Hard Boiled

>*"How about a little nursery rap?"* Sooo much gun power, Americans must love this one. They really go hard on the explosions/fire and those sequences look absolutely stunning. Probably the most i've seen in a movie? Phenomenal action sequences and choreography. Great use of slow-motion at the right times (they overused it in the second half though). Love the enthralling score, it's memorable. It's also a good looking movie with colors that really pop. The two main characters are really good ones, pretty fleshed out for an action movie and I always understood what their motivations were. I think there's a little bit of a hidden, unintended(?) romance in this movie (the white roses scene and a few other scenes make it look like that) and looking at it that way certainly adds some emotions to the story. Made the movie better for me. The story's a simple one (revenge) but the addition of Alan with the gradual friendship building up and also the gang wars made it unpredictable and interesting. Favorite part was the fight in the warehouse in the first act. Overall I really enjoyed this, a newfound action favorite!

• During Chow Yun-fat's prime, compared to him, Tony Leung seemed a bit inexperienced. • John Woo isn't skilled at storytelling; he relies entirely on spectacle, which foreshadows his inability to produce good movies afterward. • It's lamentable how the ethical and moral standards in Hong Kong cinema during the 1990s were akin to the era of "Water Margin," where as long as the protagonist doesn't die, indiscriminate killings are deemed inconsequential. Being abandoned by the times was inevitable. • It's regrettable that this kind of violent storytelling persisted into the 2020s during the era of Qiu Litao. • Download: https://mypikpak.com/s/VNqMCAa8UiGBHqYPL-dJ9Tsbo1