Hard Boiled
As a cop, he has brains, brawn, and an instinct to kill.
Rating: 7.5 out of 10TMDB(999 votes)
Overview
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $2.59M worldwide against a $4.5M budget
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Setting
Set in Hong Kong
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Music
Music by Michael Gibbs
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Barry Wong Ping-YiuScreenplay
- Gordon ChanScreenplay
- John WooStory
- Original title
- 辣手神探
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 16, 1992
- Original language
- Cantonese
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Revenue
- $2.6M
- Countries
- Hong Kong
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Cast
Chow Yun-FatInsp. 'Tequila' Yuen
Tony Leung Chiu-waiAlan
Anthony Wong Chau-SangJohnny Wong
Teresa Mo Shun-KwanTeresa Chang
Philip Chan Yan-KinSupt. Pang
Stephen Tung WaiLittle Ko / Fox
Kwan Hoi-SanMr. Hoi
John WooMr. Woo
Bowie Lam Bo-YeeLung
Phillip Kwok ChuiMad Dog
Jun KunimuraMachine Gunman in Teahouse
Bobby Au-Yeung Tsan-WahLionheart
Keith Ng Shui-TingChung
Lau KongHospital Director
Michael DingaLittle Moustache
Kenny Wong Tak-BanJohnny Wong's Thug
Lo MengAh Wah / Lonny
Lam Kai-WingMr. Hoi's Thug with Pear
Lee Yiu-KingGangster
Perrie Lai Hoi-SanLibrarian
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