Hard Boiled 1992 Deluxe Edition 4K UHD
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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. Hard Boiled 1992 Deluxe Edition 4K UHD
In this genre-defining masterpiece from action legend John Woo (Face/Off, Mission: Impossible 2, The Killer), a cop (Chow Yun-Fat, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Killer) who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop (Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love, Marvel’s Shang-Chi) who’s working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them. Hard Boiled 1992 Deluxe Edition 4K UHD
Additional information
| MPAA rating : | R (Restricted) |
|---|---|
| Package Dimensions : | 1 x 1 x 1 inches; 10.56 ounces |
| Director : | John Woo |
| Media Format : | 4K, Subtitled |
| Run time : | 1 hour and 41 minutes |
| Release date : | November 4, 2025 |
| Actors : | Chow Yun-Fat, Philip Chan, Teresa Sun-Kwan Mo, Tony Leung |
| Dubbed: : | English |
| Studio : | SHOUT! FACTORY |
| ASIN : | B0FNBPXN72 |
| Number of discs : | 3 |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #1 in Blu-ray |
| Customer Reviews: | (634) |
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Jonathan A Aldecoa –
JOHN WOO/CHOW YUN-FAT’S LAST HURRAH
Hard-Boiled would be the last film John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat would work on. It’s also the last film that Woo made before leaving Hong Kong for America. The end of the “Herioc Bloodshed” era of Hong Kong Cinema.I first saw this film sometime in the earlier 90’s via my grandparent’s neighbors. Their dad was from Hong Kong and in addition to good home down Chinese cooking, an added bonus was watching cool HK flicks. Not just Woo’s stuff, but those groovy HK horror films, in addition to Jackie and Samo gung-fu action comdies.Hard-Boiled stayed with me for days after first seeing it. It was my first John Woo movie and it was the most out of this world action gun-fu fest that I had ever seen. There’s not much I can saw about this film that has not been written up often over the years.If you are a fan of HK Cinema/Herioc Blooshed, chances are you have seen this. If new to the genre this is an excellent entry point.As far as the Dragon Dynasty release is concerned; this release is much better than Woo’s The Killer. The extras are slim but have a lot of information via interviews on the background and production of the film. The picture and sound is a four out of five. The film itself is a five. A must see of the genre.
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Gary V. –
The one action movie that has it all!
I had rented John Woo’s Hard Boiled on VHS tape. It was English-dubbed. I decided to buy a copy and it was English-subtitled.Right away I was swept up in the action. The stylized and well choreographed action scenes and photography were unforgettable. The characters were very interesting, especially ChowYun Fat’s character Tequila, an experienced cop who is a loose cannon, who understands that in order to fight criminals, he’d have to fight like them. Tony Leung’s character is a deep cover operative who had been entrenched in the Triads of Hong Kong for a very long time, is trying to stop the Triads from the inside, but learns that in the Triads, loyalties can turn at any time. The main antagonist wants to rule the Triads through blood and guns. He has enough guns to take over Hong Kong. Can this menace be stopped? I was very surprised. Hard Boiled was one of the big three films that John Woo made that were shown in the U.S.(the other two were The Killer and A Better Tomorrow). Woo used themes like loyalty, vengeance and the courage to fight against injustice by any means necessary. This film was just as, if not more action packed than any film Hollywood could ever produce at the time. I received the DVD within two days and am very satisfied with the picture quality and sound. I highly recommend this film.
4 people found this helpful
Jack D. Lowry –
One of my favorite action movies of all time with great bonus material
One of my personal favorites of all time action movie wise, for many years I have been trying to find a new copy of this movie because all I could find was used copies. I like all my stuff new for all my collections movies, books, music. Hard Boiled contains everything I desire in an action movie great story line, intense shoot them up scenes, some comical one liners here there within the movie, and some killer special bonus material with the actors and director. So if your a true fan of John Woo movies and Chow Yun-Fat then this is a the movie for you to add to your movie collection and never get sick of watching it, I watched it a long time ago on TV and watched it last night bringing back great memories, but sometime down the road I even watch it again just for hell of it. So in closing to this day a killer action movie, with great action scenes, and some great bonus material for the action fans out there.
