Paycheck is a good story but marginal acting. What really sucks is John Woo's redundant repetative direction, maybe he is a genius in China but I find his movies to be very woody and predictable with almost ridiculus 'signatures' (like the opposing guns in face routine, that you see in every movie). Remember John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart had a huge following but alway's acted like John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart (these guy's may not have made as actors today).
shareI'm a big John Woo fan! By far this is not his best work!
Too bad THIS had to be his last film in Hollywood!
Prostitute: What the *beep* are you doing?
Johnny: I'm gonna kill a bunch of people.
At the same time, it's no surprise that this was his last movie in Hollywood. Who would pay him for more of this drek?
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yeah, as i was watching this i thought john woo what happened to you? i mean he used to make good films like face/off, broken arrow, and hard target.
share"I find his movies to be very woody.."
Is this a double-pun?
Holly-WOODY?
John WOO(dy)?
Nicely done.
Don't forget it had Woo's signature white doves, flying out of door ways for no particular reason
It's all about form over function for Woo. Sadly this didn't translate well when he went to the US. Though I do like Face/Off.
Stuff like Hard Boiled, The Killer, A Better Tomorrow trilogy, Bullet in the Head. Now those are films...