- Release Date: 1992
- Runtime: 126 min
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan ... see all
- Director: John Woo
- Plot: 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... Read more
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| Nov 16, 2009San Francisco Chronicle
grand battles, dazzling action, sumptuous sets, magnificent panoramas.....Fine moments of humanity and heroism remain, particularly as the film builds to a colossal climax of hellish bloodshed.....John Woo's Hollywood movies never quite captured the grace and gutsiness of his Hong Kong action films..... ... Full Review
| Sep 12, 2009The New York Times
The interactions of men and women in Mr. Woo's American movies are stubbornly perfunctory....UNTHINKABLY, no bullets fly in John Woo 's "Red Cliff," this Hong Kong action master's first new movie in six years.....the brazen nuttiness of scenes like the climactic hospital shootout in "Hard-Boiled" -....In Mr. Woo's films the heroes, one way or another, always make beautiful music together..... ... Full Review
| Sep 05, 2007iF Magazine
It has been more than a decade since HARD BOILED and surprisingly, Tequilla is still on the police force.
Fashioned after Jon Woo's brilliant Hong Kong action classic, HARD BOILED , once again Chow Yun Fat returns as Detective Tequilla, the no-nonsense, justice is a bullet to the face cop that plays by his own rules to take down Hong Kong mafia.
... Full Review
| Sep 05, 2007iF Magazine
It has been more than a decade since HARD BOILED and surprisingly, Tequilla is still on the police force.
Fashioned after Jon Woo's brilliant Hong Kong action classic, HARD BOILED , once again Chow Yun Fat returns as Detective Tequilla, the no-nonsense, justice is a bullet to the face cop that plays by his own rules to take down Hong Kong mafia.
... Full Review
| Jun 14, 2004DVD Talk
This movie looks mediocre at best.
Even if he never makes another great movie, his back catalog of Hong Kong action pictures will survive, and through DVDs like this John Woo Collection we can continue to cherish his once glorious legacy.
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Hard-Boiled movie for Woo
news24.com –
2009-03-10
Hong Kong - John Woo's production company is planning to make an English-language movie based on the video game inspired by his 1992 Cantonese-language gangster thriller Hard-Boiled , his business partner said on Tuesday. ... Full Article
The film widely regarded as one of the best action films of all time is John Woo 's Hard Boiled . Soon we will be seeing a sequel, Stranglehold . ... Full Article
Tue, Mar 10 04:38 AM HONG KONG (AP) John Woo's production company is planning to make an English-language movie based on the video game inspired by his 1992 Cantonese-language gangster thriller "Hard-Boiled," his business partner said Tuesday. ... Full Article
Woo Making Hard Boiled 2
ign.com –
2009-03-09
UK, March 9, 2009 - John Woo's production company Lion Rock Entertainment is developing a big screen sequel for classic actioner Hard Boiled , according to The Hollywood Reporter . ... Full Article



