What do you get when you put a Thai Drug cartel, Tribal Warriors, the Vietnam People's Army, Chinese mercenaries and a small child in a John Woo film? An absolute mess.I am a Woo fan myself, so I was curious to see his first "true" film as he calls it. It was a bit hard to find, which is not surprising after seeing it. It should have been completely forgotten.It's bad. There is little to no plot, and all it really serves itself as is an action film. This was made before Woo was established as the master of Heroic Bloodshed, so his style was no where near perfected, meaning the action scenes in this film are lackluster. The whole thing is basically worthless then.This was released after the success of Woo's "A Better Tomorrow", which is actually pretty decent. I'm not sure why he thought to put this out after that, it only degrades his image. He thankfully then came out with "The Killer" which made up for it.Avoid this film, even if you're a Woo fan.

There was a film that I saw Just the other day And I sat there in awe As it blew me away. It was made by John Woo Who is now a sell out His fans he does screw As the cash they shell out. So get a six-pack Full of cold, frosty beers And then sit back For Heroes Shed No Tears Watch with devotion This huge action feast With enough blood to fill an ocean To say the frickin' least Our heroes in this tale Are a group of Mercs Who blast folks all to hell 'Specially drug lord jerks There's fighting, there's stabbing There's nuking, there's looting There's biting, there's grabbing There's puking, there's shooting Punches are thrown Black soldiers are eaten Eyeballs are sewn Children are beaten A fight goes on With nails and a tire Our hero loses his son Almost in a fire There's tons of dying But where the film falters Is all the damn crying Like it was Barbara Walters When our hero does cry It gets really lame For the movie does lie With its very own name But please do not fret It does little harm And I'll make you a bet About the scene with the arm If you do not jump When the dude gets the spears Shoved straight up his rump You've drunk too much beers And if you don't find it nice When the hut does explode After the role of a dice Then you're a humorless toad So get off your fat ass And get the hell out of here Cuz you'll have a damn blast With Heroes Shed No Tears

John Woo's Heroes Shed no Tears (1986) is a sort of homage to the film Man From Deep River. This violent tale also plays tribute to the Lone Wolf and Cub series. Eddy Ko plays a soldier of fortune working for the US Government. Ko and his men are offered US citizenship along with several thousand dollars in cash for their services. All they have to do is take a Drug Lord into custody, that's the easy part. Taking him back to civilization, well that's another story. Ko, his team of mercenaries and child must endure a trip through hell that'll take them through the jungles, running a gauntlet of death.Ching-Ying Lam co-stars as the Vietnamese Officer hellbent on taking Ko alive, no matter what the costs. HSNT is very bloody and dark. Unlike any of Woo's previous films.Highly recommended for John Woo fans.

This film is amazing.It's loaded with extreme violence-thousands of bullets fly and the blood flows freely!Again the action scenes are breathtaking and the violence is truly brutal-stabbings,impalings and head explosions.One of the best John Woo's films he ever created.Check it out and enjoy the violence!