Directed by John Woo and starring Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hard Boiled follows a hard-boiled police inspector who joins forces with an undercover officer while investigating a violent arms-smuggling operation in Hong Kong. Combining heroic bloodshed action, police investigation and organized crime conflict, the film centers on loyalty, sacrifice and escalating gun battles between law enforcement and criminal syndicates. The story is known for its large-scale action set pieces and stylized gunplay within an urban crime setting.

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In the 80s and 90s, director John Woo would cement his reputation as a master of action films with classics like A Better Tomorrow, The Killer and Bullet in the Head. This would culminate in 1992 with the release of his masterpiece Hard Boiled, the hyperkinetic, hyperviolent exemplar of the Heroic Bloodshed genre.

Iconic actor Chow Yun-Fat (City on Fire) stars as Tequila, a gung-ho cop working to bring down Johnny Wong (Anthony Wong, Infernal Affairs), the villainous triad boss who maintains a stranglehold on Hong Kongs illegal gun trade. Johnny attempts to recruit Ah-Long (Tony Leung, Bullet in the Head), an assassin from a rival syndicate, just as the insubordinate Tequila gets taken off the case. Taking justice into his own hands, Tequila tracks Ah-Long down and uncovers an intricate web of deception that threatens to boil over into all-out war.

A fiery coalescence of electrifying performances, elaborate narrative and operatic gunfights, Hard Boiled has rightly been exalted as the undisputed champion of Hong Kong action films, ready to unleash a hail of bullets anew in this stunning restoration exploding with extras.

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A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.

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