Hard Boiled (Chinese: 辣手神探; pinyin: Làshǒu shéntàn; literally: Hot-Handed God of Cops) is a 1992 action film directed by John Woo. It is also known as God of Guns (traditional Chinese: 鎗神/槍神; simplified Chinese: 枪神; pinyin: Qiāngshén). It was the last film Woo directed in his native Hong Kong before relocating to Hollywood. Image File history File links Hard_Boiled_Poster. ... For other uses, see John Woo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see John Woo (disambiguation). ... Chow Yun-Fat (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) (born May 18, 1955) is a Hong Kong actor. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Leung (梁) Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; born June 27, 1962) is a Hong Kong movie and ex-TVB actor. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Weinstein Company is an independent American film studio founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Dragon Dynasty is a joint venture started by Bob and Harvey Weinstein of The Weinstein Company and Genius Products. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Criterion Collection is a joint venture between Janus Films and The Voyager Company that was begun in the mid 1980s for the purpose of releasing authoritative consumer versions of classic and important contemporary films on the laserdisc and DVD formats. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... This article is on all of the Yue dialects. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. ... Look up Action film in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see John Woo (disambiguation). ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: or ; traditional Chinese: or ; pinyin: or ) is one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... ...

The film begins as an apparently straightforward film about the bond between a detective and an undercover cop as they fight a triad gang. However, it develops into an over two hour action extravaganza, with a body count of 307. [1] It is structured around four major action setpieces: the opening teahouse shootout, the warehouse betrayal in the middle, the dock shootout, and the climactic thirty-minute hospital shootout. Triad (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally Triad Society) or (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally Black Society, a general term for criminal organizations) is a term that describes many branches of Chinese underground society and/or organizations based in Hong Kong and Macau and also operating in Taiwan, mainland... Yugao-tei, Kanazawa A tea house (茶室, cha-shitsu) is a structure designed for holding Japanese tea ceremonies. ...

Cast

• Chow Yun-Fat - Inspector "Tequila" Yuen
• Tony Leung Chiu Wai (credited as Tony Leung) - Alan
• Teresa Mo - Teresa Chang
• Philip Chan - Supt. Pang
• Philip Kwok - Mad Dog
• Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (credited as Anthony Wong)- Johnny Wong
• Bowie Lam - Benny/Ah Lung
• Bobby Au-Yeung - Lionheart
• Ng Shui Ting - Tequila's assistant
• Kwan Hoi-Shan - Mr. Hoi
• Tung Wei - Foxy

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Responses

Hard Boiled opened on the same weekend as Jet Li and Tsui Hark's Once Upon a Time in China II and suffered for it. Hard Boiled grossed $19,711,048 HKD during its Hong Kong run. Jet Li (born April 26, 1963) is a Chinese martial artist, actor, Wushu champion, and international film star. ... Tsui Hark (Chinese: 徐克; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsü Ko) (born Tsui Man-kong (徐文光) on February 15, 1950) is a New Wave film director in Hong Kong who is also a highly influential producer, often likened to Steven Spielberg for a similar galvanizing effect on his countrys cinematic scene. ... Once Upon a Time in China II is a 1992 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li as legendary Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei Hung. ...

Hard Boiled is considered one of the best heroic bloodshed movies of all time, and perhaps the definitive example, if only for the bloodshed.^{[citation needed]} It increased John Woo's and Chow Yun Fat's popularity outside Hong Kong, and gained a unique cult status among genre fans worldwide.^{[citation needed]} Heroic Bloodshed, or Hong Kong Blood Opera (HKBO), refers to a genre of action film originating from Hong Kong revolving around stylised action sequences and common themes such as brotherhood, honour, and violence. ... Chow Yun-Fat (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) (born May 18, 1955) is a Hong Kong actor. ... It has been suggested that cult debate be merged into this article or section. ...

In the 22 June 2007 issue of Entertainment Weekly, this was stated as the "9th greatest action film of all time". Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...

Reviews

- *****. More exciting than a dozen Die Hards. - Empire Magazine This article is about the 1988 action film. ... Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Emap Consumer Media since July 1989. ...

