Hard Boiled (1992) directed by John Woo @ Regal Macarthur Center
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Part of a series of classic Hong Kong actioners Regal is putting on. Starring Chow Yun-Fat and a young Tony Leung.
RATED: R for pervasive violence and some language.
RUNTIME: 130 minutes
SYNOPSIS: A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
BLURBS:
"This is ultra-violence so complex and stylized it plays like a ballet that's so dazzlingly choreographed it has you rubbing your eyes in disbelief." - Helen Greenwood, Sydney Morning Herald
"Woo has elevated the action movie into the realm of art. Infinitely more exciting than a dozen Die Hards, action cinema doesn't come any better than this." - Mark Salisbury, Empire Magazine
"Woo manages to imbue all this mass destruction with an air that is almost whimsical." - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times