director john woo have a powerful and explosive style that will leave you breathless after watch this extremely violent action flick . the camera be everywhere fly from place to place . and there be people everywhere . all of them fire a gun or two . i have never see such energy before . the violence in hardboiled be very brutal and well direct . the last half hour of this film and which take place in the hospital be full of inventive action sequence . chow yun fat be really good a a tough policeman and it also very nice to see anthony wong ( bunman representhuman meat pie and dr lamb and bullet in the head ) what a great performance . i like hong kong action film by john woo . anyway and if youre tire of hollywood action trash and then this one be a must see . recommend .