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.
- 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.
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.