Hard Boiled - Criterion Collection

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Summary: This movie is more than just action, it's art.
Review: Hard Boiled offers more than a high body count, three foot muzzle flashes, and perfectly timed splattering blood, it shows off the epitome of John Woo. His many shots are works of art in and of themselves. No one can make a stroll into a library more exciting. The action scenes are more than dozens of guys running around shooting eachother; it is a well-choreographed dance. Hard Boiled is a perfect example of John Woo's "Ballistic Ballet." See this movie NOW!

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Summary: brilliant
Review: hard boiled action from the movie maestro John Wo

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Summary: Fat kicks a** once again ... and this time even "harder" ...
Review: [Movie : 4] [Features : 5] [Picture : 4] [Sound : 3] (Dolby Digital Mono

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Summary: Brining aethetics to violence and meyhem
Review: The notion of the "supercop" has been present in cinema for decades. But never before has it looked so beautiful as it does in John Woo's "Hard Boiled." Chow Yun Fat's terminator - like role provides a hero with more flaws than bullets. And that's a lot. But he's sympathetic and likeable. What a true action hero should be.

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Summary: The Best Action movie ever!
Review: I have yet to see a movie with more action, and more masterfully done than this. This film probably has the highest body count of any movie ever, but any red-blooded male will love this!

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Summary: Hong Kong action at it's best!!!!
Review: This is one of my favorite foriegn action films. It has spectacular action sequences.I suggest getting the english dubbed version so you can focus your attention on the scenes and not reading dialogue.

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Summary: Lead-flying action at its best!
Review: This movie embodies all I hold dear about Chinese cinema: they do not believe you must sacrifice story for the sake of action. This feature offers a great story along with jaw-dropping action (the first ten minutes alone will have you thinking you've walked in during the climax)!

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Summary: Nonstop action from beginning to end.
Review: This movie is what an "action movie" should be. One of the classics of the genre. Chow Yun Fat is outstanding in his role as the cop who could teach Dirty Harry what tough is. I would recommend this movie to anyone along with "The Killer".

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Summary: jon woo done it again.
Review: The best action film I had seen in a long time. From the beginning to the ending, the action was like a roller coaster going nonstop.

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Summary: top-notch adrenalin, action, and directing !!!!
Review: It's the hardest thing for a director and his cast to make the viewer feel as if they're actually a part of the movie when it's happening but in this case, mission accomplished. Woo demonstrates his gift for the cinema with this stirring and absorbing saga of a police vendetta against a ruthless gun-runner in modern-day Hong Kong. Woo has also often complained that Hollywood's incessant insurance and legal wranglings ruin the creativity and production of his work. After seeing "Hard-Boiled", definitely a triumph of Hong Kong film-making, one can only imagine the results Woo could achieve if the Hollywood merchants gave Woo the free hand he deserves.