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Overview

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Director:
John Woo
Writers:
John Woo (story)
Barry Wong (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 April 1992 (Hong Kong) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
As a cop, he has brains, brawn, and an instinct to kill. more
Plot:
A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Brilliant more (211 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Yun-Fat Chow ... Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

Tony Leung Chiu Wai ... Tony (as Tony Leung)
Teresa Mo ... Teresa Chang
Philip Chan ... Supt. Pang
Philip Kwok ... Mad Dog (as Cheng Jue-Luh)
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang ... Johnny Wong (as Anthony Wong)
Hoi-Shan Kwan ... Mr. Hoi (as Kwan Hoi Sang)
Wei Tung ... Foxy (as Tung Wai)
Bowie Lam ... Ah Lung
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hard Boiled (UK) (USA)
Hard-Boiled (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title)
God of Guns
Hot-Handed God of Cops (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
La shou shen tan (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Ruthless Super-Cop
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive violence and some language.
Runtime:
126 min | Germany:92 min (cut version) | Taiwan:131 min
Country:
Hong Kong
Language:
Cantonese | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Phillip Kwok, who plays Mad Dog, had his part specifically written for him by John Woo. The character did not appear in the original script. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After shooting the mysterious "machine gunner" at point blank range to end the Teahouse shoot out, the shot Tequila fired leaves a gory glob of blood on his face. However, when Tequila rushes to the side of his fallen partner, Benny in the Teahouse, the blood on Tequila's face appears to be only a small dried smudge on his face even though it's supposed to be just moments after Tequila shot the thug. While Tequila could've wiped his face, there's less kitchen flour on his face and clothes than a moment ago as well. more
Quotes:
Alan: Have you got a cop called Vodka?
Superintendant Pang: He's called Tequila. He's a tough cop.
Alan: I don't care who he is, tell him to back off. He'll ruin everything. Do you want to go to another funeral!
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Movie Connections:
References The Godfather (1972) more
Soundtrack:
Mona Lisa more

FAQ

What's the deal with the birds in the Chinese restaurant at the start of the film?
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46 out of 50 people found the following comment useful.
Brilliant, 7 April 2007
9/10
Author: Mike Keating (yamawhore@gmail.com) from London, England

"Hey!" Chow Yun Fat says, covering a baby's eyes. "X-Rated action!" He's not wrong: Hard Boiled is a film clearly not afraid to embrace its genre's excesses. While most modern action films (Smokin' Aces for one) aspire to some sort of grand intelligence while providing shoot-outs and explosions, this film is a reminder of times when action films suffered no such pretensions.

Crowds of people are gunned down without explanation and the smallest things explode for little or no reason. The bad guys are massively exaggerated cutthroat caricatures and the good guys never miss. Scenes of Fat and Leung running down corridors are inexplicably shot in slow motion. And, for all of these reasons, it is amazing. It's fast, it's exciting, and it never lets up.

Hard Boiled is loud, exciting, and, thanks to quite terrible dubbing and a ludicrous early 90's soundtrack, often unintentionally hilarious. It is a film that places entertainment firmly ahead of plausibility and logic, and is quite frankly awesome for it.

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