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Hard-Boiled

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Hard-Boiled
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NR,2hrs 6min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Released:
June 18, 1993
Director:
John Woo
Distributor:
Rim
Starring:
Chow Yun-Fat, Bowie Lam, Philip Chan  ...more
Synopsis: Hard-Boiled is the last film directed by Hong Kong action auteur John Woo before his arrival in the U.S. This 1992 thriller, along with The Killer, is widely seen as one of his best from his Hong Kong days. Every ingredient of the quintessential Woo thriller is present, including his ever-present anti-hero (Chow Yun-Fat). Yun-Fat portrays a maverick, clarinet-playing cop nicknamed "Tequila" whose partner is killed in the dizzying chaos of a restaurant gunfight with a small army of gangsters. It is ... Full Synopsis
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Genevieve Williams, AMG Review
Superstar action director John Woo attempted to go himself one better in Hard-Boiled, his last Hong Kong film before he headed for Hollywood. In a spectacular opening sequence that's imitated in The Corruptor, among other films, tough cop Tequila (international action star Chow Yun-Fat, in smart-ass mode) destroys nearly every piece of crockery in a teahouse when a police raid goes wrong. The balletic ... Full Review
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Chow Yun-Fat
Inspector Yuen
Bowie Lam
Yuen's Partner
Philip Chan
Superintendant Pang
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
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