- John Woo's action sequences are first rate...as enchanting and graceful as a ballet! - Esquire August 2005 issue of Esquire Esquire is a mens magazine by the Hearst Corporation. ...

- The action sequences are among the best ever filmed. - Andy Klien, Asian film expert

- Hold on to your seats! - Premiere (magazine) Premiere is an American and New York City-based film magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Médias, beginning publication in 1987. ...

- An action fan's dream! - New York Daily News This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

- ...nirvana for seekers of action.. - Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle This article is about the Buddhist concept. ... The Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. ...

- One of the best action films of all time. - James Rocchi, Netflix James Rocchi is the former head film critic for Netflix Corporation. ... Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), is the largest online DVD rental service, offering flat rate rental-by-mail to customers in the United States. ...

Long take

Hard Boiled includes a famous action sequence in a burning hospital that is a single handheld camera long take lasting 2 minutes and 42 seconds in which Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung alternately fight off enemies in frantically choreographed action and engage in emotional dialogue, through many corridors and rooms spanning two levels of the hospital, including an intervening elevator ride. On the Criterion DVD, an entire chapter (appropriately titled "Two minutes, forty-two seconds") is devoted to this shot. A long take is an uninterrupted shot in a film which lasts much longer than the conventional editing pace either of the film itself or of films in general, usually lasting several minutes. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Leung (梁) Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; born June 27, 1962) is a Hong Kong movie and ex-TVB actor. ... The Criterion Collection logo The Criterion Collection is a privately held company that distributes authoritative consumer versions of important classic and contemporary films on DVD. It was established in 1984 as a joint venture between Janus Films and the Voyager Company. ...

Stranglehold

Main article: Stranglehold (video game)

John Woo collaborated with Midway Games on Stranglehold, a 2007 console game sequel starring Tequila. The highest difficulty of the game is, appropriately, "Hard-Boiled". Stranglehold (or John Woo Presents Stranglehold) is a third-person shooter developed by Midway Games (Chicago studio), for Windows, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360. ... Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) is an American video game publisher. ... Stranglehold (or John Woo Presents Stranglehold) is a third-person shooter developed by Midway Games (Chicago studio), for Windows, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article is about games played on consoles. ...

The PlayStation 3 version of the Collector's Edition of Stranglehold contains the only high-definition version of the movie Hard Boiled currently available (as of November, 2007) as an option off the main menu. It is only watchable on the PlayStation 3, and not other Blu-ray players, and as it is played back from inside the game as opposed to the standard PS3 movie player, lacks many common playback options such as fast forwarding, rewinding, or the ability to change subtitle or language tracks during movie playback (though subtitles and language tracks are selectable from the main menu). The PlayStation 3 , trademarked PLAYSTATION®3,[3] commonly abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment; successor to the PlayStation 2. ... This article is about high-definition video technology. ... Blu-ray discs Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by a group of leading consumer electronics and PC companies called the Blu_ray Disc Association (BDA), which succeeds the Blu_ray Disc Founders (BDF). ...

Trivia

• The movie was referenced in Infernal Affairs (2002), not only with Tony Leung's character again playing a cop working undercover for the triads, but an obvious homage to the scene where Leung's character receives surveillance gear from his superintendent along with a birthday gift. The difference being that in Hard Boiled Tony Leung receives a lighter and in Infernal Affairs he receives a watch. Also the superintendent from Infernal Affairs was played by Anthony Wong Chau Sang, the main villain of Hard Boiled.
• There is a Taiwanese DVD that includes a cut of the film that is 5 minutes longer, and features radically different editing in the final hospital section of the film, with a few more shots of the violence ensuing making up the extra footage.
• Though it was only referred to after its UK video release, the film The Last Blood directed by Wong Jing starring Andy Lau is sometimes released or referred to under the title Hard Boiled 2: Last Blood (despite being released earlier than Hard Boiled).
• The title of the film (辣手神探) is part of the Chinese title for the Clint Eastwood film Dirty Harry (Chinese: 辣手神探夺命枪; pinyin: Làshǒu shéntàn duómìng qiāng; literally "Hot-Handed God of Cops Killer Gun").
• In the video game The Matrix: Path of Neo, the weapons training level is an exact replica of the opening teahouse shootout in this film, down to Neo wearing the same outfit as Chow Yun-Fat.
• The video game Max Payne contains several references to Hard Boiled, including Bullet Time, a slow motion mode, and many of the relentless action sequences are undeniably similar (a warehouse shootout, for example). One of the game's difficulty modes is in fact called Hard Boiled. More blatantly a password into a mafia barricade is "John Woo".
• The film is referenced in Prodigy's new music video, Mac 10 Handle. "By myself in my 4 cornered room, watching Hard-Boiled, I feel like I'm crazy."
• The film is rated number(#) 4 on the "Most on Screen Deaths" chart [2]
• The last film to ever be banned in Sweden.
• John Woo also participated in the movie as the man behind the bar who give advices to Inspector "Tequila" Yuen

