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Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled

7,5 /10 (943 Votes)
1992 CN 126 min

Overview

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

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Release date

16/04/1992

Votes

943

Popularity

6.3

As a cop, he has brains, brawn, and an instinct to kill.

Status

Released

Original title

辣手神探

Language

CN

Runtime

126 min

Budget

$4,500,000

Revenue

$2,592,782

Website

gkids.com

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

2023-07-19

⭐ 1

**Who wants to see a free bloodbath before breakfast today?** Hong Kong has a long history of good action cinema, but this movie didn't seem that good and interesting to me. Many people love it, they say it is wonderful, and I accept that very well, I think that everyone has their own tastes, but the truth is that the film did not work for me. Sounds like an excuse for an action movie. John Woo is a director I don't know very well. I liked “The Killer” and, therefore, I decided to see this film: it is considered, by many people, one of the director's best. They're not even alike. It is n…

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Dr_Nostromo

Dr_Nostromo

2026-04-13

⭐ 9

90/100 John Woo's last Hong Kong film before coming to the states, he went balls out on this non-stop action, crime thriller involving 2 cops stuck right in the middle of a major drug war. Highlights include some of the most incredible stunts I've seen, a single shot traveling gun battle that goes on for nearly 5 minutes, electric performances by Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung, and, holy crap! What a body count!! Ranked #18 in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time" ...and well deserved. --DrNostromo.com

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