Wu Yusen, a Chinese film director who has been absent from the international film scene for a long time, is finally going to direct Hollywood movies again. Wu Yusen, a 75-year-old, has quietly started filming in Mexico.
The preparation process of this film can be said to be very low-key, but the male protagonist of this film is not small at all, he is the action actor Joel Kinnaman, who has starred in Hollywood blockbusters such as "X Task Force" and "Robocop".
What's even more interesting is that "Silent Night" turned out to be a movie without lines, and it was indeed a very "silent" movie. It tells the story of an ordinary father who is drawn into darkness in order to avenge his dead son. The absence of lines is a very difficult challenge for both the director and the actor.
In hollywood in the last century, Wu Yusen is a hot action film director. His films have a strong personal style, and he is known in the industry as the founder of the "Chinese Violent Aesthetic Film" and the first Chinese director to break into Hollywood. Stars he has worked with include: Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage and other Hollywood A-list movie stars. His action blockbusters such as "Broken Arrow", "Change of Face" and "Mission Impossible 2" have become classics.
Silent Nights is Wu's 37th directorial work and his first film to return to Hollywood in 20 years. His last Hollywood film was the 2003 sci-fi thriller Memory Rift, starring "Batman" Ben Affleck, but it was well received but did not do well at the box office. "Silent Night" will be released in 2023, and I hope that Wu Yusen's return work will be successful.