Stars: Kendra Carelli, Debbie Rochon, Rob Springer, Caroline Williams, Katie Carpenter, Brett Wagner, Jae Hitch, Susanne Marie Danger, Tom Gore, Patrick G. Keenan, Jess Barbour | Written by Brett Mullen, Matt Cloude | Directed by Brett Mullen
I know what you’re thinking. Bloody Ballet. In the same year as the Suspiria remake. Some serious homage going on, right? Well no, not that much actually. Whilst definitely nodding to the Argento classic, this is certainly not trying to be it. Playing out more like Black Swan meets early eighties video nasty, Bloody Ballet, or Fantasma as it is also known, is well worth your time.
Focusing on talented but troubled Adriana (Kendra Carelli), we see her fight her inner demons to accept her worth as the lead in her colleges upcoming performance of The Nutcracker. As if her increasing mental struggles weren’t enough to contend with, there is also the little...
I know what you’re thinking. Bloody Ballet. In the same year as the Suspiria remake. Some serious homage going on, right? Well no, not that much actually. Whilst definitely nodding to the Argento classic, this is certainly not trying to be it. Playing out more like Black Swan meets early eighties video nasty, Bloody Ballet, or Fantasma as it is also known, is well worth your time.
Focusing on talented but troubled Adriana (Kendra Carelli), we see her fight her inner demons to accept her worth as the lead in her colleges upcoming performance of The Nutcracker. As if her increasing mental struggles weren’t enough to contend with, there is also the little...
- 12/6/2018
- by Faye Ellis
- Nerdly
Ho Yuhang was trained as an engineer but went into film-making due to his love for vintage films. He began his career by shooting commercials in the mid 1990’s. In 2000, he co-directed a Malaysian documentary “Semangat Insan: Masters of Tradition” highlighting the need to preserve Malaysia’s traditional art forms. He then made his feature film directorial debut in the 2003 film “Min”.He went to receive international recognition for his film “Rain Dogs”, won the New Talent Award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2006 and also named best director at the Festival of the Three Continents in 2006.
His 2009 revenge drama “At The End of Daybreak” revived the career of the veteran actress Kara Hui, who was an action star of the Shaw Brothers era. “Daybreak” earned her seven best actress awards. She has since gone on to star in “Wu Xia,” “Rigor Mortis,” and “The Midnight After.” Ho Yuhang...
His 2009 revenge drama “At The End of Daybreak” revived the career of the veteran actress Kara Hui, who was an action star of the Shaw Brothers era. “Daybreak” earned her seven best actress awards. She has since gone on to star in “Wu Xia,” “Rigor Mortis,” and “The Midnight After.” Ho Yuhang...
- 9/24/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights: Big News Avengers: Infinity War busts box office records: Marvel is the new box office champion, as Avengers: Infinity War passed Star Wars: The Force Awakens to have the highest-grossing debut of all time. See what other records the McU installment broke here and see what Marvel has planned next here. Great News Lupita Nyong'o to star in The Killer remake: John Woo is remaking his own Hong Kong cinema classic The Killer, and this time the hero will be a woman played by Oscar-winner and Black Panther star Lupita Nyong'o. here. Surprising News Dwayne Johnson is teaming up with John Cena: Wrestling...
- 5/5/2018
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
It’s been 21 long years since John Woo made a good movie, and the legendary Hong Kong director appears to be well aware of that fact. “Manhunt,” Woo’s dumb but deliriously fun new film, is nothing if not a very conscious attempt to turn back the clock and revisit the wild kind of pistol opera that he helped to popularize in the late ’80s with classics like “The Killer” and “A Better Tomorrow.”
That being said, nothing about “Manhunt” comes across as safe or lazy. It doesn’t feel like Woo is just going back to the well because he could use a hit. On the contrary — and from the very beginning — his retreat seems like more of an artistic realignment than it does a surrender. This is the work of someone reconnecting with the things that made them fall in love with cinema in the first place. It...
That being said, nothing about “Manhunt” comes across as safe or lazy. It doesn’t feel like Woo is just going back to the well because he could use a hit. On the contrary — and from the very beginning — his retreat seems like more of an artistic realignment than it does a surrender. This is the work of someone reconnecting with the things that made them fall in love with cinema in the first place. It...
- 5/4/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
On the May 2, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior editor Ben Pearson is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about The Killer remake, MoviePass, Star Wars: Episode 9, Deadpool 3, The Handmaid’s Tale, Westworld, Power Rangers, and Ant-Man and the Wasp. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, […]
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- 5/3/2018
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Action maestro John Woo returns to the mold of his classic The Killer with this remake of a classic 1970s Japanese thriller, about an innocent man who sets out to clear his name after his is framed for robbery and rape.
Manhunt is directed by legendary action Chinese filmmaker John Woo, of many films including A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, Face/Off and the Philip K. Dick adaptation,...
