Hard boiled 1992 - H.K Woo

Hard boiled is film about a police officer who morns the death of his partner, after a shooting that took place in the beginning of the movie. He is assigned to a case that is extremely dangerous, involving one particular group who has no mercy for other, with an undercover cop by their side. This film is very much about loss, because of the events that follow the shooting at the beginning. The main character in the film is a extremely tough cop, that does everything in his power to make sure that the bad guy is caught, whether it be dead or alive. He has lost so many things in the film such as; his communication with his girlfriend, which might have suffered because of his loss of feeling and showing emotion to other people. He had lost his partner which resulted in him being even more tough, and loosing his sense of empathy for other people. Not to mention throughout the film itself, it has a sense that people within the film has lost their humanity, not caring whether people live or die, especially the evil guy in the film Johnny. The undercover cop has lost his sense of identity, because of the things he has to do in order to keep his cover from being blown, which leaves him in a very emotionally vulnerable state. The tough cops girlfriend has lost the idea of having a family until the end of the film, because of the unstable connection of their relationship. The lines are crossed very often in this film, especially when it came to the hospital scenes, where Johnny's men begin to kill the patients in the hospital, and shooting the police officers outside the hospital, not to mention the innocent bystanders who are watching it happen. Politically for the film, it means that everything is out of order, and their is no boundaries or rules that people follow, especially when it comes to the innocence of others. Culturally it is a big deal because of the amount of issues it faces. The final scene in the hospital was a little bit strange, because of the fact he had a baby in his hands and he was still killing people. But what the baby added to the film that seemed to be missing, was that perception of purity and innocence, which everyone in the film had lost. There was also humor added when the baby came into the film, which is not seen before hand. Hard boiled is similar to almost every single action film from the 1990's up until now. It has explosions, innocent people dying, a cause to fight for, and the main character has a strong personality and background. It is a important film to the action genre, because it is like a set out blue print for all the action films from then on. There is nothing about the film that makes you feel like it isn't an action film, because it never has a break, and it leaves you wanting more, but with a resolution at the end.