Arnold Vosloo, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen

A struggling veteran is on the trail of a killer whose victims are homeless vets.

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: John Woo

Release Date: January 1, 1993

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DVD Release Date: June 30, 1998

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  • November 4, 2009
    John Woo's first venture into the American market was actually tame in comparison to his Hong Kong Movies which is stuff of legends.

    But then again, American movie makers did sit up and take notice... and their jaws dropped when this gem got released.

    Hardcore, over the top and...( read more) even maybe a little ridiculous at times, but still enjoyable for the action junkie. If its John Woo you want, this is gonna provide.

    Van Damme plays a retired Marine Recon Soldier (aka Special Forces) who is hired by a young woman looking for her missing father. What they uncover is a dark and sinister group who provides the ultimate hunt - man hunting of retired combat soldiers at half a million dollars per head. Led by the egotistical and smooth Lance Henriksen, and aided by his second, the ultra violent Arnold Vosloo (whose name is Van Cleef btw, XD) they decide Van Damme and his new friend have butted their nose in where it doesnt belong. But of course, who is hunting who, as Van Damme takes it up a few notches.

    Its the early 90's people want kick ass and things that go BOOOM. So be happy. XD

    I guess the standout scene is the intro fight, the drawling western showdown music, the gunslinger routine and lightning fast draw.... if its one thing this film does better than most, its the style of the action. Smooth, strong and effective, making use of Van Damme's awesome martial arts and beautifully caught in slow motion in some places.


    There's nothing really more to say, just action, action and more action. Thats what I loved about the 90's. Action. XD
  • January 29, 2009
    I hate to quote Peter Griffin of all people, but this movie is stupid... awesome! Apparently, everything in Jean-Calude Van Damme's world is flammable. Not just flammable, explosive. Hit anything against anything and it would probably create a fireball. He could use an orange as ...( read more)a grenade.

    The plot of this film is essentially what The Pest would have been if it had been an action film instead of a comedy. As stories go, this one is pretty formulaic: the villains are pure evil and their blunders drive the film - and are mistaken for thier target being especially adept. Yancy Butler is terrible in this, and Van Damme serves his purpose. This movie is really not that special. If John Woo hadn't used so much slow motion, it's probably only be about an hour long.
  • September 18, 2008
    This still holds up for me somehow, even though Van Damme managed to hijack the editing to make it more JCVD-erfic.
  • March 2, 2008
    John Woo, Van Damme, doesn't work.
  • September 5, 2007
    haha this is really silly and really tacky but again the over the top violence and ultra cool gun fights really rock ass lol henriksen gives it a touch of class and really hams it up beautiully haha and woo really loves his slow mo leaps n gun pan shots lol.predictable but great ...( read more)fun...and a dodgy jean claude hair style.
  • November 23, 2009
    um dos Melhores filmes de acçao que vi na minha vida vi esse filme no tempo em que não havia DVDS era Só Cassetes várias vezes na casa do meu Primo Dou 5 estrelas pk vi umas 100 vezes XD e ainda quando vejo Não me farto Recomendo a toda a Gente Que gosta de filmes de Acçao De ...( read more)Preferencia antigos pk para mim era a era dourada desse Género
  • November 12, 2009
    One of Van Damme's best
  • November 9, 2009
    JCVD's mullet is what dreams are made of. John Woo is a hack and we all know this, his "greatest" Hong Kong films are embarrassing pieces of work save the overblown action sequences. Any scene not involving guns in The Killer (his most beloved work) are absolute rubbish as the ma...( read more)n doesn't have any sense of drama or anything but cheap homages and gun battles. He comes to America and makes the same goddamn films but his fans says he's lost it, whatever that means. This one is pretty mediocre albeit watchable, actually a pretty straightforward film that only goes retard a few times (Wilford and his diabetes, snake punching, and that pig Yancy Butler). There's some gun fights, JCVD has a mullet and kicks people, Henriksen makes mean faces, bad cajun accent from Mr. diabeetus, end film.
  • October 13, 2009
    Full of action. Here u are.
  • October 3, 2009
    the hunt never gets old

Critic Reviews


May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Even when the acting is hammy, notably Wilford Brimley's turn as Chance's Cajun uncle, Woo stages every fight with hypnotic grace. full review

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  • jeannykool4real
    July 10, 2007
    I love the Film Hard Target because it is full of actions, and the actor Van Damme is a very strong and wonderful actor he's calmness in flim when something trrible is about happening is something else and in that calmness he will take care of that situation. A good example is a scene in the movie when that girl was resting on that tree and snake whanted to bite her the way and manner he recue that girl from been biting by that snake really drove me craying.

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