Sean’s movie thoughts

I got a copy of John Woo’s Heroes Shed No Tears (HSNT). It was the film before his breakout hit A Better Tomorrow. Heroes Shed No Tears is not terrible but having seen it (about half of it before I lost interest), I understand why A Better Tomorrow was his break out film. I might loan HSNT later to a friend to get another opinion. I might try it again in a few months but I liked the article/booklet about the film. Double Impact is as good as I remembered. Jean Claude Van Damme plays identical twins but they have different enough hairstyles so it is obvious which twin is which. There was more gun action than usual for a Van Damme movie. It might be one of Van Damme’s best films. The action is good, the supporting cast is decent and it was good to see Bolo Young as a henchman. There was a scene where Alex (Van Damme) slaps his girlfriend and even though he was drunk, I don’t remember him apologizing later.  I think that scene would be done differently today. There are no truth in...