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Hard Boiled
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Cast
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| Tony Leung Chiu Wai | ... |
Tony
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Philip Chan | ... | |
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Philip Kwok | ... |
Mad Dog
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Johnny Wong
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Hoi-Shan Kwan | ... |
Mr. Hoi
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Wei Tung | ... |
Foxy
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Bowie Lam | ... | |
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Meng Lo | ... |
Lonny
(as Johnson Law)
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Bobbie Au-Yeung | ... |
Lionheart
(as Bobby Au Yeung)
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Shui Ting Ng | ... |
Ah Chung
(as Ng Shui-Tung)
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Kong Lau | ... |
Hospital Director
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Wai-Sun Lam | ... |
Hitman 1
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Benny Lam | ... |
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Mobsters are smuggling guns into Hong Kong. The police orchestrate a raid at a teahouse where an ace detective loses his partner. Meanwhile, the two main gun smugglers are having a war over territory, and a young new gun is enlisted to wipe out informants and overcome barriers to growth. The detective, acting from inside sources, gets closer to the ring leaders and eventually must work with the inside man directly. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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From the director of "Hard Target" and "The Killer". See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for pervasive violence and some language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
Hong KongRelease Date:
16 April 1992 (Hong Kong) See more »Also Known As:
Hard Boiled See more »Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, ChinaBox Office
Budget:
$4,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia
Using the shotgun in the rose box was an original idea in both this film and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It is a coincidence that they both came up with it at the same time. Its appearance in this film is not a reference to or a copy of "Terminator 2". It was used in two influential earlier films: Dog Day Afternoon when Al Pacino's character brings a rifle into the bank, and before that in Stanley Kubrick's film noir classic The Killing, when the gang smuggles their heist gun into the track locker room hidden in a box of roses. See more »Goofs
At the end of the Wyndham Teahouse shoot out, Tequila (Chow Yun Fat), covered in flour, executes the mysterious gunman in the kitchen at point blank range with a single shot of his pistol. However, the slide of the semi-automatic pistol does not blow backwards to cycle the next round after Tequila pulls the trigger. In reality, this would indicate that the pistol would have failed to fire. It is possible that they had the actor fire an empty gun, or a non-firing prop gun, for safety purposes. See more »Quotes
Tequila: [to Alan] I hate in-house funerals. I write all the music each time. A cop dies, and I have to play a tune for him. I really don't want to do that for you.See more »
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. No movie has ever had this level of stylishly directed action, NOT EVEN CLOSE. This movie has the 3 best action sequences in the history of cinema, PERIOD.
The story is about a cop named Tequila who, at the beginning of the film, loses his good friend and fellow cop, in a teahouse shoot-out. He goes against all orders in trying to bring down the Triad that caused his friends death. In doing so, he inadvertantly finds out that there is an undercover cop, Tony, in the Triad he is trying to bring down, and eventually teams up with him.
This isn't your standard buddy cop fair like Lethal Weapon with tons of cheesey lines, dorky action and sappy side stories. The dialogue is insightful the action is the best ever and the side stories are well thought out, if a bit abbreviated (due to lack of time to shoot John Woo admits).
Tequila is trying to deal with a failed relationship and the death of his partner, Tony is torn against blowing his cover and defending his honor and the Lieutenant insists on playing it by the book even though it isn't fair.
John Woo said he made this film in honor of the men and women of the Hong Kong police force and the good work they do. He wanted to make a movie about the good guys winning. What he has done is made one of the most pivitol action films ever made, influencing every action movie since.