Silent Night (2023) - Director: John Woo (who I interviewed)

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Had a chance to get an advance screening of the new John Woo movie 'Silent Night' and it's fantastic! No audible dialogue, it's a to-the-brim action movie (packed even by John Woo standards) that's all told through the score and the actors' eyes. Also, it's a Christmas movie. A guy's son is killed when caught in the crossfire of a gang shootout on Christmas Eve, also taking out said guy's vocal cords. So, he trains for a year to hunt them all down the following Christmas.

I tried to search for a thread on it here but couldn't find it so I'm making this one. Really dug it, if you're a John Woo fan and/or enjoy alternative Christmas programming, it'll made a good new holiday classic for you.

I interviewed John Woo about it for SPEAK MPLS, and we also talked his status as hip-hop's favorite director as well -

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So this hits theaters today. If you're a fan of John Woo's movies and want to see him completely all out independently with no studio reigning him in, this (and especially the last 30 minutes) will not disappoint.

I also spoke to star Joel Kinnaman on the press run. Fun guy, we talked the potential hesitation of doing a silent or christmas movie and the challenges of playing someone at multiple different stages of learning how to fight: