John Woo

  • "Windtalkers"

    John Woo's ultraviolent paean to the Navajo "code talkers" who fought with the Marines in World War II takes his Hollywood dream to new heights.
    By Stephanie Zacharek June 14, 2002

  • "M:I-2"

    John Woo explains the extraordinary process behind his bone-crushing action shots -- but where the hell is Tom Cruise's wire?
    By Bill Wyman December 1, 2000

  • "M:I-2"

    Director John Woo's pyrotechnics and the spark between Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton can't redeem a strangely impersonal actioner.
    By Charles Taylor May 24, 2000

  • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

    A transatlantic crime caper arrives in America jetlagged.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams March 5, 1999

  • "The Replacement Killers"

    Stephanie Zacharek reviews 'The Replacement Killers' directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Chow Yun-Fat and Mira Sorvino.
    By Stephanie Zacharek February 6, 1998

  • It doesn't add up

    "Zero Effect" trails a paranoid private eye from pretzel-hoarding squalor to gooey love.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams February 6, 1998

  • The Year in Film 1997

    Salon Entertainment: Salon film critic Charles Taylor chooses the best movies of 1997.
    By Charles Taylor December 24, 1997

  • John Woo

    With its wacky face-switching premise and delirious action scenes, John Woo's 'Face/Off' (starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta) is the summer's best blockbuster.
    By Stephanie Zacharek July 27, 1997

  • Gentleman with a gun

    John Woo, director of "Face/Off" and super-violent, ultra-stylish Hong Kong "blood operas," talks about the elegance of Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, his childhood dream of becoming a minister and why he loves his villains.
    By Jennie Yabroff June 27, 1997
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