Regie:
John WooScenario:
Barry WongCamera:
Horace WongMuziek:
Michael GibbsActeurs:
Yun-fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Wong, Phillip Kwok, Stephen Tung, John Woo, Pai Wei, Jun Kunimura, Philip Chan, Teresa Mo, Pau-chung Tong (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
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 soon revealed that one of the mob's high-ranking assassins is Tony (Tony Leung), an undercover cop who, despite his badge, is dangerously close to the edge. Tequila and Tony must team up in a tense partnership, and their common pursuit of a vicious crime lord results in a brilliantly elaborate climax in a hospital, where the heroes must rescue newborn babies from the maternity ward while fighting off dozens of mob soldiers. The characters Tequila and Tony are two sides of the same coin, another trademark theme of Woo's films that would later be most fully realized with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta in the American hit Face/Off. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
Yun-fat Chow
Hongkong
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai
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La shou shen tan (1992)
Anthony Wong
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Phillip Kwok
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La shou shen tan (1992)
Can que (1978)
Stephen Tung
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La shou shen tan (1992)
Zhong lie tu (1974)
John Woo
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Pai Wei
China
Beste films:
La shou shen tan (1992)
Hao xia (1979)
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Jun Kunimura
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Philip Chan
Hongkong
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Teresa Mo
Hongkong
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Zheng gu zhuan jia (1991)
Yi chu ji fa (1991)
Pau-chung Tong
Beste films:
La shou shen tan (1992)
Ying xiong ben se II (1987)
A jì hua (1983)
Fa-yuan Li
Beste films:
La shou shen tan (1992)
San de huo shang yu chong mi liu (1977)
Jing cha gu shi (1985)
Hoi-Shan Kwan
China
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A jì hua (1983)
Xiao nian Su Qi Er (1985)
Raymond Tsang Chau-ming
Hongkong
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Guo chan Ling Ling Qi (1994)
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Buffalo Ma
Hongkong
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La shou shen tan (1992)
Wu di xing yun xing (1990)
Kei-hei Leung
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La shou shen tan (1992)
Seong lung wui (1992)
Paco Yick
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Jing wu ying xiong (1994)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Deiji (2006)
Sui-ting Ng
Hongkong
Beste films:
Wang bu liao (2003)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Wang jiao hei ye (2004)
Seung-lam Wan
Beste films:
The Killer (1989)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Can que (1978)
Kwok-ping Choy
Beste films:
Jing wu ying xiong (1994)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Fallen Angels (1995)