Hard Boiled

Starring: Theresa Mo, Tony Leung Original UK Premiere: 1992 Dvd Release: 27th September, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Collector's Edition, PAL, Subtitled, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: English Dubbed In: English

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Over 3000 rounds of ammo fired & over a 1000 people shot to bits this is easily the most influential film of the 90,s. forget die hard , forget rambo,forget the matrix forget every single american action movie in the 80,s & 90,s as this is the best & bloodiest action movie ever. hollywood has ripped off this movie as have every other american film of the past ten years.

the plot surrounds gun smuggling & a cop who,s partner is gunned down during a stakeout. the ever charismatic chow yun fat plays tequila a hard boiled cop who is on a mission to wipe out the gun smugglers once & for all. the opening scene is the most bloodiest ever commited to celluloid & for the next two hours you will be bombared with ultra violence, impossible stunts that lead up to the greatest action movie climax of all time which involves a hospital some terrorists & a lorry load of bullets. this futuristic sleek & sexy movie was shot in hong kong & the city is beatiful. as usual with john woo,s movies there is the heroic bloodshed theme. if you are a fan of the lame action movies i suggest you watch this & see how a real action movie is made. better than a dozen die hards. awesome awesome awesome i tip my hat to mr woo this is a cinematic masterpiece & quite possibly one of the most influential movies of all time.

Tony Leung Chiu Wai is a Hong Kong movie & ex- television actor. Born in Hong Kong, with origins in Taishan, Guangdong Province, China, he was brought up under a single-parent family. In 1982, after passing the training courses of the television channel TVB, Tony Leung became an actor & became known for his comedy roles in television & film. During his career he soon showed his versatility in about 60 films. Many consider Tony Leungs breakthrough role to be in director John Woo s 1992 action film Hard Boiled acting alongside with Chow Yun-Fat. Leung however first gained international exposure through Hou Hsiao-Hsien s 1989 film A City of Sadness, which won the Venice Golden Lion. Tony Leung often collaborates with director Wong Kar-Wai & has appeared in many of his films. His most notable roles in Wong Kar-Wais films include his lonely policeman in Chungking Express, his homosexual Chinese ex-patriate living in Argentina in Happy Together & a repressed victim of adultery in In the Mood for Love. He is considered by many to be the finest actor in Hong Kong of his generation.

Editors Choice: Hard Boiled, Double Vision, Zhou Yus Train, Fighting For Love, Island Of Greed, The Lover, View DVDology

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