John Woo Pins and Buttons

John Woo's last-directed classic HK film was 1992's action masterpiece HARD-BOILED. Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung team up to take down a hospital full of Anthony Wong's henchmen is what remains the pinnacle of real-world, classic-style gun-fu filmmaking.

Master of bullets and doves.

For anyone who loves the Bullet Opera Hard Boiled starring Chow Yun Fat, and directed by John Woo.

Another great illustration from renowned artist Paul Cemmick's Movie Stars Collection

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A tribute to a great director

As I tied my Joe Versus the Volcano collection together with the iconic "crooked path" lightning bolt symbol that occurs throughout the film, I thought one of the pieces should be just the symbol itself. But I needed a color scheme that was thoroughly Joe-centric. Upon one of countless viewings of the film, the orange Jump Soda cans the Waponi drank (and wore) *jumped* out at me and then I had the answer.

A Better Tomorrow

The third of three pieces in my Joe Versus the Volcano collection is my personal favorite. I love to use silhouettes in my art (can you tell?) and I was happy that my drawing of Tom Hanks came out fairly recognizable in silhouette profile. The scene is a depiction of Joe serenading the unconscious Patricia while stranded in the ocean on his "tight-as-a-drum" luggage, which is one of my most beloved moments in the film.

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The Face-Off star comes to you in all his glory, behold John Travolta wearing the face of his adversary Nicholas Cage. Nic Cage's face was ripped right off his head and tastefully pasted on that of John Travolta. Don't be fooled, this is the 90's action star in all his glory!

For this piece, I created an old school medical chart, simplifying the dreaded "Brain Cloud," Joe Banks's condition in Joe Versus the Volcano. I first drew it with just the cloud, but it was missing something. Then I realized what it needed was the iconic lightning bolt shape that continuously appears in the film. I decided to use this recurring "crooked path" symbol as the glue that ties together the three pieces in the collection, just as it ties together the various themes in the film.

It's a line of dialogue Anthony Hopkins says to Tom Cruise in the 2nd Mission: Impossible film.

喋血雙雄

Your mission, should you choose to accept it... (this shirt will not self-destruct)

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辣手神探

Washing & Care Instructions: Please listen to Nat King Cole while wearing. Do not spill ramen on it.

Does not come with sunglasses and long duster.

In between Doves and Dual Pistols, be sure to work in some smooth jazz.

Made for any badass HK gangster loyal to his friends... or anyone named Mark.

Jean Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudroux in John Woo's Hard Target.

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A gang of ruthless businessmen arrange the hunting of homeless men as a form of recreational sport, but hunted soon becomes the hunter!

Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God.

A simple summary of the adventures of the Living Manifestation of Destiny himself, Mission: Impossible's Ethan Hunt. Check out my store for group and other individual options.

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Criminals and panes of Glass beware.

I could eat a peach for hours

Give it a shot.

Chow Yun Fat from John Woo's "A Better Tomorrow" drawn by Bryan West

Nick Cassavetes holds the line; The titular line.

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