Movie of the Day: #320 - Hard Boiled

[dreamcastrocks]

I am trying to branch out and go with different genres for each movie. Hard Boiled is definitely different than most movies out there.

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Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tagline: As a cop, he has brains, brawn, and an instinct to kill.

Plot Outline: A tough as nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.

Plot Synopsis: Mobsters are smuggling guns into Hong Kong. The police orchestrate a raid at a teahouse where the ace detective loses his partner. Meanwhile, the two main gun smugglers are having a war over territoriality, 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 directly with the inside man.

 

[Chaplin]

Tequila!

One of the best Hong Kong action movies ever. And high up with The Killer as John Woo's best film.

 

[jenna2891]

were there tons of slow motion shots and doves in this movie too?

 

[Chaplin]

were there tons of slow motion shots and doves in this movie too?

ALL of John Woo's movies have slow motion, and the opening of the movie is a gun battle in a tea house where everyone has birds in birdcages.

 

[jenna2891]

ALL of John Woo's movies have slow motion, and the opening of the movie is a gun battle in a tea house where everyone has birds in birdcages.

ugh.

 

[Chaplin]

ugh.

It's totally different than any of his American stuff (Face/Off might come the closest). His Hong Kong stuff is FAR superior than anything he did stateside.

 

[jenna2891]

It's totally different than any of his American stuff (Face/Off might come the closest). His Hong Kong stuff is FAR superior than anything he did stateside.

i'd believe that. the more and more i watched of his work, the more i realized that it is all the same thing. there is actually a scene in hard target that is almost identical to a scene in face/off. i guess he figured no one watched hard target so he could recycle his material.

 

[Chaplin]

i'd believe that. the more and more i watched of his work, the more i realized that it is all the same thing. there is actually a scene in hard target that is almost identical to a scene in face/off. i guess he figured no one watched hard target so he could recycle his material.

LOL, no doubt. Personally, I'm not saying its his best American movie, but I think I enjoyed Hard Target the most because it resembeled his Hong Kong work (it was his first film outside of China).

As for Hard-Boiled, if you like action movies and don't mind subtitles, it's definitely near the top of the list of foreign action movies. I like Hard-Boiled more than Crouching Tiger and House of Flying Daggers, which are spectacular movies.

 

[jenna2891]

LOL, no doubt. Personally, I'm not saying its his best American movie, but I think I enjoyed Hard Target the most because it resembeled his Hong Kong work (it was his first film outside of China).

As for Hard-Boiled, if you like action movies and don't mind subtitles, it's definitely near the top of the list of foreign action movies. I like Hard-Boiled more than Crouching Tiger and House of Flying Daggers, which are spectacular movies.

thanks for the tip!

 

[Chaplin]

Also, as a little cast note, besides the great Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung also stars in the film--this is the same guy who played the assassin Broken Sword in Hero.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I love Hard Boiled and a lot of Woo films, but I don't love this: Hard Boiled (remake)