“Give the guy a gun and he’s Superman. Give him two and he’s God.” John, Curtis, and special guest Dr David Lo bring the action with this week's coverage of John Woo's 1992 Hong Kong gun fu classic HARD BOILED. The team discuss their favourite scenes, the symbolism, gender and performance, and those epic action sequences, including the epic 30 minute hospital shootout. Tune in for the best action movie you may have never seen! After the chat, the lads talk about the movies they watched this week. "Better than a dozen Die Hards!"
Next week, John will be covering the Wachowski sisters's game-changer THE MATRIX from 1999. Hold onto your butts!
TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:03 HARD BOILED (1992) Discussion (favourite scenes, symbolism, hot takes, tasty bits)
00:38:48 Our Ratings
00:42:57 What We Watched This Week
01:06:08 Coming Up Next!
MOVIES WE WATCHED
JOHN: Back to the Future; Mothra vs. Godzilla; Godzilla (1998); Chosen (YouTube); Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster; Nightmare Alley (2022);
CURTIS: Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America (1.3); Euphoria (Season 2); Get on the Bus; Stone Cold (1991);
DAVID LO: The Tinder Swindler (2022), I am Jonas (2018), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Mulholland Drive (2001)
CREDITS AND PLUGS
Intro: Excerpts from HARD BOILED (1992); "Hard Boiled (Main Theme)" by Michael Gibbs
Outro: "Porcelain" by Moby
Quinn: @seatstruckreviews
Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'
John: johnnycakes.substack.com
@johnnycakes on Letterboxd
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