I definitely did notice that John Woo was going for a more brutal, gritty approach with this one as well. It brings to mind his own film, Bullet In The Head, seems Woo was channeling that energy again. It's also good to see that Joel Kinnaman was legitimately enthusiastic about this project. Action Movies only work when the actor actually likes and appreciates the genre, which Joel clearly does.
I saw Silent Night in theaters, and despite it's barebones plot, I really enjoyed it. Yeah, it seems like a formulaic revenge story, but I think it's a little more inventive than the Punisher or Max Payne. Like making Joel Kinnaman's character an average Joe who trains himself and learns to become a badass vigilante, rather than jut make him an ex-marine or burned out cop out for revenge. In my opinion it's like a raw superhero origin story. I also like how Joel keeps it simple with his arsenal of weapons. Like instead of giving him an AR-15, AK-47 or uzi, he just goes into battle with a Beretta 92 and a pump action shotgun. Cause it makes the action more interesting, as his character likely isn't familiar with automatic weapons and has to make use with the tools he has.
its an real great movie about suffering Pain and Revenge and this that destroying the Relationship and its not easy surely to play not speaking and only Eyes and Bodylanguage
The maestro of action returned at top
I definitely did notice that John Woo was going for a more brutal, gritty approach with this one as well. It brings to mind his own film, Bullet In The Head, seems Woo was channeling that energy again. It's also good to see that Joel Kinnaman was legitimately enthusiastic about this project. Action Movies only work when the actor actually likes and appreciates the genre, which Joel clearly does.
I saw Silent Night in theaters, and despite it's barebones plot, I really enjoyed it.
Yeah, it seems like a formulaic revenge story, but I think it's a little more inventive than the Punisher or Max Payne. Like making Joel Kinnaman's character an average Joe who trains himself and learns to become a badass vigilante, rather than jut make him an ex-marine or burned out cop out for revenge. In my opinion it's like a raw superhero origin story.
I also like how Joel keeps it simple with his arsenal of weapons. Like instead of giving him an AR-15, AK-47 or uzi, he just goes into battle with a Beretta 92 and a pump action shotgun. Cause it makes the action more interesting, as his character likely isn't familiar with automatic weapons and has to make use with the tools he has.
John Woo loves Beretta pistols!
The calming music playing in the background during the interview segments is entertaining. 😀
its an real great movie about suffering Pain and Revenge and this that destroying the Relationship and its not easy surely to play not speaking and only Eyes and Bodylanguage
John Woo should be given a chance to direct a James Bond Movie, I'm sure he will take it to a different level 👍👍👍