Name: Hard Boiled
Director: John Woo
Released: 1992

Hard Boiled

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.

Year1992

CountryHong Kong

DirectorJohn Woo

MovementChinese Fifth Generation

Cinematic DNA

For the action in 'Oldboy', I certainly looked back to John Woo's films, especially 'Hard Boiled'. His style of gun-fu and how he builds tension with action was very inspiring.

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This Film Influenced

→ The Matrix (1999) → Avengers: Infinity War (2018) → Oldboy (2003) → Drive (2011)