It sort of resembles the famous Sergio Leone / Clint Eastwood stand-off, when Clint Eastwood decided to go his own way. Quite frankly I find that Chow Yun-Fat is only getting better, while John Woo's Hollywood adventure has left him jaded and stuck in a parody of his own directing style. I used to really like John Woo, but perhaps he needs a kick in the behind like this.
Well, you may wonder why Chow would back out from the roll as the Famous smart and handsome General. Another film star Tony Leung also backed out from the movie playing the mastermind General not long ago. Both of them are proven really good and recognized actors, and that's probably why they were selected for the movie. The script cannot be anything bad given the story is well known and turned into many movies and tv games.
But now, both of them dropped it, there has to be something wrong with the management team...
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