6.5
Swimming Pool
2003
“As a cop, he has brains, brawn, and an instinct to kill.”
Hard Boiled (1992)
April 16, 19922h 6mCN
7.5
933 votes
Overview
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Director
John WooWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
Cantonese
Budget
$4.5M
Revenue
$2.6M
Production Companies
Golden Princess Film ProductionsMilestone Pictures
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User Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
1.0**Who wants to see a free bloodbath before breakfast today?** Hong Kong has a long history of good action cinema, but this movie didn't seem that good and interesting to me. Many people love it, they say it is wonderful, and I accept that very well, I think that everyone has their own tastes, but the truth is that the film did not work for me. Sounds like an excuse for an action movie. John Woo is a director I don't know very well. I liked “The Killer” and, therefore, I decided to see this film: it is considered, by many people, one of the director's best. They're not even alike. It is n…
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Dr_Nostromo
9.090/100 John Woo's last Hong Kong film before coming to the states, he went balls out on this non-stop action, crime thriller involving 2 cops stuck right in the middle of a major drug war. Highlights include some of the most incredible stunts I've seen, a single shot traveling gun battle that goes on for nearly 5 minutes, electric performances by Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung, and, holy crap! What a body count!! Ranked #18 in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time" ...and well deserved. --DrNostromo.com