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Hard Boiled (4K): Hong Kong Cinema Classics Review

Without Hard Boiled we likely wouldn’t have John Wick. The character of Tequila is a hardened Hong Kong police man, the type ...
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33-Year-Old Action Masterpiece That Puts 'Die Hard' to Shame Is a Massive Hit Following American Streaming Debut

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...
Houston Chronicle

John Woo's 'Hard-Boiled' is the best action-crime film ever made. Fight me.

Thirty-three years ago this month, John Woo’s crime thriller “Hard-Boiled” had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and immediately rewrote the action-movie playbook.
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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled' and ‘The Killer' Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual signatures of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, ...
Variety

Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

Where did the idea for shooting with two guns come from? As Woo travels to France’s Lumière Festival to present 4K restorations of his most influential films, he explains the origins of his style. We ...