Creme da la creme of HK Action movies, best director and lead actors!

I've watched it many times, and it's still jaw-dropping. It puts most action movies to shame.

Chow yun fat is the deadliest Asian action hero His ability to uses guns is in incredible especially in the replacement killers the corruptor hard boiled the killer 1989

DER INBEGRIFF EINES SCHIEßFILMS Tequila ist den Triaden auf der Spur, auch wenn sein Boss möchte das er sich raus hält da bei einem Einsatz bereits ein Kollege von Tequila gestorben ist. Doch dieser lässt nicht locker, kommt den Verbrechern dank eines Insiders auf die Spur und findet sich bald in einem Kugelhagel wieder an dessem Ende viele sterben werden. Hard Boiled von 1992 geht ca. 128 Minuten und ist ab 18 Jahren freigegeben. Wir haben hier ein Actionstreifen, inszeniert von John Woo, mit Chow Yun-Fat in der Hauptrolle. Wenn man zwischen den ganzen Schießereien, Explosionen und Blut gespritzte mal zur Handlung kommt darf es auch mal kriminaltechnisch mit guten Ermittlungen voran gehen. Das Hauptaugenmerk liegt definitiv auf der Action und mal davon abgesehen das hier die Leute mehr durch die Luft fliegen als im Cirque de Solei, ist sie stellenweise wirklich beeindruckend auch wenn sie für mich schlichtweg zu viel war und auch zu überzeichnet. Die Schauspieler sind alle soweit in Ordnung, hier und da gibt es einen flapsigen Spruch. Leider ist der Streifen für mich zu lang, denn ausser Action weiss man scheinbar sonst nicht was man machen soll. Der Fall der Triaden ist in Ordnung, ebenso mit den ganzen Spitzeln und Insidern ist unterhaltsam gestaltet. Das Finale im Krankenhaus ist gnadenlos, erbarmungslos und hat einen Hauch von Humor (Stichwort starker Babystrahl). Hier werden keine Gefangenen gemacht und gefühlt wird jeder 3x gekillt soviele wie hier sterben. Am Ende bleibt ein Streifen das für jeden der auf übertriebene Action abfährt ein Muss ist. Alle anderen werden wohl grinsend den Kopfschütteln über die vielen fliegenden Männer, dem Dauerfeuer sowie dem unrealistischen Actionszenen. Von mir bekommt der Film 7/10 Punkten. Im Finale sterben rund 200 Leute, dabei sind gerade mal 30 Mann ins Gebäude rein. Man kommt sich richtig vor wie in einem Uncharted Spiel, von irgendwoher kommen immer neue Gegner.

Filme: Fervura Máxima Assistido: Elenco: @john_woo_filmmaker @chowyunfat @tonyleung_official @anthonyperrywong Modelo: #drama #gangsters #ação #policial Duração: 2h 8m Ano: 1992 Minha opinião: Temos esta parceria entre Woo com Chow yun-fat de longa data, e que isto desponto os dois para Holywood. Filmes: Alvo Duplo (1986, 1987 e 1989), O Matador (1989), Rajada de Fogo (1991), Assassinos Substituto (1998), O Monge á Prova de Balas (2003), além deste Fervura Máxima (1992). Ao estilo de muita bala, traições, drama e redenção. Ao estilo Woo temos muita ação e mortes. Com cenas fortes e chocantes ao estilo John Wick da década de 80 e 90. Aqui temos Tequila (Chow) como detetive da policia, que persegue uma quadrilha da Triade. Alan (Tony) é um policial disfarçado que esta dentro da Triade. Mas Tequila não sabe. E por várias vezes eles se encontram e tem embates. Tequila tenta descobrir onde esta o quartel general da organização. Que chegando ao final descobre que é em um hospital. E temos uma das cenas mais eletrizante do filme, e sempre como no final temos aquele momento dramático com a morte de um dos principais. Roteiro e enredo de arrepiar. Vale apena assistir? Sim, mas atenção a faixa etária. Nota: 8,75

When I first saw this movie on a 14th-generation copy of a VHS in college, it melted my brain.

It might be one of the best straight forward action movies of all time, maybe the best. The action holds up insanely well and the friendship between the 2 main characters was more believable than in the killer. Overall just amazing, only the acting is weak sometimes.

Hard Boiled is maybe the most over-the-top action film ever created, with great action sequences — both armed and hand-to-hand — and a seemingly neverending stream of violence when things finally get going. One of the things that jump out to me is how they don't rely on constant cuts during the hand-to-hand fight scenes, a thing that Hollywood has somehow fallen in love with. Fortunately, Hong Kong knows better. Despite Chow Yun-fat having the main role, I have to agree with most people in that Tony Leung Chiu-wai was the true star of the film. His charisma and delivery are unmatched. Teresa Mo was also pretty good in her role! One of the aspects that may not hold up today is the transitions used in the film. Nowadays, those kind of transitions are mostly reserved for middle school PowerPoint presentations. However, I can understand John Woo's motivation. They can certainly leave an impression. If you could only watch one Hong Kong film ever I would probably recommend this one.

What it lacks in convincing characters, it more than makes up for with insane/brilliant action sequences. Woo threw anything resembling realism out the door, but unlike some of his later stuff, the endless gun battles in "Hard Boiled" never get tedious.

Hard boiled. In hard boiled a cop his partner is killed in the line of duty against gangs . So he wants to get them all and find there ring leader and take him out. He teams up with another cop to take them down. Hard boiled was filmed in hong Kong. The action scenes are well done 👍 and maybe a little unbelievable but it's an action movie so not everything can be fully believable with the stunts. The action regardless is solid . Overall a great time and a great movie. But it's not in English so u gotta find the DVD with English subtitles if you can't understand Chinese like me . I recommend it if your a fan of action movies. Christian perspective/ parents discretion Violence . Is strong and in 95 percent of the movie the bullets and the hand to hand combat are everywhere in this movie . Violence is strong Language bastard used a few times but you wouldn't know unless you watch it in English possibly a d or h word said as well. No religious profanities. Sex / drug references no sex but drugs there is smoking of cigarettes and cigars .

This classic Hong Kong action flick has lost some of its luster since it first came out, having been endlessly imitated by bigger budgeted and more slickly made movies in years since, but it is still great. Director John Woo has his usual star Chow Yun Fat playing (the ridiculously named) Officer Tequila, hot on the trail of a group of gunrunners, but little does Tequila know that one of those gunrunners is another cop deep undercover, played by the great Tony Leung (the art house Tony of CHUNGKING EXPRESS fame, not action HK action star Tony of BETTER TOMORROW 3 or PRISON ON FIRE). Chow is terrific, as always, playing a cocky and tough-as-nails cop, but it's Leung who brings real depth to his part and elevates the material to something more than just a series of action set pieces. You can feel Tony's inner turmoil being torn between two worlds. Even watching the English Dub track (which I did for this viewing on the Criterion release) his performance stands out. But the real hero of HARD-BOILED is director Woo. The action set pieces are the biggest of his Hong Kong career to that point before he'd move to Hollywood, and they are spectacular! The stunt work in this film, along with most of Hong Kong action cinema, is utterly jaw-dropping. There's an element of real danger when you watch a lot of Hong Kong films HARD-BOILED is no exception. You can watch fire explosion blasts really blow past Chow Yun Fat, stunt men taking real falls onto hard surfaces, and much more. It's wild! HARD-BOILED also stands apart from its Hollywood imitators in the level of bloodshed and also in the amount of civilian collateral damage, which is still shocking to watch. It's something mainstream Hollywood still is hesitant to touch. But on the downside, the story and characters lacked the depth of Woo's THE KILLER, though Leung does make a valiant effort to elevate the material. Also, rewatching the film years later from when it originally came out and after being endlessly imitated by just about every Hollywood action film since the film is not as impressive as it once was. Heroes with two pistols, objects exploding everywhere from gunfire, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion [sure Kurosawa and Peckinpah did the first, but Woo brought it back into style]; that all came from Woo and other Hong Kong filmmakers. But having seen all this done in American films now all the time, HARD-BOILED has lost something. Much like THE EXORCIST, which redefined modern horror films, having been endlessly imitated since it does not have the same punch it did back in 1973. THE EXORCIST and HARD-BOILED are both still great films, but they don't make your head explode the same way they did when they first came out. The Hong Kong style of action didn't immediately sweep Hollywood, though there were a few smaller budgeted American action films, like THE CROW and RAPID FIRE, that did a pretty good job of bringing the Hong Kong action film aesthetic to the States, but it was the success of THE MATRIX that forever changed how American action films looked, moving away from the more muscular action film style of Walter Hill or Richard Donner to the more operatic and balletic style of action scene choreography popularized by Hong Kong masters such as John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Ringo Lam. There never would have been a JOHN WICK without John Woo. Another knock on this film, there's the awkward comedy. I'd forgotten about the ridiculous moment in the climactic hospital action set piece (which goes on for almost an entire glorious hour!), where Officer Tequila and his girlfriend put cotton balls in the babies' ears so they are not traumatized by all the gunfire and mayhem happening around them. There's also the ridiculous, but very typical Hong Kong film humor when Tequila's pants catch fire, and he's saved by a baby he's carrying wetting itself to extinguish the flames and save our hero. Still, even though it's not as mind-blowing as it was back in 1987 (I didn't see it until the early 90s), the action set pieces have a dynamite creative, and exciting energy to them, and when was the last time you saw a Hollywood movie where there's a real-life baby splattered with blood when our hero is shot? This film is probably my third favorite of Woo's films, with THE KILLER being #1 and A BETTER TOMORROW II being my #2 favorite. Essential viewing for action film fans!

Unlike most people (apparently, given the 92% RT score) I thought the film was too unrealistic to be thought of as a cinema classic. You know, it's hard enough to hit something when firing one pistol while standing still and taking the time to aim. In Woo's films there are guys flying through the air, sliding down banisters and swooping in on cables firing two guns at once and hitting everything they're aiming at. And no one ever reloads. I'm probably overthinking it. Anyway, I think there are much better cop movies out there.

