Hard Target

1993
NC-17
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

58K

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Dark Comedy Gun Fu Action Crime Thriller

A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

58K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,238

1,127

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Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations

Mr. Lopacki
(as Bob Apisa)

Arnold Vosloo

Pik van Cleaf

Douglas Rye

Frick
(as Douglas Forsythe Rye)

Mike Leinert

Frack
(as Michael D. Leinert)

Lenore Banks

Marie

Willie C. Carpenter

Elijah Roper
(as Willie Carpenter)

Barbara Tasker

Waitress

Kasi Lemmons

Det. Marie Mitchell

Randy Cheramie

Shop Steward

Eliott Keener

Randal Poe

Robert Pavlovich

Police Detective

Marco St. John

Dr. Morton

Joe Warfield

Ismal Zenan

Jeanette Kontomitras

Madam

Director
- John Woo
Writer
- Chuck Pfarrer
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
Universal was afraid that John Woo's limited English would be a problem on set, so they hired Sam Raimi to oversee the entire shoot and replace Woo if need be.

Goofs
When Fouchon is going over Chance Boudreaux's military record he says that (Chance) was apart of Marine Force Recon and his file even says U.S. Marines but the picture shown in the file shows him wearing a U.S. Army service uniform.

Quotes
Natasha Binder: What kind of a name is Chance?
Chance Boudreaux: Well... my momma took one...

Alternate versions
A 128 minute workprint of Hard Target also exists, but in a even lesser quality than the 116-minute test screening. It appears to be an assembly cut which was later trimmed down to the 116-minute version. It is mostly the same as the test screening cut, though it includes the following differences:
there is no music score throughout the whole film
many sound effects are missing
alternate/extended scenes of dialogue
alternate/extended shots in certain scenes
additional shots and missing shots

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Man Without a Face/Wilder Napalm/King of the Hill/Hard Target/And the Band Played On (1993)

Soundtracks
Opus 57 Appassionata Sonata
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Dr. John Murphy

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Featured review

Guns, blood, Woo, Van Damme, oh my!!

This is basically raw John Woo: bullets flying, fire blazing, good guys, bad guys, this movie has the whole ball of wax! In Woo's 1st American flick, Jean Claude Van Damme high-kicks and shoots as many baddies as he can trying to find the killers of the father of Yancer Butler's character right in the heart of the deep South.

Van Damme is as physically fit as ever. He sports a Kurt Russel-style hairdo in this movie, but his voice is as incoherent as always! His Belgium accent was really "hard" to understand, and it got to my nerves throughout the whole film!!

But, he busts up the good guys with real finesse. Arnold Vosloo and Lance Henrikson also light up the screen with their sleazy yet very believeable villain performances. The fight and shootout scenes in this film are amazing. Watching "Hard Target" was really a great experience, and it was worth the $2.10 rental! Watch the gunfight behind the wall between Van Damme and Vosloo. It might remind you of a good "Face/Off"!!