Hard Boiled - Arrow Video Limited Edition (4K Ultra HD)
John Woo’s 1992 masterpiece Hard Boiled returns in a definitive Arrow Video Limited Edition (4K Ultra HD), fully loaded with premium packaging, multiple audio options, and a huge slate of new and archival extras. A hyperkinetic, hyperviolent high point of the Heroic Bloodshed genre, Hard Boiled stars Chow Yun-Fat as “Tequila,” a gung-ho cop battling Hong Kong’s illegal gun trade—delivering operatic gunfights, iconic set pieces, and pure “gun-fu” energy that helped define action cinema worldwide.
Tequila (Chow Yun-Fat) is determined to take down triad boss Johnny Wong (Anthony Wong), who controls Hong Kong’s illicit weapons pipeline. When Johnny tries to recruit assassin Ah-Long (Tony Leung) and Tequila is pulled off the case, Tequila goes rogue—uncovering a web of deception that threatens to ignite an all-out underworld war. The result is a relentless escalation of suspense, betrayal, and legendary shootouts.
DISC ONE – Feature + Extras (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray)
- 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Audio options:
- Original lossless Cantonese mono
- Dolby Atmos (Cantonese)
- English mono
- Subtitles:
- Newly translated English subtitles for Cantonese soundtracks
- Optional English SDH for the English soundtrack
- Brand new audio commentary with John Woo and film journalist Drew Taylor
- Brand new audio commentary with film historian Frank Djeng
- Archival audio commentary with John Woo and producer Terence Chang
- Archival audio commentary with John Woo, Terence Chang, critic Dave Kehr, and filmmaker Roger Avary
- Deleted and extended scenes
- Original trailers
- Image gallery
DISC TWO – Extras (Blu-ray)
- Violent Night – new interview with John Woo
- Boiling Over – new interview with actor Anthony Wong
- No Room for Failure – new interview with Terence Chang
- Hard To Resist – new interview with screenwriter Gordon Chan
- Boiled to Perfection – new interview with screenwriter Chan Hing-Ka
- Body Count Blues – new interview with composer Michael Gibbs
- Hong Kong Confidential: Inside Hard Boiled – new interview with author Grady Hendrix
- Gun-Fu Fever – new interview with author Leon Hunt
- Chewing the Fat – new interview with academic Lin Feng
- American Cinematheque 2025 Q&A with John Woo
- The Test of Time – archival documentary (John Woo, Terence Chang, editor David Wu, Philip Kwok)
- Archival interviews with Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung
