Review of Hard Boiled (1992) by Dan C — 30 Aug 2008
One of the best bloody shoot em ups ever made. John Woo's final HK film before moving to Hollywood is rated in nearly every top 10 list of action movies. Its easy to see why most of Woo's Hollywood projects seem very tame after watching his HK flicks.
.. and his golden boy, Chow Yun Fat is the best at what he does. With Style and vengeance.But behind this all out warzone of a flick is a good story and issues of the fine line between good cop and bad cop, paired by Fat and Tony Leung.
After Detective Tequila witnesses his partner being killed, he starts an all out war with the smuggling ring and gangsters responsible for the death.. until he realises that one of them is an undercover agent, tasked with finding out the location of a secret arms cache.
This movie is divided into these parts: The tea house shoot-out, the warehouse war, the dock shoot-out and the final Hospital Armageddon. All throughout is Woo's trademark action scenes, all original and all copied by others.
XD It great to see the gun ballet at its best, and the violence is very convincing... as well as the hospital paitents dilemma and the babies taken hostage!!Its been a long while since I got my own copy of this.
.. and any true action lover wont certaintly give this a miss if they know whats good for them!!
This review of Hard Boiled (1992) was written by Dan C on 30 Aug 2008.
Hard Boiled has generally received very positive reviews.
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