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Hard Boiled

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  1. 285aHello Reddit. I'm John Woo, director of Face/Off, Mission Impossible II, Hard Boiled, The Killer, Hard Target, A Better Tomorrow, and my newest upcoming film, Silent Night. AMA.John Woo, answering as John_Woo_Official; Reddit r/movies, original filmmaker AMA; n.d.; Accessed 2026-10-18
  2. 285b"I use musical theory to shoot an action sequence": an exclusive online interview with John WooMatthew Thrift, interviewing director John Woo; BFI, original filmmaker interview; 2026-07-15; Accessed 2026-10-16