Moscow Film Society: Hard Boiled

Tuesday, January 27 at 7 PM

“It’s astoundingly emotional and exhilarating, thanks to the oversized passions Woo grants his characters and the formal brilliance of his filming, with his rushing camera, extreme long takes and magnificent choreography of movement.”
— Dave Kehr, New York Daily News

Moscow Film Society presents HARD BOILED as part of their Hong Kong Cinema Classics series. Violence as poetry, rendered by a master—brilliant and passionate, John Woo’s Hard Boiled tells the story of jaded detective “Tequila” Yuen. Woo’s dizzying odyssey through the world of Hong Kong Triads, undercover agents, and frenzied police raids culminates unforgettably in the breathless hospital sequence. More than a cops-and-bad-guys story, Hard Boiled continually startles with its originality and dark humor. Cantonese with English subtitles. Sponsored by Habib Institute for Asian Studies. 

 Rated: R | 2 hr 8 min | Tickets: $8 Adult / Free for U of I Students / Film Pass