Lat sau san taam (Hard-Boiled)

Lat sau san taam (Hard-Boiled) (1992)

  • 94% of critics liked it
    (34 reviews)

  • 92% of users liked it
    (37,094 ratings)

Yun-Fat portrays a maverick, clarinet-playing cop nicknamed "Tequila" whose partner is killed in the dizzying chaos of a restaurant gunfight with a small army of gangsters. It is soon revealed that one of the mob's high-ranking assassins is Tony (Tony Leung), an undercover cop who, despite his… More

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R, 2 hr. 6 min.
Directed By
John Woo
Written By
Barry Wong
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Jun 18, 1992 Wide
On DVD
Jul 24, 2007
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Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    Choreographically stunning like most of Woo's work, especially before he headed West.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    Mr. Woo does, in fact, seem to be a very brisk, talented director with a gift for the flashy effect and the bizarre confrontation.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Cool, stylish, vastly entertaining Hong Kong actioner from John Woo, in top form.

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    A striking yet overlong actioner...

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    The film is a life-support system for its third act.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cynthia S


    Ok. It's official. I am just not a John Woo fan.

  • Lorenzo v


    <i>"Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God."</i> A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew. <center><font size=+2 face="Century… More

  • Al S


    One of the greatest action movies ever made. Stylish, pulse-pounding, unstoppable and unforgettable. Director, John Woo's action movie masterpiece. A bullet riddled classic. The action sequences are spectacular. The action is explosive, wild, outrageous and energetic. Chow… More

  • Chris W


    At the time of its release, this was John Woo's final Hong Kong film before making the move to Hollywood. He has since returned to the East within in the past couple of years, but that still doesn't diminish the fact that this was one doozy of a farewell, and just an… More

  • Cassandra M


    Hey!" Chow Yun Fat says, covering a baby's eyes. "X-Rated action!" He's not wrong: Hard Boiled is a film clearly not afraid to embrace its genre's excesses. While most modern action films (Smokin' Aces for one) aspire to some sort of grand… More

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