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John Woo

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John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled and Red Cliff. His Hollywood films include Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as "arguably the most influential director making movies today". Woo cites his three favorite films as David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.

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John Woo in one minute

Strongest genre

Thriller

$910M · 50% hit rate

Biggest hit

Mission: Impossible II

$546M

Standout efficiency

4.5x

Mission: Impossible II · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$1.4B

Combined reported budget

$700M

Gross / budget

2.1x

Bankability Index

44 / 100

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