Hard Boiled - 辣手神探 (1992)
Title: Hard Boiled (辣手神探)
Year: 1992
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese | Mandarin
Subtitles: English | Chinese
Size: 655MB
Media: MKV
Cast: Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Bowie Lam, Bobby Au-Yeung, Kwan Hoi-Shan, Tung Wei, John Woo
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 []Hard Boiled (1992) - IMDb
Chow Yun Fat (Tequila) is conducting a war against a smuggling ring, but unfortunately his partner gets killed in the famous opening sequence in the teahouse. Unlike most U.S offerings, where the lead would get given a 'light comedy' sidekick, Tequila gets to wallow and brood alone. He finds solace with his buddy at the Jazz Club (John Woo, who like Hitchcock, is very keen on cameos in his movies). Meanwhile, Tony has been 'ensnared' by Johnny Wong to kill his own boss and join Johnny's 'crew'. In the following gunfight at the arms warehouse Tony kills his boss and all his old comrades, but Tequila gets in on the action and wastes many of Johnny Wong's men. This leads to a trademark John Woo stand-off between Tony and Tequila and Tony spares Tequila his life. Tequila realises this is no ordinary criminal and after pressing his Superintendent, he finds out that he is undercover. They begin to develop a relationship and Tequila repays the debt by saving Tony's life when a bunch of triads (including Lo Meng as Lonny) attempt to shoot Tony on his boat. When Tequila finds out that Johnny Wong's arms dump is in the hospital basement, he immediately gets backup to arrive. Along with Tony they finish off all the bad guys, save many patients (although countless are massacred) and the end piece involves Johnny Wong exiting the blazing hospital with a gun to Tony's head. But what happens? That would be telling.