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
Gwok-keung Choi
Beste films:
The Martial Club (1981)
Bei pan shi men (1980)
The Killer (1989)
Jameson Wa-Fan Lam
Beste films:
La shou shen tan (1992)
Zheng gu zhuan jia (1991)
Die Xue Jie Tou (1990)
Bruce Law
China
Beste films:
The Killer (1989)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Jing cha gu shi III: Chao ji jing cha (1992)
Ying Lung
Beste films:
The Victim (1980)
Xing mu zi gu huo zhao (1979)
Bo ming chan dao duo ming qiang (1979)
Kenny Wong
Hongkong
Beste films:
La shou shen tan (1992)
New Police Story (2004)
Jiu long cheng zhai wei cheng (2024)
Marco Lee
Hongkong
Beste films:
The Killer (1989)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Tao xue wei long zhi long guo ji nian (1993)
Bowie Lam
Hongkong
Beste films:
La shou shen tan (1992)
Wang ming yuan yang (1988)
Suan si cao (1997)
Derek Kwok
China
Beste films:
The Killer (1989)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Bobbie Au-Yeung
Hongkong
Beste films:
La shou shen tan (1992)
Gilbert Lam
Hongkong
Beste films:
La shou shen tan (1992)
Kong Lau
Hongkong
Beste films:
La shou shen tan (1992)
Hao xia (1979)
City on Fire (1987)
Wai-Wo To
Beste films:
Xing mu zi gu huo zhao (1979)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Du bei chuan wang (1972)
Seng-Kwong Chang
Beste films:
The Martial Club (1981)
The Killer (1989)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Foo-Wai Lam
Beste films:
Jing wu ying xiong (1994)
The Killer (1989)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Chin-Hung Fan
Beste films:
The Killer (1989)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Ying xiong ben se (1986)
Chin-Bo Sham
Beste films:
The Martial Club (1981)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Aces Go Places II (1983)
Wai-Fong Wong
Beste films:
Bei pan shi men (1980)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Ying xiong ben se II (1987)
Kwok-Kin Ng
Beste films:
The Killer (1989)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Ying xiong ben se II (1987)
Chi-Hok Wong
Beste films:
The Killer (1989)
La shou shen tan (1992)
Wu di xing yun xing (1990)
Wai-Man Tam
Beste films:
La shou shen tan (1992)
Wu di xing yun xing (1990)
Two Champions of Shaolin (1980)