John Woo′s The Killer

Kenneth Hall has masterfully captured the career of Hong Kong director John Woo, as well as the production background, style and structure, and impacts of his cult film, The Killer. Succinctly organized, excellently researched with direct access to Woo, textually analyzed often from comparative angles, and fascinatingly written, John Woo's The Killer adds another important dimension to the growing field of Asian cinema. -- John A. Lent, editor of Asian Cinema