Not counting his various American action films like Face/Off, Mission: Impossible 2 and, most recently, Silent Night, Woo is responsible for some of the most influential movies of the past 40 years.

Tarantino sang Woo’s praises in the press, and Universal signed Woo to direct his first Hollywood film, the Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Hard Target (1993). The results were disappointing.

Not counting his various American action films like Face/Off, Mission: Impossible 2 and, most recently, Silent Night, Woo is responsible for some of the most influential movies of the past 40 ...