‘Manhunt’ Review: John Woo Returns to Gun-Fu with a Vengeance in Netflix Film
This is a re-post of our Manhunt review from the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The movie is now available to stream on Netflix. After almost two decades of making disappointing Hollywood blockbusters and propagandistic historical epics in China, the John Woo who became a brand name is finally back. Manhunt sees Woo return to the style of lovingly ludicrous gun-fu pulp that made his name in the 80s and 90s. Of course, there will be many who poo-poo and dismiss the flick because it is absolute nonsense. Those folks who remember Woo as a grand artiste …...
- 5/5/2018
- by Phil Brown
- Collider.com
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