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Hard Boiled
1992
When a tough police officer's (Chow Yun-Fat) partner is brutally murdered, he joins forces with another loose-cannon cop (Tony Leung) to exact his own bloody revenge on the gun-smuggling gangsters responsible for his friend's death. A lot of action, guns, and violence, all masterfully rendered by action maestro John Woo (THE .. Read more
| Starring | Tony Leung, Chow Yun-Fat, Philip Chan, Bowie Lam |
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| Director | John Woo |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema |
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Hard Boiled
When a tough police officer's (Chow Yun-Fat) partner is brutally murdered, he joins forces with another loose-cannon cop (Tony Leung) to exact his own bloody revenge on the gun-smuggling gangsters responsible for his friend's death. A lot of action, guns, and violence, all masterfully rendered by action maestro John Woo (THE KILLER, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2). This is the last film the director made in his native Hong Kong before emigrating to the United States.
| Starring | Tony Leung, Chow Yun-Fat, Philip Chan, Bowie Lam, Anthony Wong, Lau Kong, Philip Kwok, Benny Lam, Johnson Law, Theresa Mo, Kwan Hoi Sang, Ng Shui-Tung, Tung Wai |
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| Director | John Woo |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Cops & Robbers |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | Cantonese, Chinese |
| Dubbed | English |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 24 Apr 2000 Production year: 1992 |
| Format | DVD |
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Spectacularly violent gangster movie, with a body-count in the hundreds and stylishly choreographed, slow-motion deaths and stunts; possibly the best example of John Woo's particular talents for large-scale mayhem.
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In essence, John Woo's characteristic take on movies like Die Hard: a supercharged thriller in which a renegade cop and... read more on Time Out
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35 out of 39 people found this review helpful
Hard Boiled Hardcore
Want to see one of the greatest action films of all tme? Then watch this. Woo's greatest film. Ok its getting on a bit now, but the action is just on another level to any you have seen before. It takes the no reload rule to a new level. So yes its completely ott but just enjoy! Even after the PUB! if you need to. Duh! Hint. Its the best time to.
There is a lightly better transfer of it from Tartan films i think. Its not the best but apperently its the best we'll get. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
call this action
from all the reviews i have heard this is is action all the time but its not.it opened up realy well with the teahouse shootout but then no action atall.in the end i turned it off dont listen to the reviews. this is a thriller not action
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Red Cliff
- 15 Jun 2009
A mere slip of an epic at 146 minutes (you think I’m kidding, but I watched the original two-part, five-hour Asian-market version), John Woo’s first Chinese film in nearly two decades is both a triumphant homecoming and too much of a good thing. When Woo went to Hollywood in the run up to the handover of Hong Kong in the early 90s he was riding the crest of a wave: hyper romantic urban thrillers like The Killers, A Better Tomorrow and Hard Boiled had earned him a reputation as the... Read more
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