Directed by:
John WooScreenplay:
Barry WongCinematography:
Horace WongComposer:
Michael GibbsCast:
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, Fa-yuan Li (more)Plots(1)
Violence as poetry, rendered by a master—brilliant and passionate, John Woo’s Hard Boiled tells the story of jaded detective “Tequila” Yuen (played with controlled fury by Chow Yun-fat). Woo’s dizzying odyssey through the world of Hong Kong Triads, undercover agents, and frenzied police raids culminates unforgettably in the breathless hospital sequence. More than a cops-and-bad-guys story, Hard Boiled continually startles with its originality and dark humor. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Yun-fat Chow
Hong Kong
Best movies:
The Killer (1989)
Hard Boiled (1992)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Red Cliff: Part II (2009)
Red Cliff (2008)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Anthony Wong
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
Phillip Kwok
Taiwan
Best movies:
Chinatown Kid (1977)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Ninja in the Deadly Trap (1981)
Stephen Tung
Best movies:
The Incredible Kung Fu Master (1979)
Hard Boiled (1992)
The Valiant Ones (1974)
John Woo
China
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Pai Wei
China
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)
The Young Master (1980)
Jun Kunimura
Japan
Best movies:
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (2009)
Half a Confession (2004)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Philip Chan
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
Fight Back to School III (1993)
Supercop (1992)
Teresa Mo
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
Tricky Brains (1991)
Touch and Go (1991)
Pau-chung Tong
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Project A (1983)
Fa-yuan Li
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
The Iron Fisted Monk (1977)
Police Story (1985)
Hoi-Shan Kwan
China
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
Project A (1983)
The Young Vagabond (1985)
Raymond Tsang Chau-ming
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
From Beijing with Love (1994)
Victim (1999)
Buffalo Ma
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Fist of Legend (1994)
Hard Boiled (1992)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
Kei-hei Leung
Best movies:
Love on Delivery (1994)
Hard Boiled (1992)
The Twin Dragons (1992)
Paco Yick
Best movies:
Fist of Legend (1994)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Daisy (2006)
Sui-ting Ng
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Lost in Time (2003)
Hard Boiled (1992)
One Nite in Mongkok (2004)
Seung-lam Wan
Best movies:
The Killer (1989)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Mortal Combat (1978)
Kwok-ping Choy
Best movies:
Fist of Legend (1994)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Fallen Angels (1995)