Heroes Shed No Tears (1984)
Reviewed by: hkcinema on 1999-12-08
John Woo's first action film is also his first masterpiece. This war film is a low budget "Apocalypse Now." The nonstop action and heartfelt melodrama blend perfect to create just the right downbeat feel. Even the humorous interludes dealing with the conmen work for it. Seven years before "Sniper" Woo would film the scene where a bullet is fired up the scope and into the eye of a would be sniper.

[Reviewed by John Robert Dodd]