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Hard Boiled (1992)
Lat sau san taam (original title)

R  128 min  -  Action | Crime | Thriller   -  16 April 1992 (Hong Kong)
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A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.

Director:

John Woo

Writers:

John Woo (story), Barry Wong (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yun-Fat Chow ...
Tony Leung Chiu Wai ...
Tony (as Tony Leung)
Teresa Mo Teresa Mo ...
Philip Chan Philip Chan ...
Philip Kwok Philip Kwok ...
Mad Dog (as Cheng Jue-Luh)
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang ...
Johnny Wong (as Anthony Wong)
Hoi-Shan Kwan Hoi-Shan Kwan ...
Mr. Hoi (as Kwan Hoi Sang)
Wei Tung Wei Tung ...
Foxy (as Tung Wai)
Bowie Lam Bowie Lam ...
Meng Lo Meng Lo ...
Lonny (as Johnson Law)
Bobbie Au-Yeung Bobbie Au-Yeung ...
Lionheart (as Bobby Au Yeung)
Shui Ting Ng Shui Ting Ng ...
Ah Chung (as Ng Shui-Tung)
Kong Lau Kong Lau ...
Hospital Director
Wai-Sun Lam Wai-Sun Lam ...
Hitman 1
Benny Lam Benny Lam ...
Hitman 2
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Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

Gun | Undercover | Hong Kong | Detective | Partner  | See more »

Taglines:

More exciting than a dozen Die hards See more »

Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive violence and some language See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English (only a few words)

Release Date:

(Hong Kong) See more »

Also Known As:

Круто сваренные See more »

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Box Office

Budget:

$4,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

HKD 19,711,048 (Hong Kong) (1992)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Germany: (cut version)  | Taiwan:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Most of the script was radically rewritten a week before shooting began. The original plot involved a man poisoning bottles of baby formula (hence the hospital locales in the entire second half), but director John Woo found the idea repugnant and decided to jettison it. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: 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: Which year did you graduate? Who was your teacher?
Alan: Are you testing me?
Tequila: I'd just like to ask your teach how he managed to produce such a stubborn cop.
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Connections

Referenced in The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"Mona Lisa"
Written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
Sung by Teresa Mo and Philip Chan See more »