Imagine my surprise when I watched THE KILLER, Douglas Sirk's remake (under the pseudonym John Woo) of MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, simply adding a "buddy" theme, a few shootouts and a car crash or two. Woo held me captive from the get-go: assassin accidently blinding a woman and then saving her from assailants. The thoughtful ambiguity of each character -- each highly moral in his or her own fashion -- was not what I was expecting when I popped it into the DVD player.
Thank you, Dewey, for listing this gem in the "Favorite Directors" thread. Who woulda thought there are more movie categories for me to explore?
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