Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled is a 1992 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by John Woo from a screenplay by Gordon Chan and Barry Wong. The film stars Chow Yun-fat as Inspector "Tequila" Yuen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Alan, an undercover cop, and Anthony Wong as Johnny Wong, a leader of the criminal triads.
Plot
In a teahouse in Hong Kong, Royal Hong Kong Police inspectors "Tequila" Yuen and Benny Mak attempt to arrest a group of gun smugglers while they are making a deal. After an ambush from a rival gang, a fierce gun battle breaks out; the gangsters are defeated but several police officers are badly wounded and Benny is killed. As revenge, Tequila executes the gangster who killed Benny rather than arrest him, much to the chagrin of his superintendent Pang. Tequila is then ordered off the case for his misdeed.
More details
| author | Barry Wong John Woo |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Hong Kong |
| director | John Woo |
| editor | David Wu Jack Ah John Woo Kai Kit-Wai |
| genre | action thriller |
| keywords | ambush build cigar lighter fight gun battle hide kill lighter mad dog maternity ward new life police informant police inspector police officer royal hong kong police tequila yuen their way undercover cop undercover operation wound |
| musicBy | Michael Gibbs |
| producer | Linda Kuk Terence Chang |
| publisher | Golden Princess Film Production |
| theme | police procedural |