Hard Boiled

 

"A wagonload of violence... very funny and very cool"- The Sunday Times
"John Woo is one of the best action directors working in the world today"- James Cameron - " Aliens", The Abyss" & "Terminator 2"
"John Woo is to action what Hitchcock is to suspense"- Sam Raimi- "The Evil Dead", "Darkman" & "Army Of Darkness"

From the director of "Hard Target" and "The Killer", "Hard Boiled" is a high-octane rollercoaster ride through a violent Hong Kong of 1997. The film is a guns and gangstersstory about the fight for justice in the face of absolute corruption.
Inspector Yuen, nicknamed "Tequila" (Chow Yun Fat "The Killer"), is a hard boiled cop, determined to tackle the lawlessness and soaring gang warfare of a futuristic Hong Kong. In the cities, undercover cops like Yuen are pitted against vicious and ruthless criminals with every kind of weaponry at their disposal, and in a violent and bloody shoot-out Yuen's partner and colleagues are massacred. When Yuen comes face-to-face with Tony (Tony Leung "The Lover"), a lethal and cunning assassin working for a gun-running gang, in a high velocity stake-out where it seems that Yuen will end up in a bodybag. But a stunning plot twist changes the whole film when Yuen discovers that Tony has a dangerous secret...
"Hard Boiled" is violence with a purpose, and the action is fast, spectacular and breathtaking, climaxing in a final scene of bullets, babies, betrayals and blood. Directed by John Woo, the master of frenetic pyrotechnics, "Hard Boiled" is one action-packed spectacle you won't forget.

Presented by: Golden Princess
Production by: Milestone Pictures
Film by: John Woo
Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Cheung Jue-Luh, Anthony Wong, Bowie Lam & Yyonemura
Original story by: John Woo
Screenplay by: Barry Wong
Production designer: James Leung
Action co-ordinator: Cheung Jue-Luh
Director of photography: Wang Wing-Heng HKSC
Edited by: David Wu, Kai Kit-Wai & John Woo
Music by: Michael Gibbs
Associate producer: Amy Chin
Produced by: Linda Kuk & Terence Chang
Directed by: John Woo
A Metro Tartan Release
A Tartan Video Release