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Hard Boiled Details

1992 Certificate 18
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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
Director John Woo
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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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
Director John Woo
Studio LACE GROUP
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 34 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Collections 100 Cops & Robbers
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language DVD: English, Japanese, French
Dubbed Japanese
Subtitles DVD: English
Released Production year: 1992

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DVD: 24 Apr 2000

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    • 1 stars out of 4  

      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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      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 ... read more »

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      hard boiled

      amazing classic film! some people say after 15mins turn off? rubbish!!! 2 hours of great entertainment with a great story & plenty of action. right up there... read more »

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    • 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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