7 people found this helpful
a walther –
AWESOME HARD BOILED Stunts … But OVERKILL
Yes, I do mean, YES, the stuntwork and the gunplay in HARD BOILED is freakin’ awesome but the final result became (to me, obviously) ok enough already this shoulda’ been over 15 minutes ago. I was laughing at the preposterously ridiculous conclusion because I realized the John Woo direction would not stoop to killing one “character” while displaying this is just a movie, don’t take this too seriously (not a bad thing) when our hero cop (Chow Yun-Fat) has officially turned into a gun-wielding, people saving, comic book super hero.Dare I say I like my action movies and shootouts with at least a hint more plausibility (like, even, Die Hard had/has) with a barrage of bullets a little less “selective” in NOT finding their mark because our hero can’t get killed.Anyways, did I mention the freakin’ stunts and shootouts were freakin’ awesome?!What a body count! What mayhem! Whew! I didn’t even let the endless display of hurtling bodies on sometimes obvious wires spinning and twisting through the air after another explosion deter my entertainment. It was just too cool not too appreciate.I gotta’ mention after seeing Chow Yun-Fat again (saw The Replacement Killers first) that it is easy to see why this guy became an international star. Also, the second-lead action star was portrayed very well and very cool by the slighter of frame but very convincing as smooth, tough guy Tony Leung.HARD BOILED had an effective plot twist or two and Director John Woo has a great eye for film making on display with the opening sequence of neon lit Hong Kong shone like classic noir as credits roll and our cop hero to be (with his cop partner on drums) playing some nice jazz saxophone. Love that sh**. Hong Kong looks awesome. The Tea House (with those birds ‘visiting’) is a place you’d love to visit that you’d hate to see shot-up … And you can guess how that goes…HARD BOILED boils down (sorry) to being an entertaining ride, but sometimes less is more. One less outrageous shootout of explosions would have rated HARD BOILED better than 4 stars.As it is the xtras are worth a peek with a couple actors (not Yun-Fat or Leung, though), Producer and Director giving interviews (if you can understand John Woo he’s kind of amusing). I liked the location filming guide segment that pointed out the Avian Flu closed the Tea House not long after completion of HARD BOILED. No more birds permitted in Tea Houses anywhere.Oh, and I probably never would have realized (without xtras) John Woo plays the bartender in HARD BOILED.Another Chow Yun-Fat movie is in the foreseeable future as is a second look at Woo’s Face-Off (with Travolta and Cage).
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Boomstick23 –
A DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!
I had seen all of John Woo’s US films (MI:2, Face Off, Broken Arrow and so on) and I needed something new to tide me over. What I chose was what must have been one of the greatest action movies I have ever seen! John Woo shows off his true skills in this excellent Hong Kong shoot’em up with of course the great performance with the legenndary Chow Yun-Fat, playing the role of rogue cop Tequila. In just one minute I was completely blown away! I couldn’t keep my self from drooling while just staring in astonishment! The whole movie was everything I could ever hope for in an action flick. Endless gunfights, great choreography and Chow Yun-Fat just being one bad …, one man army! Tequila shoots it out with Triads magnificently wheather in a restaurant, warehouse and even a hospital. This movie really shines though in it’s high-octane finale in the huge hospital. Tequila and his buddy Tony (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) cleaning house side by side with Tequila mowing guys down with my personal favorite pump-action shotgun. There’s also a great scene involving a human wall of hostages used by the baddies that Tequila and Tony save brilliantly! After watching it once I went right back to the beginning just to see it again because it was just so damn good! If your looking for something to just blow you right on your [rear] with classic hardcore action except no substitutes, Hard Boiled is a rare gem.
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Bryan A. Pfleeger –
A Chinese Die Hard
Hard Boiled was the last film John Woo did on location in Hong Kong before his eventual move to Hollywood. Part reaction to the escalating violence Hong Kong was experiencing at the time, the film pays homage to the Hong Kong Police.Starring Chow Yun Fat and Tony Lueng as two policeman out to stop an arms smuggling triad. The two actors exhibit all of the characteristics of any actor in Woo film. Woo also uses his trademark filmmaking style and ulta violence to make his points. Look for freeze frames and Sam Peckinpaugh like slow motion throughout the film.This is not for the squeamish or those not fond of gun violence. Approximately 100,000 blanks were fired making the film and the body count tops 200. Part of the point here is that violence affects us all. Bystanders are not spared by Woo. The only hope may lie in the next generation. Woo states in his commentary track that this is why he often employs infants in his films. Woo says that he was angered with the Hong Kong situation at the time of filming and his anger shows.The version I viewed was the Winstar edition. The quality of the transfer was fine but the subtitling could have used some improvements. However, we find out in the commentary that Woo is not too concerned with dialogue he would rather have images tell the story. The sound is also adequate. We have a mono track that would really be improved by at least a stereo remaster. This is not the best edition of the film out there but unless you are willing to shell out the big bucks for the out of print Criterion this is the best you are likely to get.This edition has production notes and filmographies, trailers for Hard Boiled and The Killer and an excellent commentary track by Woo and Terrence Chang.Worth seeing.
N. Durham –
One of the greatest action films of all time
Undoubtedly one of the finest action films ever made, Hard Boiled tops every single slam bang, big budget, mainstream action film you have ever seen. Chow Yun-Fat stars as a super tough cop on the trail of the murderous triad, only to learn that an up and coming triad soldier (Tony Leung) he has his sights set on is an undercover cop who gives the term deep cover new meaning. As loyalties shift and the bullet and body count rise, the two team up and help provide some of the most dynamic and exciting action scenes ever put to film, including a standoff at a hospital that concludes in a barrage of blood, bullets, glass, and incredible carnage. Before he came over to America and helmed watered down mainstream action films like Broken Arrow, Mission: Impossible 2, and Paycheck (personally, the only film of his I’ve liked that he’s made over here is Face/Off), John Woo crafted the amazing action scenes that you’ve heard so much about with this film. This double disc Ultimate Edition released under the Weinstein Company’s Dragon Dynasty label features a nice selection of extras (yet no commentary from Woo or Chow Yun-Fat) including an examination of how much Hard Boiled has influenced the action genre over the years. To this day Hard Boiled remains a masterpiece, and if you’re an action junkie who has never seen the film before, you need to pick this up immediately.
