john woo and after his many hong kong effort and come to america and make hard target ( 1993 ) and which due to studio interference and bad taking of direction by jean claude van damme and wasn not as good a it could have be . woo get a bad reputation due to his conflict with both the mpaa and universal and and it take him awhile to get this one off of the ground . woo have never work with special effect and so he be tread into new territory . luckily and he get two great lead and christian slater ( soon to be in windtalker ) and and john travolta ( face or off ) . they take his direction well and and each give a good performance . a the traditional villain henchman and which i like to call indestructable villain sidekick and howie long give a good performance and and die a good death too . i never appreciate this movie that much until watch it tonight and and i realize and this be probably the most action pack movie in a long time . it take only about 6 minute to get go and and then and boom . boom . boom . action sequence after the other and no let down in between . this movie have plently of shootout and explosion and and great innovative twist ( kick the rear blade of a helicopter to knock a gun out of one hand ) to make a action movie good . john woo cinematography and the great shared moment ( the 20 dollar bill and whatnot ) be what make this one a great action movie . another thing that make this flick great be that it give woo the power to get face or off and his best hollywood outing and the greenlight . i be look forward to windtalker and love all of woo movie . 9 outta 10 .