Thanks, great transaction.
Added 9/18/2009
I bought it as a gift, but the condition is great, just as described. Fast shipping.
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Intense Action
Added 9/12/2009
There is so much going on in this movie. You will not be bored if you like fast paced police action movies
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Rather confusion!
Added 9/2/2009
Not sure what to write about this movie as the plot is rather confusion. I like ChuYunFat and must say this is not his best...but not a very bad one as some of these types of martial art movies can be. I will not make a recommendation nor would I suggest not to buy either. A Toss on this one!
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Arguably One Of The Best Action Movies Ever Made
Added 3/29/2009
John Woo is definitely a poet when he comes to action, and he is no stranger to this exquisite action flick. Written and directed by Woo himself, Hard Boiled is perhaps one of the best action films ever made. The gun fu sequences are so elaborate and craftily choreographed that it becomes an astonishing eye candy festival.
In Hard Boiled, Chow Yung Fat plays Tequila, an over the edge super cop that will do what he can to stop crime from covering the streets. Early in the film we are introduced to another important player in the story, Alan (Tony Leung) an undercover cop working for the triads. He as well will do the impossible to bring down the organization.
The plot is not that original, it has been seen countless times in other films. Though Woo manages to take the plot and give it a couple of surprises here and there. The real magic however lies in the action sequences; which are arguably the best in any movie I have seen. Specifically a sequence in a burning hospital, which is a single handheld camera long take. This scene believe it or not lasts 2 minutes and 42 seconds. In that long take Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung alternately fight off enemies in a deliciously frenetic choreographed scene. The way they engage in emotional dialogue is superb. The scene goes through many corridors and rooms spanning two levels of the hospital, including an intervening elevator ride.
This is definitely a movie that is needed to be scene to be believed. The plot is not exactly Shakespeare...but then again we watch these type of flicks for the action than for the plot. This is a definitely must own by any action junkie. I recommend you get the Dragon Dynasty 2 disc Edition. It includes a vast amount of special features; along with a commentary by john woo himself. The Dragon Dynasty edition has been remastered in high definition, which presents a crisp and anamorphic transfer, much better than the previous edition.
MY PERSONAL RATING: 4 OUT OF 5
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Loads of gunplay
Added 3/29/2009
Mourning the death of his partner in a spectacular teahouse shoot out, a Hong Kong cop (Chow Yun Fat) goes to war with the triad. His ally is an undercover officer (Tony Leung) who has worked his way into a position of trust in a powerful criminal syndicate.
The movie is more than a little silly. A Chinese cop named Tequila who expresses his pain by playing the saxophone (without moving his fingers, by the way) in a hole-in-the-wall jazz club? It's as if director John Woo and co-screenwriters Barry Wong and Gordon Chan decided to throw in every convention of the tough cop genre that they could glean from American movies. Soon, however, the talent of the cast, the good humor of the plot, and the exuberance of Woo's direction won me over. I wouldn't place this at the apex of action films--it's over-reliance on gunplay and explosions becomes tedious at times--but it is a very enjoyable film. I've written before that I think John Woo is overrated, but that's only because so many lionize him as a god of the cinema. He is "merely" a very talented action director who can deliver a good time at the movies--and there's nothing wrong with that.
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Thanks, great transaction.
Added 9/18/2009
I bought it as a gift, but the condition is great, just as described. Fast shipping.
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Intense Action
Added 9/12/2009
There is so much going on in this movie. You will not be bored if you like fast paced police action movies
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Rather confusion!
Added 9/2/2009
Not sure what to write about this movie as the plot is rather confusion. I like ChuYunFat and must say this is not his best...but not a very bad one as some of these types of martial art movies can be. I will not make a recommendation nor would I suggest not to buy either. A Toss on this one!
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