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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   16,887 votes
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Director:
Writers:
John Woo (story)
Barry Wong (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 April 1992 (Hong Kong) more
Genre:
Tagline:
As a cop, he has brains, brawn, and an instinct to kill. more
Plot:
A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(55 articles)
John Woo to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Venice Festival
 (From Alt Film Guide. 22 December 2009, 10:19 AM, PST)

Woo to Receive Golden Lion
 (From The Wrap. 21 December 2009, 2:41 PM, PST)

User Reviews:
"Give the guy a gun and he's superman, give him two and he's God." more (211 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Yun-Fat Chow ... Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

Tony Leung Chiu Wai ... Tony (as Tony Leung)
Teresa Mo ... Teresa Chang
Philip Chan ... Supt. Pang
Philip Kwok ... Mad Dog (as Cheng Jue-Luh)
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang ... Johnny Wong (as Anthony Wong)
Hoi-Shan Kwan ... Mr. Hoi (as Kwan Hoi Sang)
Wei Tung ... Foxy (as Tung Wai)
Bowie Lam ... Ah Lung
Meng Lo ... Lonny (as Johnson Law)
Bobbie Au-Yeung ... Lionheart (as Bobby Au Yeung)
Shui Ting Ng ... Ah Chung (as Ng Shui-Tung)
Kong Lau ... Hospital Director
Wai-Sun Lam ... Hitman 1
Benny Lam ... Hitman 2
Kenny Lam ... Hitman 3
Michael Dingo ... Jimmy
Hoi-Shan Lai ... Librarian
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jun Kunimura ... Machine Gunman in Teahouse

John Woo ... Mr. Woo (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Woo 
 
Writing credits
John Woo (story)

Barry Wong (screenplay)

Gordon Chan (screenplay) uncredited

Produced by
Terence Chang .... producer
Amy Chin .... associate producer
Linda Kuk .... producer
 
Original Music by
Michael Gibbs 
 
Cinematography by
Wing-Hung Wong 
 
Film Editing by
Jack Ah 
Kit-Wai Kai 
John Woo 
David Wu 
 
Production Design by
James Leung 
 
Costume Design by
Janet Chan 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrick Leung .... second unit director
Sylvia Liu .... second assistant director
 
Sound Department
Brian Schwegmann .... sound effects
 
Visual Effects by
Yuen-Tai Ting .... optical effects
 
Stunts
Philip Kwok .... action coordinator (as Cheng Jue-Luh)
Jacky Yeung .... stunt coordinator
 
Editorial Department
Patrick Pang .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
James Wong .... composer: additional music
 
Other crew
Ng Hon-Leung .... director: thrid unit
Rosanna Kwok .... location manager
Ting Yu .... dialog director: Cantonese
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hard Boiled (UK) (USA)
Hard-Boiled (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title)
God of Guns
Hot-Handed God of Cops (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
La shou shen tan (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Ruthless Super-Cop
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive violence and some language.
Runtime:
126 min | Germany:92 min (cut version) | Taiwan:131 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
John Woo had previously been criticized for glamorizing gangsters in his films, so he decided to make this film glamorizing the police. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Tequila empties the shell casings from his revolver after the warehouse shootout, the shell casings are blank shell casings, not real bullet shell casings. more
Quotes:
Tequila: I can't afford any of these apartments!
Cop: Why not live in a government apartment?
Tequila: No way, I make too much for that! Wait... jazz bar! I'll live in the jazz bar!
Cop: At least you'll get a lot of "sax".
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Movie Connections:
References The Killing (1956) more
Soundtrack:
Mona Lisa more

FAQ

What's the deal with the birds in the Chinese restaurant at the start of the film?
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61 out of 68 people found the following review useful.
"Give the guy a gun and he's superman, give him two and he's God.", 25 August 2003
10/10
Author: Backlash007 from Kentucky

Chow Yun Fat, toothpick in mouth, a gun in each hand. That's all of the plot you need to know. Hard Boiled was my first John Woo movie and, in my opinion, his best. No other action movie comes close to this. In fact, this is THE best pure action epic ever filmed. Upon viewing it, I immediately fell in love with Woo's style and his star. It's full of the most stylized gunfights ever seen and Chow Yun Fat is the definition of cool. The full blown finale defies description. Someone once called it an action fan's wet dream. There's not much more I can say because actions speak louder than words. So go see the movie.

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