Hard Boiled (1992)
I should put myself in more situations where I watch movies I think I know really well with people who've never seen it before. Sheri was totally all like "What's going on?" within three minutes, and it took me about an hour to remember how they actually ended up in the hospital shooting patients and stuff.
You know you're watching a HK gangster film because of the casual disregard for stuntmen's welfare. Throwing actual people off trailers onto cars and running into them with motorcycles. Also, just in general, they tend to have a lot more guys in group scenes than American movies do. Like at the warehouse takeover, there are like 50-70 guys there. I'm watching The Departed which is a remake of Infernal Affairs which I don't remember very well, except there was one standoff scene in a conference room with like 80 guys between the two factions. I don't think there's any standoff in The Departed with 80 guys. But I guess it's good in its own way. It's got Matt Damon in it, who according to every woman I am currently in contact with is like the hottest guy ever.
One of the best soundtracks of the '90s.
You know you're watching a HK gangster film because of the casual disregard for stuntmen's welfare. Throwing actual people off trailers onto cars and running into them with motorcycles. Also, just in general, they tend to have a lot more guys in group scenes than American movies do. Like at the warehouse takeover, there are like 50-70 guys there. I'm watching The Departed which is a remake of Infernal Affairs which I don't remember very well, except there was one standoff scene in a conference room with like 80 guys between the two factions. I don't think there's any standoff in The Departed with 80 guys. But I guess it's good in its own way. It's got Matt Damon in it, who according to every woman I am currently in contact with is like the hottest guy ever.
One of the best soundtracks of the '90s.
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posted by Jon @ 7:15 AM
2 Comments:
At 5:35 PM,
RB said…
That was also the only movie I remember watching on old school Laser Disc. QED Laser, where have ye gone?!
At 7:43 AM,
Jon said…
Hahahahah holy crap. That place was my one-stop shop for blowing my parents' dough.
Criterion Collection laserdiscs of Hard-Boiled and The Killer were $150 EACH. And then there was the Japanese Pulp Fiction laserdisc that came out like 2 years before the US video release that I just HAD to have...$120.
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