Hotter than shit South Korean director Kim Ji-woon has created a handful of my favorite films of the past decade, I Saw the Devil, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, A Bittersweet Life and A Tale of Two Sisters . It should be very interesting to see if he can resurrect Arnold Schwarzenegger as an action star or at least make him weirdly compelling (which shouldn’t be too hard) in the upcoming The Last Stand, Ji-woon’s first American film.

Ji-woon knows his way around genre film-making and can mix brutal violence with black comedy in ways that would make Tarantino envious. My bet is Ji-woon and Schwarzenegger are going to blow minds with this one.

Ji-woon’s I Saw the Devil was in my top 10 of 2010 and is perhaps one of the most beautiful and grueling films I’ve ever experienced. For those of you who haven’t seen his films, be prepared to be stunned. A Tale Of Two Sisters is a good place to start.

Kim Ji-woon may be one of the few Asian directors to make the Hollywood transition without losing his mojo. I think he’s got the spine and guts for it….and he’s a badass.

I’m keeping fingers crossed that The Last Stand will be added to the line-up to this year’s Fantastic Fest, which Dangerous Minds will of course be attending.