Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo’s comeback American film Silent Night will be released by Lionsgate on December 1, the US-headquartered entertainment company announced on Friday.

Woo’s last American theatrical release was 2003’s Paycheck starring Ben Affleck and Aaron Eckhart. The 76-year-old filmmaker has also directed notable Hollywood films such as Face/Off (1997), Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) and Windtalkers (2002).

According to US-based entertainment magazine Deadline, Woo’s Silent Night will not have dialogues.

Written by Robert Archer Lynn, the film stars Joel Kinnaman, Scott Mescudi, Harold Torres and Catalina Sandino Moreno.

The official synopsis of the film reads, “From legendary director John Woo and the producer of John Wick comes the gritty revenge tale of a tormented father (Kinnaman) who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang’s crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, Kinnaman makes vengeance his life’s mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son’s death. Full of Woo’s signature style, Silent Night redefines the action genre with visceral thrill-a-minute storytelling.”

The film is produced by Christian Mercuri, Lori Tilkin deFelice, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and John Woo. The production companies are Thunder Road Films, Capstone Studios, and A Better Tomorrow Films.

John Woo is known for his high-octane Hong Kong-style martial arts-based films such as A Better Tomorrow (1986), The Killer (1989) and Red Cliff: Part 1 and 2 (2008 and 2009).