A hail of bullets rain down in nearly every scene! Director John Woo's Hong Kong action crime thriller Hard-Boiled (1992) is absolutely insane. Woo's love of birds flying through shootouts happens in the opening tea house massacre, motorcycles ride into a drug warehouse raid by a rival Triad gang, and an entire hospital is held hostage alongside about a dozen other firefights. Woo's action is not just exciting, but mind blowing, as I genuinely do not understand how every stunt person involved with Hard-Boiled was not blown up or gunned down making this film. Hard-Boiled is a must see action picture like no other truly. It looks incredible with calm Hong Kong shores next to fog enshrouded gang hideouts with stunning cinematography from Horace Wong. Editors John Woo, David Wu, Hai Kit-Wai, and Jack Ah cut together these frenetic action shootouts for a piercing speed for Hard-Boiled's pace. Art direction from Chong Kwok-Wing, James Leung, and Tai Chan-Ching is breathtaking with motorcycles riding out into night covered fog or birds flying around the gunshots in a little tea house. The open waters of Hong Kong's piers is always a pretty sight. Writer Barry Wong, may he rest in peace, came up with a wild plot undercover cop meets a hard-boiled cop and they must work together to take down an arms dealer in Hong Kong. The story feels like Infernal Affairs or The Departed, but years before either. It even plays out like The Raid, but with some Die Hard, Dirty Harry, and Bullitt influence. Writers John Woo and Gordon Chan finished the script with a ton of great dialogue about morality in the line of duty as a police officer versus the lethal underworld of criminal gangs. It's all clever, funny, and cold-hearted. Chow Yun-fat is fierce as the relentless Inspector Yuen Ho-yan, who is simply called Tequila. His tireless efforts to kill crooks and save civilians is admirable and Yun-fat is charming besides being cool. His shotgun and pistol work is incredible throughout Hard-Boiled. This is some of his finest acting besides his most visceral action sequences. He leans into Tequila's jaded, cynical world view, love of jazz and clarinet playing, and alcoholism. Teresa Mo is beautiful, sweet, and funny as police officer Teresa Chang. She has romantic chemistry and comedic chemistry with Chow Yun-fat that's lovable. She adds a lot to his scenes. Philip Chan is excellent as the torn Police Superintendent Pang. You can tell he cares about the characters. Bowie Lam is great as the opening cop buddy Benny Mak with his jazz drumming and tea house shooting. John Woo even cameos as the bartender in the jazz bar! Tony Leung Chiu-wai is phenomenal as undercover cop Alan. His origami crane making is neat besides his wild shootouts. Leung feels like he is conflicted about killing people for The Triad. Philip Kwok is fearsome as Mad Dog with his outrageous motorcycle slides and machine gun firing. I loved that his character wants to abide by morality too even though he probably kills the most people here. It's like there is honor among thieves. Anthony Wong is crazy and eerie as the cold-blooded Triad boss Johnny Wong. He has no morals and will kill at a moment's notice. Kwan Hoi-san is interesting as the old Triad boss Uncle Hoi. His resolution to keep committing crimes in old age and strong convictions about doing what you don't want to are touching. Stephen Tung is entertaining as the informer. Stunt choreographer Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok should get a Nobel Prize as I'm floored by the squibs, blanks, car, and fight stunts. Composers James Wong and Michael Gibbs provide neat Chinese traditional music alongside wicked synthlines. I love the eerie main theme that repeats for atmosphere throughout most of the shootouts. Costume designers Janet Chun and Bruce Yu Ka-On give each actor gritty outfits with an early 90's style. Hard-Boiled is seriously well crafted and gripping for 126 minutes of action and earnest emotions.

What more can I say but Classic.

This film is fairly average 🤏

This is my favorite film of all time.

Flashy and fun, should never be remade.

John Woo: "The answer is a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun." If you judge an action movie by the action alone, it's very difficult to make any sort of argument against Hard Boiled as an utter masterpiece and among the best of the genre. While the film is arguably one of Woo's least reliant on character development or interaction, and features some of the less-than-ideal idiosyncrasies of his work (like the very out of place token female character that has the bare minimum of impact on the story, and the occasional overuse of slow-mo), the film is practically a series of increasingly impressive shootout scenes all composed for maximum style and flair. Gunshot victims don't crumple to the ground, they dramatically flail and fling themselves through windows or off of piers. Intense staredowns, up-close reloading scenes, guns stowed in boxes of roses. It's all here, it's all glorious. Nitpicks about stereotypes, cheesiness, the use of overacting or excessive melodrama? They're all smoothed over by the incredible action choreography, executed to an extent that really hasn't been executed to this particular degree since. (4.5/5)

The best gun fu 🎬 ever! If you want to watch the perfect mix of Kung Fu and Shoot'em up this is your film. I think this is John Woo's best film by far.

The greatest foreign Asian movie blockbuster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!