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Movie Review for Hard Boiled
Movie Review for
Hard Boiled
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18 Reviews total.
Release date: 1/1/1992
Run length: 126 mins.
Categories:
Action/Adventure
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Art/Foreign
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Crime/Gangster
Summary:
Criticized for "unnecessary violence," Inspector Yuen continues his investigations into the sales and smuggling of guns. Tony is a hired killer and the right hand man of Hoi, the head of the criminal consortium. He has a single rival, Johnny, who plans to double-cross Hoi in a gun deal.
Reviews of Hard Boiled
By
Carlo Cavagna
of AboutFilm.com (7/0)
Woo clearly believes there is truth in archetypes
By
Ryan Cracknell
of Apollo Guide (7/0)
Woo...proves once again that he is the king of the modern action genre.
By
Marc Savlov
of Austin Chronicle (7/0)
It's nirvana for seekers of action, and it rarely gets any better than this.
By
Oz
of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
The final half of the movie is one loooooong action sequence that at times makes you want to stop...
By
Mark Salisbury
of Empire Magazine (7/0)
Infinitely more exciting than a dozen Die Hards, action cinema doesn't come any better than this.
By
James Brundage
of filmcritic.com (7/0)
Probably one of the most violent and definitely one of the most tense action flicks ever.
Reviews of Hard Boiled
By
Mike Bracken
of Mike Bracken's Horror Films (7/0)
If you're an action fan, you need to see this movie.
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Kevin N. Laforest
of Montreal Film Journal (7/0)
If you like action, this movie is for you!
By
Michael Dequina
of Mr. Brown's Movies (6/1)
An incredibly wild--and bloody--ride.
By
Ed Gonzalez
of Slant Magazine (7/0)
A master stylist, Woo is similarly brilliant at examining the moral and social hierarchies of his...
By
Vincent Canby
of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
Mr. Woo does, in fact, seem to be a very brisk, talented director with a gift for the flashy effe...
By
Bryant Frazer
of Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (3/4) No reference
Woo's most entertaining work.
Reviews of Hard Boiled
By
Jonathan Rosenbaum
of Chicago Reader (3/4) No reference
Choreographically stunning like most of Woo's work, especially before he headed West.
By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
of Combustible Celluloid (3/4) No reference
The action sequences here are less overtly beautiful than in his previous films, but they're far ...
By
Chris Hicks
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (3/4) No reference
If that description sounds too weird for you, forget it. But if you're up for some artistic viole...
By
James Rocchi
of Netflix (3/4) No reference
This film is capital -N Not For Everyone, but it is also one of the best action films of all time...
By
KJ Doughton
of Nitrate Online (3/4) No reference
The kinetic action set pieces of Hard-Boiled are so tightly-wound, so intense, that they will eit...
By
Mark Pfeiffer
of Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (3/4) No reference
John Woo's poetically violent action sequences are his trademark, and Hard-Boiled features three ...
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