Manhunt is directed by legendary action Chinese filmmaker John Woo, of many films including A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, Face/Off and the Philip K. Dick adaptation,...
- 5/1/2018
- QuietEarth.us
John Woo and Universal Pictures are teaming up to develop a remake of his classic 1989 action crime thriller The Killer. According to Deadline, the movie is being developed for Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther) as a starring vehicle and she is currently in negotiations to take on the role of the assassin. That role was originally played by Chow Yun-fat. The studio has put the project on the fast track and Woo is set to direct it.
The story follows an assassin who puts her own life on the line to save a woman whom she accidentally blinded in her last hit. Eran Creevy (Collide) wrote a script that is based on an original draft by Cloverfield Lane‘s Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, and Brian Helgeland. The report goes on to say:
The film is a touchstone picture, one widely emulated for its balletic, stylized violent scenes. The redo...
The story follows an assassin who puts her own life on the line to save a woman whom she accidentally blinded in her last hit. Eran Creevy (Collide) wrote a script that is based on an original draft by Cloverfield Lane‘s Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, and Brian Helgeland. The report goes on to say:
The film is a touchstone picture, one widely emulated for its balletic, stylized violent scenes. The redo...
- 5/1/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The idea of an Academy Award winner starring in an action movie directed by John Woo is kinda mind-blowing, especially for longtime fans of the filmmaker's work. Add in a gender switch in the lead role and our intrigue immediately soars. Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o is in negotiations to star in The Killer, according to Deadline. It's a new version of John Woo's classic Hong Kong action film. If things work out, Nyong'o will star in the lead role as an assassin, which was originally played by Chow Yun-Fat back in 1989, and Woo himself will direct. Universal Studios will release the picture. What else do we need to know? What made the original film stand out? The original follows a hired killer who...
- 5/1/2018
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Universal Pictures is developing a remake of Chinese action film “The Killer,” with John Woo returning to direct and Lupita Nyong’o attached to star.
The original 1989 movie, starring Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, and Sally Yeh, was widely acclaimed and led to Woo being hired by Hollywood studios. Chow played an assassin who accidentally damages the eyes of a singer (portrayed by Sally Yeh). The two fall in love, and he decides to perform one last hit in order to pay for a corneal transplant to prevent her from going blind.
Nyong’o will portray the assassin in what the studio is calling a reimagination of the original movie. She recently starred in “Black Panther” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” and won an Oscar for best supporting actress for “12 Years a Slave.”
Entertainment One’s Mark Gordon and Matt Jackson will produce alongside Woo. Luc Etienne will executive produce.
The original 1989 movie, starring Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, and Sally Yeh, was widely acclaimed and led to Woo being hired by Hollywood studios. Chow played an assassin who accidentally damages the eyes of a singer (portrayed by Sally Yeh). The two fall in love, and he decides to perform one last hit in order to pay for a corneal transplant to prevent her from going blind.
Nyong’o will portray the assassin in what the studio is calling a reimagination of the original movie. She recently starred in “Black Panther” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” and won an Oscar for best supporting actress for “12 Years a Slave.”
Entertainment One’s Mark Gordon and Matt Jackson will produce alongside Woo. Luc Etienne will executive produce.
- 4/30/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Very interesting news just broke tonight, as Deadline reports that John Woo and Universal Pictures are joining forces for a new take on Woo’s 1989 action film The Killer, which Woo himself will be returning to direct. Replacing Chow-Yun Fat in the leading role? Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o, fresh off her role in Black Panther. In The Killer, she will […]...
- 4/30/2018
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Killer was not John Woo’s first movie, but it was the movie that put the director and his instantly recognizable flavor of Hong Kong action on the international map. American action films have spent the past 30 years shamelessly cribbing from Woo’s filmography, so a Hollywood remake of this bonafide classic was inevitable. The […]
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- 4/30/2018
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
Exclusive: John Woo and Universal Pictures are teaming on a new version of his 1989 Hong King crime classic The Killer. It is intended as a star vehicle for Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o. She is negotiating to play the assassin, a role originated by Chow Yun-fat. The studio has the film on a fast track, with Woo directing.
Eran Creevy (Collide) rewrote the script based on an original draft by Cloverfield Lane‘s Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, and Brian Helgeland is being brought on to do a production pass. Producing alongside Woo and his A Better Tomorrow Films is eOne’s Mark Gordon and Lori Tilkin. Matt Jackson, Lori Tilkin and Luc Etienne are exec producing with Terence Chang. eOne’s Josh Clay Phillips will also have a producing role and is overseeing the project with Tilkin. The aim is to begin production later this year in France and Germany.
Eran Creevy (Collide) rewrote the script based on an original draft by Cloverfield Lane‘s Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, and Brian Helgeland is being brought on to do a production pass. Producing alongside Woo and his A Better Tomorrow Films is eOne’s Mark Gordon and Lori Tilkin. Matt Jackson, Lori Tilkin and Luc Etienne are exec producing with Terence Chang. eOne’s Josh Clay Phillips will also have a producing role and is overseeing the project with Tilkin. The aim is to begin production later this year in France and Germany.
