LAB CLASSICS: HARD BOILED (4K RESTORATION)
Blending operatic gunplay with relentless momentum, Hard Boiled remains a defining high point of Hong Kong action cinema, now returning in a spectacular new restoration. A landmark of the Heroic Bloodshed genre, John Woo’s film pushes action filmmaking to its limits with virtuoso set pieces and unrelenting intensity.
In the 80s and 90s, John Woo cemented his reputation as a master of action cinema with classics like A Better Tomorrow, The Killer and Bullet in the Head, culminating in his 1992 masterpiece Hard Boiled. Chow Yun-Fat stars as Tequila, a reckless cop determined to take down triad boss Johnny Wong (Anthony Wong), whose grip on Hong Kong’s illegal gun trade is tightening. As rival assassin Ah-Long (Tony Leung) enters the fray, Tequila uncovers a web of deception that pushes the city toward explosive conflict.
