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Hard Boiled
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #329
- IMDb #758
- Rotten Tomatoes #346
- Letterboxd #228
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #792
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #342
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- Metacritic Critics #357
- Criticker #299
- Kinopoisk #1001
- AlloCiné #731
- Trakt #900
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
See the most agreed on films →A tough, no-nonsense Hong Kong detective is on a mission to bring down a ruthless mobster and his army of gangsters. His investigation leads him to an undercover cop who has infiltrated the syndicate. The two must learn to trust each other and combine their skills to take down the criminal organization in a series of spectacularly violent shootouts.
Details
- Director
- John Woo
- Writers
- Barry Wong Ping-Yiu, Gordon Chan, John Woo
- Released
- 16 April 1992
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese, English
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $2.6M
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 win from 2 nominations across 1 ceremony
| Hong Kong Film Awards 1993 | Best Supporting Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Nominee |
| Hong Kong Film Awards 1993 | Best Film Editing | John Woo, David Wu, Kai Kit-wai, and Jack Ah | Winner |
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×| Best Film Editing | John Woo, David Wu, Kai Kit-wai, and Jack Ah | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Nominee |