Hard Target (1993)

A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her father, who has gone missing. They discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance in the process.

Director:

John Woo

Writer:

Chuck Pfarrer

Stars:

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Chance Boudreaux
Lance Henriksen	...	Emil Fouchon
Yancy Butler	...	Natasha 'Nat' Binder
Wilford Brimley	...	Uncle Douvee
Kasi Lemmons	...	Det. Marie Mitchell
Arnold Vosloo	...	Pik van Cleef
Robert Apisa	...	Mr. Lopacki
Chuck Pfarrer	...	Douglas Binder
Douglas Forsythe Rye	...	Frick
Mike Leinert	...	Frack
Lenore Banks	...	Marie
Willie C. Carpenter	...	Elijah Roper
Barbara Tasker	...	Waitress
Randy Cheramie	...	Shop Steward
Eliott Keener	...	Randal Poe

Storyline

Natasha Binder comes to New Orleans looking for her father, who has gone missing. In doing so, she meets a very hard man called Chance. He helps her find out that her father was killed by an organisation who sell the opportunity to hunt human prey. They are taking advantage of a police strike in New Orleans. Will the Muscles from Brussels win through?

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Plot Keywords:

Money | Human Prey | Missing Person | Louisiana | Union | 

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Taglines:

Don't hunt what you can't kill.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for a great amount of strong violence, and for language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 August 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chasse à l'homme

Filming Locations:

White Castle, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$32,534,954 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Alphaville Films, Renaissance Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min 73 min (cut) 116 min (Director's Cut) 128 min (Workprint Version)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Woo:  [guns]  Someone throwing another character a gun.

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Goofs

When Van Cleef killed the doctor he nestled his gun to door, completely covering peephole. But in next scene (from doctor's point of view) his gun was still little moved from peephole.

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Quotes

Natasha Binder: [after Douvee has been shot in the leg] Can you get up?
Douvee: I cannot dance... but, I can get up.

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Connections

References Opera (1987)

User Reviews

Its a Sam Raimi film all right!

Ok I watched this movie because I wanted a mindless fighting flick (and it was), but I had to buy a copy when I realized it was a John Woo / Sam Raimi movie. John Woo always does good action and Sam Raimi is one of my favorite Director/Producers and his fingerprints are all over this film, with touches like cameos by Ted Raimi the Raimi-mobile. If you like Raimi films watch it.