A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
- Alan
- (as Tony Leung)
Teresa Sun-Kwan Mo
- Teresa Chang
- (as Teresa Mo)
Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
- Mad Dog
- (as Kwok Chun-Feng)
Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
- Johnny Wong
- (as Anthony Wong)
Hoi-San Kwan
- Uncle Hoi
- (as Kwan Hoi Sang)
Bobbie Au-Yeung
- Lionheart
- (as Bobby Au Yeung)
Shui-Ting Ng
- Ah Chung
- (as Ng Shui-Tung)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the filming of the scene in which Tequila is running down the exploding hallway with the baby in his arms and explosions at his back was shot twice as John Woo wasn't happy with the first take -the explosions were too far behind Yun-Fat Chow. For the second take, he took control of the explosives button, and set it off far closer than Chow was expecting. "He was really running for his life." Chow apparently was professional enough to ask how it looked after the shot was finished, "but then he turns around and says, 'that motherfucker.'"
- GoofsThroughout the film, characters fire more bullets than their guns would realistically allow without reloading, John Woo actually explained that he does this on purpose because reloading slows down the action scene.
- Quotes
Superintendant Pang: Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God.
- Alternate versionsThe Chinese censors requested cuts to the scene where Tequila is graphically shooting thugs in the hospital when he is holding the baby.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Last Days of the Board (1999)
Featured review
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.
- Backlash007
- Aug 24, 2003
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $785
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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