61: Hard Boiled (1992)

We're closing out September with the mother of all Hong Kong action flicks in John Woo's Hard Boiled!  CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (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.