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Hard Boiled (1992)
Lat sau san taam (original title)

18 128 min  -  Action | Crime | Thriller  -   16 April 1992 (Hong Kong)
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A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.

Director:

John Woo

Writers:

John Woo (story), Barry Wong (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yun-Fat Chow ...
Tony Leung Chiu Wai ...
Tony (as Tony Leung)
Teresa Mo Teresa Mo ...
Philip Chan Philip Chan ...
Philip Kwok Philip Kwok ...
Mad Dog (as Cheng Jue-Luh)
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Anthony Wong Chau-Sang ...
Johnny Wong (as Anthony Wong)
Hoi-Shan Kwan Hoi-Shan Kwan ...
Mr. Hoi (as Kwan Hoi Sang)
Wei Tung Wei Tung ...
Foxy (as Tung Wai)
Bowie Lam Bowie Lam ...
Meng Lo Meng Lo ...
Lonny (as Johnson Law)
Bobbie Au-Yeung Bobbie Au-Yeung ...
Lionheart (as Bobby Au Yeung)
Shui Ting Ng Shui Ting Ng ...
Ah Chung (as Ng Shui-Tung)
Kong Lau Kong Lau ...
Hospital Director
Wai-Sun Lam Wai-Sun Lam ...
Hitman 1
Benny Lam Benny Lam ...
Hitman 2
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Storyline

Mobsters are smuggling guns into Hong Kong. The police orchestrate a raid at a teahouse where an ace detective loses his partner. Meanwhile, the two main gun smugglers are having a war over territory, and a young new gun is enlisted to wipe out informants and overcome barriers to growth. The detective, acting from inside sources, gets closer to the ring leaders and eventually must work with the inside man directly. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Gun | Undercover | Hong Kong | Detective | Partner  | See more »

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The Most Action-Packed Film of Alltime. See more »

Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive violence and some language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English (only a few words)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Круто сваренные See more »

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Box Office

Budget:

$4,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

HKD 19,711,048 (Hong Kong) (1992)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Germany: (cut version)  | Taiwan:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

During the filming of the scene in which Tequila is running down the exploding hallway with the baby, John Woo wasn't satisfied that the explosions were big and frightening enough in the scene. According to Woo in his Dragon Dynasty DVD interview, he asked the special effects technicians to reset the explosives and give him the trigger. When Chow Yun Fat ran down the hall, Woo immediately set the explosives off, nearly incinerating Chow, who barely made it. According to Woo, Chow exclaimed to the producer afterwards "John's trying to kill me! John's trying to kill me!". When Woo heard Chow screaming, he went up to apologize to Chow and saw that the back of his head and coat were in fact singed from the explosions. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Location and the position of Benny's (Tequila's partner) body in the Teahouse. When he was shot, he was inside the kitchen with the door entering the kitchen to his left. Yet after Tequila comes to his side after the shoot out, Benny is outside the kitchen on the floor in the dining area. That would mean that as he was being shot, his body would have to have had to make a left turn to get back out side the kitchen even though he was seen being shot and falling within the kitchen. See more »

Quotes

Alan: Have you got a cop called Vodka?
Superintendant Pang: He's called Tequila. He's a tough cop.
Alan: I don't care who he is, tell him to back off. He'll ruin everything. Do you want to go to another funeral!
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Connections

Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"Mona Lisa"
Written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
Sung by Teresa Mo and Philip Chan See more »