Hard Boiled - 1992 - 7/10
AKA - Lat Sau San Taam // 辣手神探
Action seekers, you better have seen this five times already!
Triad gang is smuggling weapons into Hong Kong.
Police aren’t powerless, yet they seem two steps behind.
Aside from maverick cop, Tequila. (Following The Killer, this propelled Chow Yun Fat to global stardom.)
Also receiving accolades were Tony Leung as the undercover cop, and Anthony Wong, the mob boss.
What really stood out – and still stands out – are the action sequences.
Imaginative, dazzling, superbly choreographed, they put to shame other so-called action films.
One of many titles that put Hong Kong on cinema’s map … for awhile.