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Hard Boiled (Laat sau sen taan) (1992)

8.2 Listal rating
7.9 IMDB rating

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Starring (View all) :
Yun-Fat Chow

Yun-Fat Chow

Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
Tony Leung Chiu Wai

Tony Leung Chiu Wai

Tony (as Tony Leung)
Teresa Mo

Teresa Mo

Teresa Chang
Philip Chan

Philip Chan

Supt. Pang
Philip Kwok

Philip Kwok

Mad Dog
Hoi-Shan Kwan

Hoi-Shan Kwan

Mr. Hoi
Wei Tung

Wei Tung

Foxy (as Tung Wai)
Bowie Lam

Bowie Lam

Ah Lung
Meng Lo

Meng Lo

Lonny


Written by (View all) :
John Woo

John Woo

(story)
Barry Wong

Barry Wong

(screenplay)


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The perfect recipe for a John Woo actioner...

Posted : 3 months, 4 weeks ago at Jul 11 23:51
"Give a guy a gun, he's Superman. Give him two and he's God." John Woo's Hard Boiled is a scrumptious feast for action lovers - an explosively visceral, operatic tour de force of amazingly choreographed violence and blistering pyrotechnics that's iced with Woo trademarks. At its core the film is a fairly standard cop drama with a limp emotional hook and cardboard characters, but with action extraordinaire John Woo at the helm, Hard Boiled is pumped up several notches. Woo grasps the conventional framework of an over-the-top action-thriller before adding a dense layer of visual artistry which is supplemented with meticulous choreography and the visceral punch of innocents in harm's way. Altogether, it's the perfect recipe for a John Woo actioner, and if this isn't his masterpiece then it...Read more

Jaw-dropping action.

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Mar 9 17:05
When I finished watching this film I needed a car-jack to wrench my jaw off of the floor and return it to its rightful place, it was absolutely amazing. It's not the greatest film ever made, not by a long shot, and my use of the word 'amazing' might need elaborating on. Basically, this film is unbelievable. To be honest, I didn't see the ending scene coming, despite the big build up, and when I got to it I was just left utterly gobsmacked. This film must have the highest body count of any film I've seen in a long time. The most extraordinary thing is, those murdered are usually innocent bystanders! There is no real kung-fu in this film, it's just a classic 'renegade cop who gets into huge gun-fights and ices an entire army before emerging unscathed from the carnage' type affair. But...Read more

Rating : 8/10