Ashamed that his father lived a life of crime, hard-boiled New York City cop Mark Dixon (Dana Andrews) has a reputation for being too tough on criminals. So when Dixon unintentionally kills a murder suspect during a routine questioning, he hides the fact from the department and tries to pi...
Adapting Lawrence Block's hard-boiled detective novel series featuring Matt Scudder (Liam Neeson) – an ex-NYPD cop turned unlicensed private investigator – A Walk Among the Tombstones is a gritty thriller that sees Scudder hunting down the ruthless kidnappers responsible for the murder of his cli...
Hard Justice (1995) Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off (1973) Too Late the Hero (1970) Provoked (1989) Fighting Back (1982) Come Spy with Me (1967) The Deathless Devil (1973) Danger Zone II: Reaper’s Revenge (1989) That Man from Rio (1964) Venus Rising (1995) Double Nickels (1977) Flesh...
Nevertheless, we’d argue the sequence that most pushes the boundaries occurs when Kichizo (Fuji) inserts a hard-boiled egg into the vagina of his new bride, Sada (Matsuda), in full view of the people serving them dinner. He then instructs Sada to squat like a hen and lay the egg ...
The 1980s and 1990s saw the rise of Hong Kong crime films, with directors like Ringo Lam and John Woo creating classics such as ‘A Better Tomorrow’ (1987) and ‘Hard Boiled’ (1992) and actors like Chow Yun-fat gaining international fame. This vast and intricate history illustrates the...
During the 1940s and 50s, Hollywood entered a “noir” period, producing riveting films based on hard-boiled fiction. These films were set in dark locations and shot in a black & white aesthetic that fit like a glove. Hardened ...
Critics like to argue that filmmakers don’t make movies about sex or sexuality the way they used to, since studios are too obsessed with churning out superhero sequels to do the kind of considered studies of eroticism that were common in the ’70s and ’80s. But as films like Challengers...
8. Hard Boiled John Woo's later work might have tailed off somewhat (see Mission: Impossible II –or, if you prefer, don't), but his super-stylish Hong Kong period remains virtually untouchable, and Hard Boiled is the best of the lot. Even if it does sacrifice emotional development in...
Adapting Lawrence Block's hard-boiled detective novel series featuring Matt Scudder (Liam Neeson) – an ex-NYPD cop turned unlicensed private investigator – A Walk Among the Tombstones is a gritty thriller that sees Scudder hunting down the ruthless kidnappers responsible for the murder of his cli...
Winning the part, he lands in Hollywood, where he's flung into a tangled, murderous conspiracy with his childhood sweetheart, Harmony Lane (Michelle Monaghan), and hard-boiled private eye Perry van Shrike (Val Kilmer). This deadpan, affectionate parody of film noir tropes is named for film...