a comment on the front cover of the dvd case for hard boil say that it be amore exciting than a dozen die hards . a dozen may be an over statement but this exciting balletic action from genre maestro john woo do it best to blow you away . this be easily woo best film along with the killer and be a mile apart from any of his mediocre hollywood effort . he manage to take the classic element of the cop movie and include plot device and typical inciting incident and characterisation and overload it with as much action you can fire a gun at and create two hour of pure adrenaline rush . the superb action sequence be split up by good plot detail and a bit of humour thrown in for good measure and a lot of it completely incongruous to the often violent scenario ( the sequence with yun fat dodge bullet while hold a baby for example ) . in this sense it doesn not take itself too seriously and the respectable and if basic storyline help to make this not jut another pointless action workout . if your not a fan of subtitle then watch it for the action sequence and any conosseuir of all thing violent would lap this up . the amount of bullet fire be stagger and the gunplay and stuntwork be some of the best you will ever see . the last 40 minute in particular be pretty jaw drop and with explosion and bullet gallore and amidst the frenetic camera work and stylish visuals . hard boil must be near to the record for have the high on screen body count in a film and this be a statistic that hint at what to expect . amaze . positive .