Director research

Our studio’s genre is action/adventure

Our studio’s genre is Action/adventure

John Woo

By Shriya Sharma

Who is John Woo?John Woo is a Hong Kong film director who is known for his work in directing action/adventure films. Woo has directed, produced and wrote plenty of successful action/adventure themed films that became highly noticed and which received good ratings and comments. John Woo’s most popular and favourite film is The Killer(1989) which received a rating of 7.9 and was highly liked by the audience. This particular film was specified to be action themed and typically gives an impression that it is a bloodshed film, the title of the film and the film cover informs me the themes.

John Woo’s distinctive style

John Woo style

In a manner similar to the action sequences in films by director John Woo. Excessive violence using a pistol in each hand while repeatedly firing at a person, especially while falling to the side, falling backwards, or rolling. See also Gun Fu. This usually contributes to an unusually large amount of explosions.

John Woo style is to establish chaotic action sequences that move un-controllably.