Motion Picture- Hard Boiled

Label: Universal

Reissued 6/5/2026, Originally released 1992

FOREIGN / CRIME / DRAMA - In the 80s and 90s, director John Woo would cement his reputation as a master of action films with classics like A Better Tomorrow, The Killer and Bullet in the Head. This would culminate in 1992 with the release of his masterpiece Hard Boiled, the hyperkinetic, hyperviolent exemplar of the Heroic Bloodshed genre. Iconic actor Chow Yun-Fat (City on Fire) stars as Tequila, a gung-ho cop working to bring down Johnny Wong (Anthony Wong, Infernal Affairs), the villainous triad boss who maintains a stranglehold on Hong Kong's illegal gun trade. Johnny attempts to recruit Ah-Long (Tony Leung, Bullet in the Head), an assassin from a rival syndicate, just as the insubordinate Tequila gets taken off the case. Taking justice into his own hands, Tequila tracks Ah-Long down and uncovers an intricate web of deception that threatens to boil over into all-out war. Special Features: Booklet, Bonus Footage, Commentary: John Woo and Drew Taylor (film journalist); Frank Djeng (film historian); John Woo and Terence Chang; John Woo, Terence Chang, Dave Kehr (film critic) and Roger Avary (film-maker), Deleted Scenes, Documentaries: 'The Test of Time', Image Gallery, Interviews: John Woo (director); Anthony Wong (actor); Terence Chang (producer); Gordon Chan (screenwriter); Chan Hing-Ka (screenwriter); Michael Gibbs (composer); Grady Hendrix (author/Hong Kong cinema expert); Leon Hunt (author); Lin Feng (academic); Chow Yun-Fat (actor); Tony Leung (actor), Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella; Double-sided fold-out poster; Six postcard-sized artcards; American Cinematheque 2025 Q&A with John Woo, Trailers