3 people found this helpful
AMP –
The hard-boiled die hard
The Good Things*The video/sound quality is great. The picture is a bit grainy, but still clean, sharp, colorful, and vivid.*Includes a commentary and a bunch of featurettes and interviews.*Includes English dubbing, as well as the original Chinese and optional English subtitles.*Contains a huge amount of great action scenes. The last hour is especially awesome; it’s like a nonstop sequence of shoot-outs. Like any John Woo movie, it has a lot of slow-motion jumping and flying and crashing-through-glass, but none of it is hoaky or cliched (no darn doves either).*Photography is good.*Fight scene choreography is good.*Production design (sets, props, costumes) were good. One of the bad guys (who incidentally only had one eye) had a way cool gun.*The story is good.*The characters are quite good. They are well-acted and well-written.*Music is not bad.*It dawned on me, as I was watching this, that this is the predecessor to the video game “Stranglehold.” Cool.The Bad Things*I think the sides of the screen may have been cut off or something. Other people seem to have a “skewered” image. Either way, there’s something weird about the aspect ratio.*Subtitles translate only the English dubbing, not the original Chinese dialogue.*Not for the squeamish; contains lots of bloody violence, brutality, and lots of swearing.The Questionable Things*Some things are quite absurd (I can’t remember what specifically, but I remember seeing some of the action scenes and thinking “yeah right!”). If you prefer movies to be totally realistic, you may wind up laughing at a lot of things. But if you can suspend disbelief, it’s not so bad.*The first hour had some slow parts to it.Once, I said that “Invisible Target” resembled “Die Hard,” but now I see that I spoke way too soon. This movie is much more like a Chinese “Die Hard,” and it’s equally thrilling, if not moreso. Although the first hour of this movie seemed a bit long, the second hour was a non-stop extravaganza of violent action. Above all, it was well-made and John Woo’s style is most original and fresh in this film. This DVD edition is not the best, but I found it suitable; die-hard fans, or fans of Hong Kong cinema, may be dissapointed. Still, highly reccomended to anybody who enjoys action!
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James C. Dascoli –
Quintessential Woo and Chow Yun-Fat
Hard Boiled is the movie where the master’s of modern Hong Kong cinema put together THE best action movie outside US (and you could rightly say inside the US as well). It was this movie that finally got hollywood’s full attention and brought the two over to the America. The production value is top notch and the DVD has a cornucopia of features.The action scenes are briskly paced from the start, and the opening scene with Chow Yun Fat going after the gun runner in the tea house is only topped by the incredible action sequence midway through the movie when Chow Yun Fat’s character finally meets up with Tony Leung’s under cover cop. I’m not a big fan of spoiling the scenes, suffice to say the powerful impact of them doesn’t diminish with watching. Woo’s choice of using jazz was criticized in Hong Kong, but I disagree, it really adds a great flavor to the movie. And there are no cheesy Hong Kong music cuts anywhere in the movie. It is also a bit ironic that many critics in Hong Kong saw the movie as too dark, which I can only say compared to what Bullet to the Head or The Killer. It just goes to show what critics know.Tony Leung’s performance as an angst driven undercover cop would have gotten him an Oscar here in my humble opinion. It was a much better and more coherent part than Chow Yun Fat’s similar character in City on Fire. The choices he has to make, who he ends up killing torment him and you can continue to argue over the choices he made. There is almost no ‘right’ choice.Some of the themes in this movie are of course similar throughout the genre and you can’t help but laugh when the classic argument about cops and criminals is lifted from just about every Clint Eastwood movie. The ending is a bit over the top – but almost restrained compared to a Bullet to the Head. Otherwise a perfect collabaration, and having seen my share of Hong Kong movie’s this is one of the few 5 stars I would give out.
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Wyatt Williams –
AWESOME GIFT
Even though it took a while for the movie to arrive, the wait was worth it. I had a blast watching this movie from the beginning to the end. This movie is definitely one of John Woo’s best films. It was a big influence on Hard Target and Face/Off with its choreography and shootout sequences. It had little homage to Terminator 2 with the guns in the flower box. And homages to Die Hard in the hospital. It had a great story with the two detectives working together to crackdown on the Triads. Both proving themselves to be lethal fighting machines in the action scenes. Underrated foreign film that deserves more recognition and I would recommend it to anyone who likes shootouts. Thank you Amazon.