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Marketing

The Weinstein Brothers' owned Dragon Dynasty label, which distributes Asian action films as collector's items, released a "2-Disc Ultimate Version" of the film on 26th July 2007, along with another John Woo film, Last Hurrah for Chivalry. The film is presented in anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen with optional Cantonese Dolby Digital and DTS (Digital Theater System) 5.1, as well as an English 5.1 dub. The extras are a commentary by Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan on the first disc, as well as interviews with director John Woo and producer Terence Chang and a sneak peek at the upcoming game sequel Stranglehold (video game) on the second disc. However, on the internet criticism sparked over the release as owners of the DVD made several complaints after comparing the DVD with previous editions. One example is that the English subtitles available on the DVD are not genuine subtitles, but dubtitles made by a previous dub for the Criterion Collection version. Another complaint is that the film's original aspect ratio of 1.66:1 is cropped to 1.85:1, thus making the characters look slightly fat. Dragon Dynasty is a joint venture started by Bob and Harvey Weinstein of The Weinstein Company and Genius Products. ... For other uses, see John Woo (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Anamorphic widescreen is a cinematography and photography technique for capturing a widescreen picture on standard 35mm film. ... The inner box (green) is the format used in most pre-1952 films and pre-widescreen television. ... Dolby Digital is the marketing name for a series of lossy audio compression technologies by Dolby Laboratories. ... DTS (also known as Digital Theater Systems), owned by DTS, Inc. ... Bey Logan (born 1963) is a respected expert on Asian cinema, particularly Hong Kong action cinema. ... Terence Chang is one of John Woos long time friends and favoured producers. ... Stranglehold (or John Woo Presents Stranglehold) is a third-person shooter developed by Midway Games (Chicago studio), for Windows, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360. ... In printed material In printed material, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. ... The Criterion Collection is a joint venture between Janus Films and The Voyager Company that was begun in the mid 1980s for the purpose of releasing authoritative consumer versions of classic and important contemporary films on the laserdisc and DVD formats. ...

See also

• Heroic bloodshed
• Cinema of Hong Kong

Heroic Bloodshed, or Hong Kong Blood Opera (HKBO), refers to a genre of action film originating from Hong Kong revolving around stylised action sequences and common themes such as brotherhood, honour, and violence. ... The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan. ...

External links

• Hard Boiled at the Internet Movie Database
• Criterion Collection essay by Barbara Scharres
• Movie Body Counts Site where the film is broken into sections

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Notes

^  After A Better Tomorrow (1986) ("A god is someone who controls his destiny.") and God of Gamblers (1989) A Better Tomorrow (Chinese: 英雄本色; pinyin: yÄ«ngxióng bÄ›nsè, Cantonese: ying1 hung4 bun2 sik1; literally True Colors of a Hero) is a 1986 Hong Kong action movie which had a profound influence on the Hong Kong movie-making industry, and later on an international scale. ... God of Gamblers (Du shen, Simplified Chinese: 赌神 pinyin, dÇ” shen) is a 1989 Hong Kong drama/comedy/action movie directed by Wong Jing. ...