Hard Boiled
Directed by John WooMobsters are smuggling guns into Hong Kong. The police orchestrate a raid at a teahouse where an ace detective loses his partner. Meanwhile, the two main gun smugglers are having a war over territory, and a young new gun is enlisted to wipe out informants and overcome barriers to growth. The detective, acting from inside sources, gets closer to the ring leaders and eventually must work with the inside man directly.
Hard Boiled Ratings & Reviews
- debrawilkins8383d agoAwesome movie, Id watch it again
- James SaenzApril 12, 2026“your pee-pee really saved the day, kid.” i’m sorry i know everyone loves this movie and i can see why but i just could not gel with what was going on here. it had me hooked for the first half hour and then i slowly started losing investment. i love tony leung with all my heart and really respect chow yun-fat and john woo; the action set pieces are staggering (the long one shot shootout through the hospital hallways being a standout); the babies are so cute; despite all of that, i just felt really disconnected from this film for a majority of my viewing and that’s disappointing. maybe it’ll click for me on a repeat viewing.
- mickerdooJanuary 26, 2026So exciting. Dated but a blast too watch. Extensive action set pieces. Death toll is off the charts. Woo with Yun-Fat is chef’s kiss.
- CherryflixJanuary 11, 2026The quintessential Hong Kong action flick. Watch this.
- Luis BalderramaJuly 10, 2025Best Action John Woo's Movies.🤯💥💥💥😃 Ever!
- LivewireAdminDecember 2, 2025This might just be the coolest sh*t ever
- sam7846November 12, 2025They don’t make them like this anymore!
- Buster The BearSeptember 19, 2025Lots of fun. Lots of slo-mo. The plot is hard to follow for the first half of the movie, but it all comes together in the end.
Hard Boiled Trivia
Hard Boiled was released on March 21, 1992.
Hard Boiled was directed by John Woo.
Hard Boiled has a runtime of 2h 8m.
Hard Boiled was produced by Terence Chang, Linda Kuk Mei-Lai.
Mobsters are smuggling guns into Hong Kong. The police orchestrate a raid at a teahouse where an ace detective loses his partner. Meanwhile, the two main gun smugglers are having a war over territory, and a young new gun is enlisted to wipe out informants and overcome barriers to growth. The detective, acting from inside sources, gets closer to the ring leaders and eventually must work with the inside man directly.
The key characters in Hard Boiled are Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen (Chow Yun-Fat), Alan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), Johnny Wong (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang).
Hard Boiled is rated Not Rated.
Hard Boiled is an Action, Thriller, Crime film.
Hard Boiled has an audience rating of 9.2 out of 10.
Hard Boiled had a budget of $4.5M.
Hard Boiled has made $2.6M at the box office.