Venice 2017: John Woo's 'Manhunt' is Instantly Straight-to-VHS Classic

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I haven’t seen a movie this instantly straight-to-VHS since VHS died. No, seriously. I don’t even know what this movie is. John Woo’s latest movie, titled Manhunt, just premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It is technically a remake of a Japanese film titled Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare (1976), which is based on a book by Jukô Nishimura. The first odd thing about it is that the movie is really a Japanese movie made by a Chinese director, starring one Chinese man on the run in Japan. It’s set mostly around the city of Osaka. The other odd thing about Manhunt is that it seems like John Woo is parodying John Woo, making an old school John Woo movie that seems to be making fun of John Woo, but it’s still a John Woo movie. So, yeah. ›››

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