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The film that opened up the Western market for the Hong Kong action genre. John Woo's characteristic mix of anarchic humour and high body-counts coalesce in this action-thriller about a renegade cop who takes on a group of Triad gun-runners who have been hiding their product in a hospital morgue. The film is famous for the scene where Chow Yun Fat attempts to evacuate a maternity ward amidst raining bullets before the hospital explodes. Available in various versions: dubbed or subtitled.
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Masterful Hong Kong action director John Woo (The Killer, Face/Off) turns in this exciting and pyrotechnic tale of warring gangsters and shifting loyalties. Chow Yun-Fat (The Replacement Killers) plays a take-no-prisoners cop on the trail of the Triad, the Hong Kong Mafia, when his partner is killed during a gun battle. His guilt propels him into an all-out war against the gang, including an up-and-coming soldier in the mob (Tony Leung) who turns out to be an undercover cop. The two men must come to terms with their allegiance to the force and their loyalty to each other as they try to take down the gangsters. A stunning feast of hyperbolic action sequences (including a climactic sequence in an entire hospital taken hostage), Hard Boiled is a rare treat for fans of the action genre, with sequences as thrilling and intense as any ever committed to film. --Robert Lane
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Inspector 'Tequila' Yuen is determine to rid the city of gangs by beating them at their own violent game. But in a vicious shoot out, his partner and colleagues are massacred, leaving Yuen bitter and hungry for vengeance. Yuen comes face to face with Tony, a lethal and cunning assasin working for a gun running gang, in a stake out where it seems that Yuen discovers that Tony has a dangerous secret... Climaxig in a final scene of bullets, betrayals and blood, Hard Bioled is one action packed spectacle you won't ever forget. Widley renowned as John Woo's best Hong Kong gangster film to date, Hard Bioled is presented for the first time in all it's uncut widescreen glory.
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D**.
ABSOLUTELY NOT WHAT IT SAYS ON THE CAN….
This is a review of the 2004 Region 2 DVD from Prism Leisure, which name-checks Tartan Films and Tartan Video on the labelling (but I am not sure what the connection is). I purchased this SPECIFIC version of ‘Hard-Boiled’, having read through many of the reviews on this site, which warn against purchasing a dubbed version. The purchase information for the Prism version reads as follows: ‘Language: Cantonese Chinese’ and ‘Subtitles: English’.Well, as my title and 1 Star rating will tell you, this version is NOT in Cantonese with English subtitles. It is ONLY in dubbed English, on a VERY poor-looking disc, with a most peculiar aspect ratio. The dubbing was dreadful, and the speed of the disc actually seemed to vary! I have rarely seen a worse DVD quality, and very soon, we regretfully concluded that it was unwatchable. Those other Amazon reviewers on this page, who say the same things as I do, are ABSOLUTELY correct. If I had not purchased this disc via a highly rated Amazon seller, I would wonder if this was pirated, it was SO poor.Thankfully, Amazon has been SUPERB, and have refunded me.So, this is a Star rating given ONLY for the product, to ensure that other purchasers don’t make the mistake I did, DESPITE being on the alert for precisely this problem. And can I make a plea to other reviewers ~ PLEASE specify the version you have found poor or defective, to help others avoid this sort of problem…
C**Y
Brilliant john Woo classic. Ruined by dubbing.
Firstly, this to me this and The Killer, are the definitive John Woo films. Made relatively early in his career before Holywood heard of him. Full of super cool beautifully choreographed, almost balletic shoot outs. The film oozes that HK kinetic action style. Chow Yun-Fat is excellent to watch, as ever......BUT.....BUT.....this is the ridiculous dubbed version,which completely ruins the atmosphere, with awful american-english voice acting (where do they find these people??), hence the two stars.Do yourself a favour, pick up the undubbed version. And while your at it, pick up "The Killer" as well. Then you're all set for a good night in! Nobody does it like John Woo.
M**5
The Godfather of all action movies since 1991
I bought this to replace my aged Video Cassette which is now so badly worn you can almost see through it. The DVD Collectors edition is excellent. I was thrown at first as the opening credits suggest its going to be a boxed version of the film, but afterwards it shifts to a full screen. Its an excellent re-mastered copy of what I regard as a classic and still John Woo's best.Now for the film itself. Well I put it on when I received it to just watch the first five minutes to check the quality, which was a stupid thing to do because I was immediately sucked back into this action masterpiece and ended up watching the whole movie. This you must understand is a film I've watched more times than I can remember.I hadn't watched it for some years, but John Woo's direction, the cast, the stunts, plot and just sheer pace and narrative just held me spell bound all over again. This film from 1991 doesn't use any CGI, so its three big action packed, stunt filled scenes are all real, no computers involved, just jaw dropping, bone crunching, explosive action packed cinema at its very best.When John Woo made 'Broken Arrow' apparently John Travolta wasn't convinced he should do the movie with this 'unknown' Chinese director. It took Christian Slater going round to Travolta's house with a copy of Hard Boiled, and made Travolta sit down and watch it to get him to come on board.The cover states 'Its better than a dozen Die Hards', oh yes, its true and in fact when I watch any action movie Hard Boiled is my yardstick, especially as John Woo didn't have access to any CGI, so very rarely does any modern 'action' movie measure up. In fact I've seen so many copy or even steal scenes from Hard Boiled its embarrassing.So, before I ramble on any further, buy it. This is John Woo at the very top of his game, along with Chow Yan Fat, and Tony Leung giving superb performances. Quite frankly the best of the best when it comes to gun toting explosive action.