- 4/30/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Action-movie director John Woo has made a new action film called Manhunt and as you'll see in this new Us trailer, it has a very 90s action movie style to it. I've enjoyed the action films that John Woo has made over the years and this one looks pretty crazy.
Action maestro John Woo returns to the mold of his classic The Killer with this remake of a classic 1970s Japanese thriller, about an innocent man who sets out to clear his name after his is framed for robbery and rape.
The movie will be released on Netflix and I'll definitely be checking it out! It's been awhile since we've seen a John Woo film like this, so I'm kinda excited about it. It's just got that pure Woo-style action-movie vibe. The last American movie he made was Paycheck back in 2003.
Manhunt will be released on Netflix on May 4th.
Action maestro John Woo returns to the mold of his classic The Killer with this remake of a classic 1970s Japanese thriller, about an innocent man who sets out to clear his name after his is framed for robbery and rape.
The movie will be released on Netflix and I'll definitely be checking it out! It's been awhile since we've seen a John Woo film like this, so I'm kinda excited about it. It's just got that pure Woo-style action-movie vibe. The last American movie he made was Paycheck back in 2003.
Manhunt will be released on Netflix on May 4th.
- 4/30/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
John Woo is remaking his classic action movie, <em>The Killer</em>, this time giving it a female twist.
Lupita Nyong'o is in negotiations to star in the new project, which hails from Universal, <em>The Hollywood Reporter</em> has confirmed.
Woo will direct the movie, and will also produce with eOne’s Mark Gordon (<em>Source Code</em>, <em>Saving Private Ryan</em>) and Matt Jackson. Luc Etienne will executive produce.
Describes by Universal as a “blistering thriller that blends espionage with extraordinary stunts," the remake centers on an assassin who is sworn to protect a young woman she accidentally blinded during a mob hit years ...
Lupita Nyong'o is in negotiations to star in the new project, which hails from Universal, <em>The Hollywood Reporter</em> has confirmed.
Woo will direct the movie, and will also produce with eOne’s Mark Gordon (<em>Source Code</em>, <em>Saving Private Ryan</em>) and Matt Jackson. Luc Etienne will executive produce.
Describes by Universal as a “blistering thriller that blends espionage with extraordinary stunts," the remake centers on an assassin who is sworn to protect a young woman she accidentally blinded during a mob hit years ...
- 4/30/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Update: John Woo’s next film will be a remake of his own actioner The Killer, this time led by none other than Lupita Nyong’o in the assassin role originated by Chow Yun-fat, Deadline reports. Scripted by Eran Creevy, the Universal Pictures production will begin later this year in France and Germany. See the original story below.
While the summer will no doubt be met with disappointments in the action genre, the season will kick off with a new film from a master in the field, John Woo. Although it won’t be available on the big screen, his new thriller Manhunt will arrive worldwide on Netflix at the end of this week, and the company is finally now starting to promote it with the first trailer. Coming from the Hard Boiled and Face/Off director, it finds a lawyer teaming up with a detective after being framed for...
While the summer will no doubt be met with disappointments in the action genre, the season will kick off with a new film from a master in the field, John Woo. Although it won’t be available on the big screen, his new thriller Manhunt will arrive worldwide on Netflix at the end of this week, and the company is finally now starting to promote it with the first trailer. Coming from the Hard Boiled and Face/Off director, it finds a lawyer teaming up with a detective after being framed for...
- 4/30/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
37% Pure Evil is Skeleton Crew Entertainment’ follow up project to the extremely successful mini-movie/music video Halloween Baby. The film is a horror/comedy short, it follows “The Killer” and his possessed 1978 Chrysler Newport, simply known as “The Beast”. Sadly, the Killer dosen’t quite live up to his name. Shot in a mockumentary style; utilizing …
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- 1/16/2018
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
"When you're born to kill, you have to have an empty mind." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a Brazilian western titled O Matador, telling the story of Cabeleira, a feared killer living in the countryside of Pernambuco State in the 1840's. Diogo Morgado stars as Cabeleira, a gunman who goes looking for his missing mentor but ends up working for a ruthless French land baron as a hired assassin. The cast includes Maria de Medeiros, Will Roberts, Etienne Chicot, Phil Miler, Marat Descartes, Mel Lisboa, and Paulo Gorgulho. The trailer has another English title, simply just The Killer, but I like O Matador better. This definitely seems like a gritty western, with plenty of violence and slick cinematography. Watch below. Here's the official trailer for Marcelo Galvão's O Matador, direct from Netflix's YouTube: In a lawless land, Shaggy (Diogo Morgado), investigates the whereabouts of the bandit, Seven...
- 9/29/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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