This article is about the Hong Kong action film. For other uses, see Hard boiled (disambiguation).
Hard Boiled
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
John Woo
Screenplay by
Gordon Chan
Barry Wong
Story by
John Woo
Produced by
Linda Kuk
Terence Chang
Starring
Chow Yun-fat
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Teresa Mo
Philip Chan
Philip Kwok
Anthony Wong
Cinematography
Wang Wing-heng
Edited by
John Woo
David Wu
Kai Kit-wai
Jack Ah
Music by
Michael Gibbs
Production companies
Golden Princess Film Production
Milestone Pictures
Distributed by
Golden Princess Film Production
Release date
16 April 1992 (1992-04-16) (Hong Kong)
Running time
128 minutes
Country
Hong Kong
Language
Cantonese
Budget
US$4.5 million[1]
Box office
HK$19.7 million (HK) US$71,858 (US) 85,104 tickets (France)
Hard Boiled
Chinese
辣手神探
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Làshǒu Shéntàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Laaht-sáu Sàhntaam
Jyutping
Laat6sau2 San4taam3
IPA
[laːt̚˨.sɐu˧˥ sɐn˩tʰaːm˧]
Hard Boiled (Chinese: 辣手神探)[2] is a 1992 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by John Woo from a screenplay by Gordon Chan and Barry Wong based on a story written by Woo. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and Anthony Wong. It follows a police inspector whose investigation of a brutal Triad leader entangles him in the complex world of undercover policing.
The film was John Woo's last Hong Kong film before his transition to Hollywood. After receiving criticism for making films that glamorized gangsters, Woo wanted to make a Dirty Harry-styled film to glamorize the police. With the death of screenwriter Barry Wong, the film's screenplay underwent constant changes during filming. New characters such as Mad Dog and Mr. Woo were introduced, while the original plotline of a baby-poisoning psychopath was cut.
Hard Boiled was released in Hong Kong in 1992 to generally positive audience reception. Though it was not as commercially successful as Woo's A Better Tomorrow, it still did slightly better than The Killer 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 video game sequel titled Stranglehold was released.
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