The Nextlander Watchcast 061: Hard Boiled (1992) (Patreon)

We're closing out September with the mother of all Hong Kong action flicks in John Woo's Hard Boiled!

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(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.(00:00:19) - Intro.(00:01:34) - Our film for this week: HARD BOILED!(00:02:35) - What did our cast know about the movie going in, and early impressions.(00:14:10) - Talking about the production of the movie.(00:26:12) - Time to get into the film (and a brief discussion of jazz and its coolness).(00:34:18) - John Woo's jazz club.(00:36:08) - Tony Leung's eagerness to do undercover murders.(00:38:13) - La Li Lu Le Lo.(00:43:48) - The old school and new school of HK triads have different philosophies.(00:50:31) - Break!(00:50:55) - We're back, let's blow this warehouse to smithereens.(00:59:40) - How did all this manage to happen less than halfway through the movie?!?(01:04:01) - Barreling toward the hospital.(01:07:18) - All hospital from here on out.(01:12:52) - Let's just shoot guns and blow stuff up and fight Philip Kwok forever.(01:22:14) - The final showdown with Mad Dog, and the exit from the hospital.(01:26:37) - Johnny's humiliation fetish routine.(01:31:49) - Final thoughts.(01:36:01) - Outro.