Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Yun-Fat Chow | ... | Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen | |
Tony Chiu-Wai Leung | ... | Alan (as Tony Leung) | |
Teresa Mo | ... | Teresa Chang | |
Philip Chan | ... | Supt. Pang | |
Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok | ... | Mad Dog (as Kwok Chun-Feng) | |
Anthony Chau-Sang Wong | ... | Johnny Wong (as Anthony Wong) | |
Hoi-San Kwan | ... | Mr. Hoi (Guest star) (as Kwan Hoi Sang) | |
Wei Tung | ... | Foxy (Guest star) (as Tung Wai) | |
Bowie Lam | ... | Ah Lung / Benny | |
Meng Lo | ... | Lonny (as Johnson Law) | |
Bobbie Au-Yeung | ... | Lionheart (as Bobby Au Yeung) | |
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Shui-Ting Ng | ... | Ah Chung (as Ng Shui-Tung) |
Kong Lau | ... | Hospital Director | |
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Wai-Sun Lam | ... | Hitman 1 |
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Benny Lam | ... | Hitman 2 |
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>
Director John Woo has a powerful and explosive style that will leave you breathless after watching this extremely violent action flick.The camera is everywhere flying from place to place.And there are people everywhere.All of them firing a gun or two.I have never seen such energy before.The violence in "Hardboiled" is very brutal and well directed.The last half hour of this film,which take place in the hospital is full of inventive action sequences.Chow Yun-Fat is really good as a tough policeman and it's also very nice to see Anthony Wong("Bunman:Human Meat Pies","Dr Lamb","Bullet in the Head")-what a great performance!I like Hong Kong-action films by John Woo.Anyway, if you're tired of Hollywood's action trash,then this one is a must-see.Recommended!