Episode 9-Hard Boiled

Episode 9-HARD BOILED (1992)



Can an action movie have too much action?

Punching Up’s Adam thinks so.  

Is John Woo’s cop vs triads cult classic, Hard Boiled really better than a dozen Die Hards, or does it suffer from a terminal case of the try-hards? 

Adam thinks it does. 

Is John Woo really the Mozart of Mayhem, or is he actually the Andre Rieu of Chinese Gun fu?  

Adam reckons he might be Rieu, making the case that two hours of wall-to-wall gun fighting (however exquisitely choreographed) can be quite boring.

As always, Damian disagrees with him.

So, grab a 45 in each hand, put a matchstick in your mouth, release the doves and listen to Damian and Adam dance their slow-motion bullet ballet for your listening entertainment to determine whether Hard Boiled really deserves its Punching Up status.
 

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