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who escapes. Enraged, Mad Dog tries to kill Wong, but is gunned down when his pistol runs out of ammunition. Alan and
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sequence in the film was shot before the script was written. The crew found that the teahouse was going to be torn down and decided to film a scene there. Woo saw the staircase in the teahouse, and thought about a scene where a character would come shooting down gun smugglers while sliding down the
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Alan placed in Foxy's chest pocket earlier saves his life. Foxy finds
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Tequila tracks Alan to his sailboat and deduces he is undercover, but they are ambushed by the remnants of Hoi's gang. The pair fight off the attackers and
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found it difficult to follow both the action scenes and the subtitles at the same time, but stated that "Mr. Woo does, in fact, seem to be a very brisk, talented director with a gift for the flashy effect and the bizarre confrontation." A review in the
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responding police officers, irritating Mad Dog with his callousness. Alan and
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is a powerful thriller that hits hard in more ways than one." Film scholar Andy Klein wrote that the film is "almost a distillation of post-1986 work. Even if the plot is full of holes, and the emotional tug isn't quite as strong as in
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as "Uncle" Hoi: Alan's boss, an aging gangster who turns down an opportunity to leave Hong Kong as he considers it to be irresponsible. Alan is forced to kill him after Johnny takes control of his gun warehouse.
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in the domestic box office. Reception from Western critics was much more positive, with many critics and film scholars describing its action scenes as being among the best ever filmed. In 2007, a
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are poetry. And while he lets the body count get away from him, he constantly fascinates, through a combination of chaos and an excruciating control over what we're allowed to see."
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every time he kills someone, a trait which was influenced by Woo's daughter when he saw her making them. Alan is shown as living alone on a yacht and considers himself to be
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sending Mad Dog to monitor Alan. At the hospital, Alan confronts Tequila, demanding to know the whereabouts of the vault; while the two are distracted, Mad Dog kills Foxy.
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skill and attempts to recruit him. Alan reluctantly accepts the offer, and Wong brings Alan to a raid on Hoi's warehouse as an
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killing to Tequila and warns him to stay away from the case.
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3777:1990s Cantonese-language films
1782:"Lashou Shentan (Hard Boiled)"
1751:(August 1992). "Hard Boiled".
1605:Keely, Pete (24 August 2018).
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3797:Films about arms trafficking
2551:John Woo's A better tomorrow
1634:Ebiri, Bilge (3 July 2023).
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3241:Brief Encounter in Shinjuku
2600:Heard, Christopher (1999).
1914:"Hard Boiled > overview"
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960:Once Upon a Time in China 2
834:Director John Woo acted in
288:HK$ 19.7 million (HK)
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3677:The Bodyguard from Beijing
3522:When I Look Upon the Stars
3154:Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina
3114:Somebody Up There Likes Me
2992:All the Invisible Children
2556:Hong Kong University Press
2289:"Hard Boiled/ Film Review"
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1210:12th Hong Kong Film Awards
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3693:Undercover Hidden Dragon
2792:Last Hurrah for Chivalry
1728:"Hong Kong Film Archive"
1319:Chow Yun-fat filmography
1010:The Criterion Collection
1002:The Criterion Collection
3265:Fight Back to School II
1361:Elder, 2005, pg. xxviii
1329:Hong Kong films of 1992
1324:Hong Kong action cinema
996:A laserdisc edition of
970:Fight Back to School II
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3546:Every Dog Has His Date
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3498:Cause We Are So Young
3396:(2006, also producer)
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3025:(2014, also produced)
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2962:Mission: Impossible 2
2825:(1984, also produced)
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1247:Best Supporting Actor
1214:Hong Kong Film Awards
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3249:Fight Back to School
3225:18 Golden Destroyers
2852:A Better Tomorrow II
2832:Heroes Shed No Tears
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2629:John Woo: Interviews
2548:Fang, Karen (2004).
2475:Stranglehold Preview
2261:"Hard Boiled (1992)"
2102:: 75. Archived from
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1352:Elder, 2005, pg. 117
1115:. The critics liked
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3669:She Starts the Fire
3589:(2017, also writer)
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3233:The Yuppie Fantasia
2802:From Riches to Rags
2577:John Woo: The Films
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2257:Zacharek, Stephanie
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1761:(4). London: 20–23.
