Heroes Shed No Tears

The first of director John Woo’s Hong Kong features to get much international distribution, this film is set in the jungles of Burma and Cambodia. Thailand authorities hire a Special Ops team headed by a top mercenary (Eddy Ko) and his son to capture and bring back a notorious Vietnamese drug kingpin. The film includes vivid and sometimes grisly action in the Woo tradition. Woo also wrote the screenplay.
 Title  Heroes Shed No Tears
 Year  1985
 Country  China / Hong Kong
 Director  John Woo
 Actors  Ching-Ying LamEddy Ko, Phillip Loffredo
 Languages  English, Chinese
 Subtitles  Cantonese, English, Chinese
 Runtime  93 Minutes
 Rating  NR

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