A jaded cop (played with controlled fury by Chow Yun-fat), 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. More than a cops-and-bad-guys story, Hard Boiled continually startles with its originality and dark humor. John Woo‘s landmark 1992 action spectacle had long been unavailable due to rights issues.