Hard Boiling (and boiled sequels)
- Author
- The Optimism Vaccine Network
- Published
- Fri 05 Jan 2024
- Episode Link
- https://optimismvaccine.com/episode/hard-boiling-and-boiled-sequels-john-woo-wu-ma-last-blood-just-heroes
THIS WEEK: Hard Boiled (1992), Just Heroes AKA Hard Boiled 2 (1989), and The Last Blood AKA Hard Boiled 2 AKA Hard Boiled 3 (1991)
If you make the greatest action film of all time before leaving Hong Kong for Hollywood, there's a good chance someone will try to make a quick buck with an in-name-only sequel. If you're really lucky, they'll just slap a new title on an old movie. Maybe even one of your own. Or someone will make an Xbox game 15 years later. This is how it works.