N**R
Criterion edition.
I'm afraid that this edition is the best transfer available at the moment ( 28th May 2015) which is a real shame because at present it's $399.99 from Amazon. Com.I'm sure that you know the film inside out so I'll just give you the tech stuff.126 mins, Cantonese Dolby digital mono, English Dolby digital mono (Dubbed), English subtitles.The special features: Dual layer (It's never looked better).Audio commentary by John Woo,Producer Terence Chan,filmmaker Roger Avery and critic David Kehr.Trailers for 11 of Woo's Hong-Kong films.A student film by Woo called Accidentally.1968,10 mins.A guide to Hong-Kong crime films by David Chute.Notes on Hard Boiled.If you're lucky enough to find this particular version second hand, snap that hand off. At the time of writing there is a Vivendi Visual edition that's affordable but apparently it suffers the same problematic transfer as all the other versions, which is such a shame as I think that this is no less worthy of proper bluray transfer as say Kurosawa, Park Chan -Wook or Scorsese. My own opinion, of course, I'm sure others may disagree.This particular edition has been out of print for ages, so good luck, it's well worth buying.
M**Y
Not the version that's specified
This is an English dubbed version, which isn't what is specified in the info about the DVD. It's also of a terrible quality, I mean really poor. Very disappointed.
M**E
Non stop action
This is action at its loudest,fast so you can't see through the plot,humour in partsIt's not a film to think about but a good way to pass a couple of hoursIt is violent,but it's artistically doneThe acting and directing is impressive,and you can't take your eyes off the DVDIt's a guy movie,I enjoyed it
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Inspector 'Tequila' Yuen is determine to rid the city of gangs by beating them at their own violent game. But in a vicious shoot out, his partner and colleagues are massacred, leaving Yuen bitter and hungry for vengeance. Yuen comes face to face with Tony, a lethal and cunning assasin working for a gun running gang, in a stake out where it seems that Yuen discovers that Tony has a dangerous secret... Climaxig in a final scene of bullets, betrayals and blood, Hard Bioled is one action packed spectacle you won't ever forget. Widley renowned as John Woo's best Hong Kong gangster film to date, Hard Bioled is presented for the first time in all it's uncut widescreen glory.\n\n
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The purchase information for the Prism version reads as follows: ‘Language: Cantonese Chinese’ and ‘Subtitles: English’.Well, as my title and 1 Star rating will tell you, this version is NOT in Cantonese with English subtitles. It is ONLY in dubbed English, on a VERY poor-looking disc, with a most peculiar aspect ratio. The dubbing was dreadful, and the speed of the disc actually seemed to vary! I have rarely seen a worse DVD quality, and very soon, we regretfully concluded that it was unwatchable. Those other Amazon reviewers on this page, who say the same things as I do, are ABSOLUTELY correct. If I had not purchased this disc via a highly rated Amazon seller, I would wonder if this was pirated, it was SO poor.Thankfully, Amazon has been SUPERB, and have refunded me.So, this is a Star rating given ONLY for the product, to ensure that other purchasers don’t make the mistake I did, DESPITE being on the alert for precisely this problem. 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Well I put it on when I received it to just watch the first five minutes to check the quality, which was a stupid thing to do because I was immediately sucked back into this action masterpiece and ended up watching the whole movie. This you must understand is a film I've watched more times than I can remember.I hadn't watched it for some years, but John Woo's direction, the cast, the stunts, plot and just sheer pace and narrative just held me spell bound all over again. This film from 1991 doesn't use any CGI, so its three big action packed, stunt filled scenes are all real, no computers involved, just jaw dropping, bone crunching, explosive action packed cinema at its very best.When John Woo made 'Broken Arrow' apparently John Travolta wasn't convinced he should do the movie with this 'unknown' Chinese director. It took Christian Slater going round to Travolta's house with a copy of Hard Boiled, and made Travolta sit down and watch it to get him to come on board.The cover states 'Its better than a dozen Die Hards', oh yes, its true and in fact when I watch any action movie Hard Boiled is my yardstick, especially as John Woo didn't have access to any CGI, so very rarely does any modern 'action' movie measure up. In fact I've seen so many copy or even steal scenes from Hard Boiled its embarrassing.So, before I ramble on any further, buy it. This is John Woo at the very top of his game, along with Chow Yan Fat, and Tony Leung giving superb performances. 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