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John Woo Box Set (Once A Thief / Bullet In The Head / The Killer) (3 Discs)
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John Woo Box Set (Once A Thief / Bullet In The Head / The Killer) (3 Discs)

Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung & Cherie Chung

Customer rating on John Woo Box Set (Once A Thief / Bullet In The Head / The Killer) (3 Discs): 5 out of 5 stars ( 1 customer rating )

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Special Features

 

  • Suitable for 18 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 18. By purchasing this product, you declare that you are 18 years of age and over.
  • Once A Thief:
  • Audio commentary from Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan
  • 'Up Close And Personal': an interview with iconic director John Woo
  • 'Brothers In Arms': an interview with producer Terence Chang
  • 'Walking Through The Shadows': a tribute to the late Leslie Cheung from Bey Logan
  • Trailer gallery
  • Bullet In The Head:
  • Audio commentary from Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan
  • Bonus trailers
  • The Killer:
  • Digitally Remastered
  • Audio commentary from Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan
  • 6 rare deleted scenes
  • Interviews with leading lady Sally Yeh, co-star Kenneth Tsang and cinematographer Peter Pau

Review

 

A box set bursting with bullet ballet from acclaimed Hong Kong maestro John Woo.

Once A Thief (1990) They only stop to reload!

A close-knit trio of dashing art thieves (Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, and Cherie Chung) undertake one last lucrative job before their planned retirement, only to be torn apart when the heist goes awry as the result of a double-cross from their criminal mentor. Once reunited, the team resolves to get revenge.

Bullet In The Head (1990) Powerful, sweeping and uncompromising, John Woo pulls out all the stops to deliver a film of unforgettable intensity and emotional gravity that is guaranteed to set the pulse racing with some of the finest action sequences of his distinguished career.

When three longtime friends (Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung and Waise Lee) become involved in the death of a rival gang member, they are forced to leave Hong Kong in order to escape the police. Their only ticket out is a free ride to Saigon working as smugglers on the black market. But it is the late 1960s and, with Saigon embroiled in the madness of the Vietnamese war, it's very much a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When their plans to double-cross a local gangster and steal a box of gold from him go awry, the men find themselves captured by the Viet Cong and accused of working for the CIA. Incarcerated in a prisoner of war camp, their loyalties are tested to the very limit when one of the trio sets about betraying his closest friends...

The Killer (1989) Hong Kong's preeminent director John Woo transforms genres from both the East and the West to create this explosive and masterful action film. Featuring Hong Kong's greatest star Chow Yun-Fat as a killer with a conscience trying to pay for an operation to restore the sight of a nightclub singer he accidentally blinded in a shootout, the film is an exquisite dissection of morals in a corrupt society, highlighted with slow-motion sequences of brilliantly choreographed gun battles on the streets of Hong Kong...

Customer Reviews

 

Customer rating on John Woo Box Set (Once A Thief / Bullet In The Head / The Killer) (3 Discs): 5 out of 5 stars

Average rating (1 review)

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars Real Bargin

VincentValentineDD | 31/12/2008 | See all VincentValentineDD's reviews (7) »

That the fact that this box set includes The Killer is worth buying it alone. As so far as I've seen it's by far Woo's best movie and its what got me into his movies.
Bullet in the Head, (although Woo's usual leading man, Chow Yun-Fat does not appear in it), it is still a worthy addition to the set, as well as containing some of Woo's longest and best actions sequence's like most of Woo's movies it packs an emotional punch as well (even the english dubbing is convincing)
Although Once a thief may not be to everyone's taste, I feel its an appropriate way (and stroke of genius) to end the three movies, as its comical appeal and ending help balance out the depressing atmosphere of the previous two, and at £5.99 its no wonder its sold out.

Technical Details

 

Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung, Simon Yam, Chung Lam, Waise Lee, Chu Kong, Danny Lee & Sally Yeh

John Woo

18 years and over

1990 ; 1990 ; 1989

Widescreen 16:9 Anamorphic

Cantonese - Dolby Digital (5.1)

English

Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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