Hard Boiled

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Hard Boiled – 4 out of 5

When people think of great action films this 1992 masterpiece from John Woo is one that is on every “Best of” list.  Believe it or not, though, I’ve never actually seen it.  Sure, I’ve seen the clips here and there on YouTube.  Moments like Chow Yun-fat sliding down the handrail and shooting the bad guys or bits from the epic hospital sequence in the final act but I’ve never actually sat down and watched Hard Boiled from beginning to end.  I decided to rectify that.

Very few iconic action films contain scenes that have men carrying birdcages.
Seems like a shame honestly.

Triad leader; Johnny Wong (Anthony Wong), is out to recruit a hitman named Alan (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) and get him away from rival crime boss; Uncle Hoi (Kwan Hoi-Shan).  Little does Wong know, Alan is undercover for the Hong Kong police department and is out to take the organization down from the inside.  Meanwhile, Inspector “Tequila” Yuen (Chow Yun-fat) is taking matters into his own hands after his partner is killed and is out to bring the Triads down, no matter the cost.  If they don’t kill each other first, Tequila and Alan must work together and see their mutual enemies brought to justice.  The type of justice that comes with a very high body count!

If this was me, I would have missed every shot and been hit several times by my enemies...
or I would have fallen backwards over the rail and then be hit several times
by my enemies.

It was a tad unnecessary that he spiked the baby
like a football after he got away from the explosion.
Hard Boiled is a pretty insane film that is quite bonkers with the action.  “Bonkers” in a great and very fun way, mind you.  Chow Yun-fat is already a legend in the industry and this film is one of the reasons he has that status.  The action is big, intense, and doesn’t flinch with its brutality.  Director John Woo wasn’t afraid to put his actors in the line of fire and he sure didn’t shy away from having a story where lots of innocent people die and the police don’t think twice about pulling the trigger on criminals.  Seriously, this movie LOVES showing big crowds of people get mowed down by automatic gun fire.  

Meanwhile, not a single Triad can land a single glancing bullet off of Tequila
when he's out in the open and two feet away.

Just looking at him and you know he is the henchman
that is the most badass.
As exciting as the action is the movie is far from perfect.  Granted, it’s still really good but the story does have some issues and some of its presentation is a bit odd.  While the story is essentially a tale about an undercover cop and an obsessed cop coming together to stop some criminals, the whole thing does feel like it is trying to overcomplicate itself at times and look like it is giving the impression it is deeper than it really is.  This is most notable when it concerns the undercover cop; Alan.  It’s obvious from the beginning that this dude isn’t 100% bad guy but the movie unsuccessfully tries to act like the reveal that he’s actually an undercover cop was momentous.  I half expected John Woo to lean out from behind the camera and say, “Wow!  I didn’t see that coming, did you?”  This aspect isn’t an entertainment killer but it did make me chuckle because it felt like Woo was trying to make something bigger out of his already cool action film and it just didn’t need to be. 

The 90s, where it was possible to be a badass in a boxy suit.

One element that I really didn’t enjoy was the score.  At times the music is a synth-y type of music and that was fine for the era but other times the feature has something a little jazzier.  Now having jazz music as the score does make logical sense because Tequila plays clarinet in a jazz band but, overall, I found it distracting.  This genre is no stranger to the action films because the more emotional side of these films have had jazz music in the past but, for some reason, I had a hard time not laughing every time a smooth jazz lick came in and tried to compliment a scene and enhance the mood.  

I'm sad there wasn't a scene that involved a Triad gang member laughing at him
playing the clarinet and then Tequila beating him up with it.

I love the launching power of bullets in movies.
Hard Boiled had just a few small problems but the overall experience is still really exciting.  The acting is great, the story (even with its issues) works and the action is astounding.  The entire third act is one long action scene at a hospital and it is bananas!  Sure, sometimes the action gets a little too over-the-top and you have moments where gun shots are sending dudes spiraling into the air but that’s part of the fun.  What’s even better about this feature is that it is John Woo’s final film before he made the jump to Hollywood so all the slow-motion scenes aren't obnoxiously over stylized and have yet to become his defining characteristic as a director that was later being used as a shorthand joke for the guy's career.  Overall, this is one cool movie!

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