Hong Kong action movie.
    “It was very like John Wu Hong Kong action movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): John Woo → Rutger Hauer (transcribed 'Ruckerhauer') and Paul Verhoeven. Hollywood importing Woo and Chow is like importing Rutger Hauer and Paul Verhoeven.
    “it's one of those things, like Ruckerhauer and Paul Verhoven, where they were like, let's get both these guys over here.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (director): Mission: Impossible 2 → John Woo. Hiring John Woo for MI2 was a cool move that did not work out, probably because of the script.
    “higher John Wu to direct Emission Impossible movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:09:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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