28 Things We Learned from John Woo's 'Hard-Boiled' Commentary
"Hand me a stuntman and I can do almost anything."
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where we sit and listen to filmmakers talk about their work, then share the most interesting parts. In this edition, Rob Hunter rewatches the John Woo masterpiece Hard-Boiled with commentary from the man himself.
When you think about the best action movies of all time, the odds are that one or two of the titles swirling around in your brain as contenders were directed by
John Woo. From
The Killer (1989) to
Face/Off (1997) — with other gems landing before, in between, and after — Woo is well-established as a top-tier action filmmaker. One of his best remains 1992’s