Directed by John Woo

With their intricately choreographed bullet play, supercharged emotion, and hard-hitting themes of loyalty and honor in the criminal underworld, the films of John Woo jolted Hong Kong action cinema to new life. With his breakthrough, A BETTER TOMORROW, Woo set the standard for what would become known as the heroic bloodshed genre, a mix of kinetic violence and operatic macho angst that he would continue to refine in hugely influential thrillers like THE KILLER and HARD BOILED, cementing his status as a legend among action aficionados the world over.