I like John Woo, but the quality of his films does fall off sharply after "Hard Boiled", when he came to the States. "Face/Off" is the only pretty good movie he's made since he went Hollyweird. His original HK films (and, more specifically, the first two "A Better Tomorrow" films, "The Killer", and "Hard Boiled") are really his entire body of classic work, as far as I'm concerned.
BTW, interesting fact: Rock Galotti, the armorer that Woo usually works with in the U.S., has repeatedly offered him the chance to fire a Beretta 92F at the range. And he's turned down the offer repeatedly.
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