Hardboiled, John Woo Is The Man

[Spitfire]

So the other day I traded in a ton of old CDs to Streetlight Records and they told me 40 bucks or 60 store credit. Since the place sold DVDs I figured take the 60 and find some movies I wanted.

I got Re-animator*Funny ass movie* and I was looking for some John Woo movies I had seen awhile ago. The Killer and Hardboiled, both I remember being totally bad ass. Well to my surprise Hardboiled was just re-released on DVD that day so I picked it up.

If they made movies like that still I'd be buying alot more movie tickets. The story is generic, the acting is terrible, but the action scenes are so well done that you can't help but be entertained by them. And I watched it dubbed so in between the action scenes I can laugh at the terrible voice acting and horrid dialog.

After that I was on a bit of a high and I went to look for The Killer. It's out of print and the DVD goes for like 50 bucks on some websites. I found a region free one on Ebay for 10 that's actually extended.

My roomie found a clip on youtube of these two guys fighting with Chainsaws from this movie called "Tiger On The Beat" and I also found a region free copy of that on Ebay for 10 bucks. I've never seen it but chainsaw battles are a good way to win me over.

So while I'm looking for over the top action movies to fulfill my needs for utter chaos does anyone else know any other good ones? I was going to check out Ichi The Killer but I wasn't sure.

[Barkworm]

I don't think I've seen that many of his movies. I love Hard Boiled but the tea house scene is so overrated. There are way more memorable scenes in the movie.

[Spitfire]

I don't think I've seen that many of his movies. I love Hard Boiled but the tea house scene is so overrated. There are way more memorable scenes in the movie.

That's the most liked scene? Wow I thought the chop shop raid with the crazy motorcyclists and the Hospital gun fight at the end were the best. The tea house was just a warm up compared to those scenes.

[tinlunlau]

Tiger on the Beat....heheh...
We have it listed as one of the titles we're going to re-translate. No word on when I'm supposed to be working on this one. There's a sequel which I've heard was terrible.

in case, you were wondering. i work for Joy Sales, Fortune Star's current distro licensee in Hong Kong and we do own the "Tiger on the Beat" movies.

if you like violent exploitation titles, grab the american dvd release of "Ebola Syndrome" (from Diskotek Media) which I've also worked on. hilarious flick starring Anthony Wong (the guy who plays Johnny in Hard Boiled). Anthony Wong will also star in "The Mummy 3" with Brendan Fraser.

[Janus Prospero]

Dude! NO WAY! Hard Boiled was re-released!

OMG! I've wanted a copy of this movie for soooo long. And for a while your only choices were Chinese copies or the Criterion Collection (which I've seen go for $100+ on eBay).

I pre-ordered the Collector's Edition of Strangehold just to make sure I would get a copy of this damn movie, and now they just up and decide to release it. Bummer. :ohwell:

[Dragon Turtle]

So while I'm looking for over the top action movies to fulfill my needs for utter chaos does anyone else know any other good ones? I was going to check out Ichi The Killer but I wasn't sure.

You can try several other John Woo movies such as "Bullet in the Head" or the "A Better Tommrow" movies. I also liked "Full Contact" another Chow Yun-Fat movie.



Dude! NO WAY! Hard Boiled was re-released!

OMG! I've wanted a copy of this movie for soooo long. And for a while your only choices were Chinese copies or the Criterion Collection (which I've seen go for $100+ on eBay).

I pre-ordered the Collector's Edition of Strangehold just to make sure I would get a copy of this damn movie, and now they just up and decide to release it. Bummer. :ohwell:



Dragon Dynasty just released a two-disc "Ultimate Edition".

http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Boiled-Two-Disc-Ultimate-Yun-Fat/dp/B000N4SHNK

[Spitfire]

I got and watched The Killer the other day, bad ass movie. I just got Tiger On The Beat in the mail so I'm going to watch it tonight.

They were only 10 bucks each on Ebay awesome deal.

[tinlunlau]

Buy the American dvd release of "Ebola Syndrome" (from Diskotek Media) while you're at it as well. It stars Anthony Wong (he plays Johnny in "Hardboiled"). and yes, the new subtitles are done by ME! DVD reviews are hinting that it's the best dvd treatment this movie has ever had and my re-translation got some good praising. Puts a smile to my face to hear that.

[Spitfire]

I might do just that then! I like watching them dubbed because the crappy voice acting makes it funny.

Tiger On The Beat was funny as hell! He smacks that chick around, I honestly have never seen that much women beating in one movie that was a trip. But the comedy aspects were funny as hell.

[tinlunlau]

Always wondered what happened to Conan Lee (one of the stars of "Tiger on the beat") and isn't he American born-and-raised? I heard he doesn't speak Cantonese at all.

But a Hong Kong film dubbed in English is so wrong and something I would never touch. Perhaps it's the fact that I speak Cantonese at home is the biggest reason of this personal preference. And from what I understand, no English dub is provided on the American release of "Ebola Syndrome". However, Diskotek Media hired me to redo the English subs so the new subs are much closer to the dialogue than what was given on the original hong kong dvd. Quite a bit of racial slurs thrown around (something that never came across in the original theatrical english subs) and lots of gore. American viewers also get first dibs on the alleged deleted scenes and I've seen the footage that Diskotek provided for me. It's pretty gory and disgusting. One scene depicts Anthony Wong sucking out a woman's eye out and chewing on it while a ton of blood gushes out. And you might also want to check Anthony Wong out in "Bunman: The Untold Story". True story about a Mainlander who opens shop in Macau to sell barbecue pork buns. (the pork is actually meat from the real owner of the shop and the family) That's been well established in the beginning of the movie so nothing's spoiled for you.

It's kinda sad to see Anthony Wong making these awesome gorefests to sappy chick flicks like that American flick with Edward Norton & Naomi Watts. what's that movie called again? Painted Veil? and there's another American flick he's working on right now. the new Mummy sequel with Brendan Fraser.