Hard Boiled (1992)

Episode 61,   Oct 02, 2023, 10:00 PM

We're closing out September with the mother of all Hong Kong action flicks in John Woo's Hard Boiled! 

CHAPTERS:
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(00:00:19) - Intro.
(00:01:34) - Our film for this week: HARD BOILED!
(00:02:35) - What did our cast know about the movie going in, and early impressions.
(00:14:10) - Talking about the production of the movie.
(00:26:12) - Time to get into the film (and a brief discussion of jazz and its coolness).
(00:34:18) - John Woo's jazz club.
(00:36:08) - Tony Leung's eagerness to do undercover murders.
(00:38:13) - La Li Lu Le Lo.
(00:43:48) - The old school and new school of HK triads have different philosophies.
(00:50:31) - Break!
(00:50:55) - We're back, let's blow this warehouse to smithereens.
(00:59:40) - How did all this manage to happen less than halfway through the movie?!?
(01:04:01) - Barreling toward the hospital.
(01:07:18) - All hospital from here on out.
(01:12:52) - Let's just shoot guns and blow stuff up and fight Philip Kwok forever.
(01:22:14) - The final showdown with Mad Dog, and the exit from the hospital.
(01:26:37) - Johnny's humiliation fetish routine.
(01:31:49) - Final thoughts.
(01:36:01) - Outro.