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2905:(1992, also wrote)
2895:(1991, also wrote)
2882:Bullet in the Head
2865:(1989, also wrote)
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2835:(1984, also wrote)
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2191:Heard, 1999. p.103
2106:on 3 November 2012
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451:Chow Yun-fat
437:directed by
430:) is a 1992
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343:Hanyu Pinyin
301:
250:Running time
226:Release date
140:Anthony Wong
115:Chow Yun-fat
25:
3857:Triad films
3661:Hard Boiled
3578:Coming Back
3554:Time 4 Hope
3506:Option Zero
3491:1001 Nights
3433:The Four II
3313:Thunderbolt
3210:Gordon Chan
3164:Seediq Bale
3124:The Big Hit
3104:Peace Hotel
2972:Windtalkers
2912:Hard Target
2902:Hard Boiled
2872:Just Heroes
2704:Hard Boiled
2693:Hard Boiled
2682:Hard Boiled
2671:Hard Boiled
2660:Hard Boiled
2434:27 December
2408:27 December
2382:27 December
2357:27 December
2063:Hard Boiled
1788:(in French)
1749:Rayns, Tony
1733:4 September
1640:vulture.com
1534:Hard Boiled
1442:Hard Boiled
1307:Hard Boiled
1185:Hard Boiled
1167:Hard Boiled
1144:Hard Boiled
1130:Hard Boiled
1121:Hard Boiled
1075:Hard Boiled
1058:Hard Boiled
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978:Hard Boiled
939:Hard Boiled
923:Hard Boiled
903:Hard Boiled
881:Hard Boiled
869:Hard Boiled
851:Hard Boiled
836:Hard Boiled
825:Philip Kwok
816:Hard Boiled
812:Hard Boiled
775:Dirty Harry
764:Dirty Harry
745:Development
687:Philip Kwok
681:Philip Chan
661:Le Samouraï
656:Alain Delon
498:Hard Boiled
487:Dirty Harry
443:Gordon Chan
419:Hard Boiled
302:Hard Boiled
254:128 minutes
171:Kai Kit-wai
135:Philip Kwok
130:Philip Chan
87:Produced by
65:Gordon Chan
48:Directed by
31:Hard Boiled
3762:1992 films
3756:Categories
3457:God of War
3337:Beast Cops
3329:Armageddon
3052:The Killer
2862:The Killer
2428:new.qq.com
2402:new.qq.com
2377:new.qq.com
1898:6 November
1340:References
1285:Video game
1256:Nominated
1150:The Killer
1117:The Killer
1112:The Killer
1030:The Killer
1018:The Killer
1014:Fox Lorber
992:Home media
950:The Killer
899:The Killer
891:The Killer
886:The Killer
800:Barry Wong
796:Tony Leung
740:Production
628:The Killer
557:initiation
514:video game
509:The Killer
492:Barry Wong
447:Barry Wong
285:Box office
237:1992-04-16
193:Production
70:Barry Wong
3722:Hong Kong
3208:Works by
3002:Red Cliff
2952:Blackjack
2744:Films by
2583:McFarland
2348:"香港電影金像獎"
2145:0886-3032
1495:Woo, John
1295:In 2007,
1227:Category
1224:Ceremony
1204:Accolades
1162:Die Hards
1052:Reception
1040:was from
955:Tsui Hark
919:Mona Lisa
895:Tsui Hark
865:long take
858:Coca-Cola
820:tea house
792:Teresa Mo
699:Bowie Lam
674:Teresa Mo
569:informant
482:Hollywood
271:Cantonese
262:Hong Kong
195:companies
157:Edited by
125:Teresa Mo
94:Linda Kuk
3425:The Four
2982:Paycheck
2942:Face/Off
2753:Directed
2746:John Woo
2676:AllMovie
2529:8 August
2501:8 August
2332:8 August
2305:8 August
2214:8 August
2110:6 August
2077:6 August
2044:6 August
2004:8 August
1962:8 August
1951:Allmovie
1930:8 August
1919:Allmovie
1892:Allmovie
1871:8 August
1860:Allmovie
1819:Archived
1792:30 April
1670:(2007).
1581:(2007).
1497:(2007).
1413:11 March
1313:See also
1273:David Wu
1269:John Woo
1233:Outcome
1230:Nominee
963:and the
751:John Woo
727:John Woo
617:clarinet
544:shootout
532:teahouse
439:John Woo
378:Jyutping
267:Language
182:Music by
167:David Wu
163:John Woo
108:Starring
82:John Woo
79:Story by
52:John Woo
3708:Portals
3653:The Cat
3586:Manhunt
3345:2000 AD
3032:Manhunt
2696:at the
2495:Allgame
2459:8 March
2352:香港電影金像獎
2241:30 July
2177:27 July
2099:Newsday
1646:7 March
1616:7 March
1208:At the
1099:Newsday
1022:Miramax
929:Release
807:Filming
770:Bullitt
757:'s and
652:asocial
645:origami
424:Chinese
313:Chinese
259:Country
235: (
174:Jack Ah
3696:(2006)
3688:(2006)
3680:(1994)
3672:(1992)
3664:(1992)
3656:(1991)
3648:(1989)
3640:(1988)
3632:(1988)
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3616:(1988)
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3565:(2005)
3557:(2002)
3549:(2001)
3541:(2001)
3533:(2001)
3525:(1999)
3517:(1998)
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