definitely one of the true amust see film of the ninety and not only because it be the first to fully establish john woo a the master of action movie and chow yun fat a a superstar and but because it have have a massive influence on every action movie make since and and be easily one of and if not the best action movie ever . slick and stylish and violent and funny and clever and with interesting character and a superior plot which will keep you guess and and fill with set piece and explosion and chase and hard boil be a genuine classic and at least of it genre . chow yun fat star a tequilla and a cop with a love of jazz and a man whose skill be never question and but whose method be sometimes check a it usually end up in death and demolition . he also enjoy the odd bit of existential musing and and be always try to win back his love and who happen to be a superior . the film open with a fight between cop and arm dealer which end in the death of tequilla partner . tequilla kill all possible subject so they be leave with no evidence a to who the bos be . we meet tony and play by leung who be one the arm dealer lead men . he do his job flawlessly and and at all cost and but doesn not want to see his bos harm . however and when a rival with great ambition want to recruit him and tony double cross his old bos . tequilla intervenes and many more be kill . tony and tequilla continue to come into contact with each other and and we learn that tony isn not who he appear to be . soon tequilla work out where the massive armoury be and and a massive gunfight ensues and take up the last 40 minute of the film . will tequilla get revenge and will any more twist enter into the story and who will make it out alive . the film be incredibly clever for an action film and with many twist and but this be all the more astounding when you witness the level of action which take place . the set piece be almost overwhelming and with so much go on at one time they beg to be re watched repeatedly . each actor be convince and and it seem fat and leung be bear for these role . everyone else be good as well . the final hospital scene have some of the best and most exhilarating action ever film and and no one be safe a patient and doctor and kid and cop and and bad guy be all slaughter . almost every window be smash and all manner of gun be fire and and woo be on top form . his slow motion style and balletic gun play have never be good and and the one steadicam shot which go into a lift and between floor and feature many death and explosion and plus dialogue and be awesome and and must have be a nightmare to film . few action movie can suck the viewer in like this do and so that we care about the character and be not just watch vacantly . hard boil succeed on all level and and must be see by all action fan . it be the benchmark of the genre . positive .