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Masterful Hong Kong action director John Woo (The Killer, Face/Off) turns in this exciting and pyrotechnic tale of warring gangsters and shifting loyalties. Chow Yun-fat (The Replacement Killers) plays a take-no-prisoners cop on the trail of the triad, the Hong Kong Mafia, when his partner is killed during a gun battle. His guilt propels him into an all-out war against the gang, including an up-and-coming soldier in the mob (Tony Leung) who turns out to be an undercover cop. The two men must come to terms with their allegiance to the force and their loyalty to each other as they try to take down the gangsters. A stunning feast of hyperbolic action sequences (including a climactic sequence in an entire hospital taken hostage), Hard-Boiled is a rare treat for fans of the action genre, with sequences as thrilling and intense as any ever committed to film. --Robert Lane
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Format:DVD
I think so. It's violent, over the top and you'll feel satisfied. John Woo won me over with this one. The gun fights are crazy and Chow-Yun Fat proves to be a badass. Not a no-budget movie, but by no means is it a big-production film. It's gritty and fast paced and well... violent.
Format:DVD
ENTERTAINIG. If you like movies with guns and violence, guns and violence and more guns and violence and even more bloody Violence. Then 2 Simple Words for this film. RENT IT or BUY IT and most of all WATCH IT.
Brilliant. John Woo is magnificent
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By M. Stuckart
Format:DVD
I haven't actually seen the dragon dynasty version of this movie, I was lucky enough to discover a video store with a criterion copy of this movie, So I cant actually attest to the video quality of this one. But as for the movie itself?
HOLY BIGFOOT FLYING A FIGHTER JET...
In one scene Chow Yun Fat literally SLIDES DOWN A BANISTER WITH GUNS BLAZING IN EACH HAND AND TOOTHPICK IN HIS MOUTH.
Game over... whatever you thought you knew about awesome action scenes? Nope sorry, just doesn't compare.
Now I will admit the movie does slow down a little in the middle, but hang in there, the climatic hospital shoot out scene is more than worth it...
HOLY BIGFOOT FLYING A FIGHTER JET...
In one scene Chow Yun Fat literally SLIDES DOWN A BANISTER WITH GUNS BLAZING IN EACH HAND AND TOOTHPICK IN HIS MOUTH.
Game over... whatever you thought you knew about awesome action scenes? Nope sorry, just doesn't compare.
Now I will admit the movie does slow down a little in the middle, but hang in there, the climatic hospital shoot out scene is more than worth it...
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Woo's "other" classic
While not quite as tightly plotted or emotionally compelling as John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat's magnum opus "The Killer," "Hard Boiled" is still sure to please fans... Read more
Published on Jun 22 2004 by Wheelchair Assassin
1.0 out of 5 stars
FOX LORBER EDITION IS TERRIBLE!
You are looking at an edition by Fox Lorber Films. I love this movie but this particular transfer onto DVD is TERRIBLE. Read more
Published on Jun 13 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars
great film, horrible transfer
This is simply a great action-packed, incredibly violent film. Woo is a master of the shoot-out scene and there are plenty of them in this flick. The camera work is amazing. Read more
Published on May 29 2004 by V. Mejia
5.0 out of 5 stars
+------credit Hong kong cinema + john woo-----+
===========Hong Kong action and John Woo should be greatly respected by Hollywood b/c most of his movies like THe Killer, Hard Boiled and The Better Tomorrow Series are being... Read more
Published on April 30 2004 by C. soriano
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good film and one of the most violent ever.
This revied is for the Criterion collection DVD edition.
This film, John Woo's last film to be made in Hong Kong is one of the most violent films to date. Read more
Published on Mar 4 2004 by Ted
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ferociously Violent Gun Epic
"Give a man a gun and he is a hero. Give him two and he is God"
Nothing can quite prepare you for the amount of bullets that are used in this film - all done to an... Read more
Nothing can quite prepare you for the amount of bullets that are used in this film - all done to an... Read more
Published on Jan 11 2004 by OverTheMoon
4.0 out of 5 stars
When a gun shows you know someone is going down
This is one hell of an action movie, but I think its alittle overdone at times, the bloodless deaths in the shootouts kinda let me down but these shootouts put almost any action... Read more
Published on Oct 20 2003 by dxm
5.0 out of 5 stars
What happened to John Woo??
If you are an action fan, or just a lover of big screen cinema, this film is for you. As with many other Woo Hong Kong classics. Read more
Published on Oct 18 2003 by sgecko67
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hard Boiled is Hard ...
I've been watching Hong Kong films for several years now, but til now it was mostly kung-fu oriented films. Read more
Published on Jun 26 2002 by kurlebj
5.0 out of 5 stars
A DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!
I had seen all of John Woo's US films (MI:2, Face Off, Broken Arrow and so on) and I needed something new to tide me over. Read more
Published on Jun 4 2002 by Nelly
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