Hard Boiled

Original title: Lat sau san taam

1992
R
2h 8m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

55K

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A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

55K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total

Alan
(as Tony Leung)

Teresa Sun-Kwan Mo

Teresa Chang
(as Teresa Mo)

Philip Chan

Supt. Pang

Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok

Mad Dog
(as Kwok Chun-Feng)

Anthony Chau-Sang Wong

Johnny Wong
(as Anthony Wong)

Hoi-San Kwan

Uncle Hoi
(as Kwan Hoi Sang)

Wei Tung

Foxy
(as Tung Wai)

Bowie Lam

Benny Mak

Meng Lo

Lonny
(as Johnson Law)

Bobbie Au-Yeung

Lionheart
(as Bobby Au Yeung)

Shui-Ting Ng

Ah Chung
(as Ng Shui-Tung)

Kong Lau

Hospital Director

Wai-Sun Lam

Hitman 1

Benny Lam

Hitman 2

Kenny Lam

Hitman 3

Michael Dingo

Jimmy

Hoi-Shan Lai

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Director
- John Woo
Writers
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Trivia
During the filming of the scene in which Tequila is running down the exploding hallway with the baby in his arms and explosions at his back was shot twice as John Woo wasn't happy with the first take -the explosions were too far behind Yun-Fat Chow. For the second take, he took control of the explosives button, and set it off far closer than Chow was expecting. "He was really running for his life." Chow apparently was professional enough to ask how it looked after the shot was finished, "but then he turns around and says, 'that motherfucker.'"

Goofs
Throughout the film, characters fire more bullets than their guns would realistically allow without reloading, John Woo actually explained that he does this on purpose because reloading slows down the action scene.

Quotes
Superintendant Pang: Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God.

Alternate versions
The Chinese censors requested cuts to the scene where Tequila is graphically shooting thugs in the hospital when he is holding the baby.

Connections
Featured in The Last Days of the Board (1999)

Soundtracks
Hello
Written by Lionel Richie
Sung by Chow Yun-Fat and Teresa Sun-Kwan Mo

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Classic Hong Kong action film

Ever since John Woo came to America he seems to have lost the ability to crack the stylish violence up to 10. Only Face/Off has really come close to the type of style that he displayed in Hong Kong - Hard Boiled being a perfect example.

Hard Boiled sees cop "Tequila" Yuen (Chow Yun Fat) lose his partner in a violent shoot out in a tea-house and aims to bring revenge on the gangs causing chaos on the streets. During the film he come across a deadly assassin Tony (Tony Leung) who may or may not be an undercover police officer.

The film's plot is pretty good considering with several double crosses, good twists and the bonding relationship of Leung and Fat. However this is all about the action scenes and these are spectacular. Full of highly stylish violence, double handed gunplay and exciting near misses. Fat and Leung are both excellent in their roles but the stars here are the action scenes.

The only problem with this is that it is very violent and may be a turn off for some. That said if you're watching a John Woo Hong Kong film then you're probably not that bothered about a bit of stylish killing.