1992 | R | 2h 8m | Action, Drama, War
Having established himself as one of the world’s most innovative action directors during the 1980s, with “A Better Tomorrow” (1986), “A Better Tomorrow 2” (1987), and “The Killer” (1989), Hong-Kong-reared John Woo quickly garnered for himself a cult following and was considered to be a major up-and-comer in the genre.
Although he accepted the clarion call of Hollywood in the 1990s with his American directorial debut, the oft-maligned 1993 effort “Hard Target” starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, he helmed perhaps one of the greatest actioners of all in his “Hard Boiled,” produced in 1992. It starred one of the actors he frequently collaborated with,  Chow Yun-fat, as the main protagonist, “Tequila” Yuen, and was the final film he directed before heading off to the United States….