Hard Target (1993)

Director:

John Woo

Guionista (WGA):

Chuck Pfarrer (written by)

Release Date:

20 agosto 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Frase comercial:

Don't hunt what you can't kill.

Plot:

A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her father, who has gone missing. They discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance in the process.

Plot Keywords:

Cult Comedy | Helicopter | Debt | Railroad | Dog Tag

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Call It What You Will, But It IS Entertaining!

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Chance Boudreaux
Chuck Pfarrer	...	Douglas Binder
Robert Apisa	...	Mr. Lopacki
Arnold Vosloo	...	Pik van Cleef
Lance Henriksen	...	Emil Fouchon
Douglas Forsythe Rye	...	Frick
Mike Leinert	...	Frack (as Michael D. Leinert)
Yancy Butler	...	Natasha Binder
Lenore Banks	...	Marie
Willie C. Carpenter	...	Elijah Roper (as Willie Carpenter)
Barbara Tasker	...	Waitress
Kasi Lemmons	...	Det. Marie Mitchell
Randy Cheramie	...	Shop Steward
Eliott Keener	...	Randal Poe
Robert Pavlovich	...	Detective

También conocida como:

Blanco humano (Spain) [es]
Hard Target: Operación cacería (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

97 min | Germany:73 min (cut version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS

Clasificación:

Malaysia:18SG (tv rating) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Iceland:16 | Norway:(Banned) (uncut european version) (1993-2003) (cinema release) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (original rating) | Australia:R (DVD rating) | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Ireland:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Alphaville Films

Trivialidades:

Director Trademark: [John Woo] [doves]

Goofs:

Factual errors: Hand grenades are triggered by a small primer charge that sets off the plastic explosives through explosion. The primer charge explodes rather than merely causing sparks, which wouldn't set off the explosives anyway.

Quotes:

Natasha Binder: [after Douvee has been shot in the leg] Can you get up?
Douvee: I cannot dance... but, I can get up.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Burly Man Chronicles (2004) (V)

Call It What You Will, But It IS Entertaining!

Many people see "Jean-Claude Van Damme" in the lead and think this another stupid, no-brainer action flick and guess what? It is! BUT, it is also a very entertaining film, kind of ripoff of the old "Most Dangerous Game" storyline....and, if you can suspend belief for 90-100 minutes, you'll be vastly entertained....and that's the name of the game, folks.

Some of the action scenes are outrageous and big-time "Rambo" mentality, meaning an entire arsenal that could wipe out a small country is used against our hero and never seems to kill him! People are being shot in the streets but no is ever around in the middle of the day but the killers and victims? Usually that stuff annoys me, but I didn't seem to mind in this movie. In fact, it fits.

Despite the lack of credibility, Van Dame standing on top of a speeding motorcycle as it heads towards an onrushing car, and later dodging all kinds of pretty neat weapons as he tries to help Yancy Butler, is just fun. John Wood-directed films tend to be ridiculously exaggerated and loud, so that's what you get. I am not a fan of many of his films, but I am of this one. It's pure macho madness with a Lance Henriksen doing what he does best: be an incredibly-nasty and brutal villain. An added bonus in here - a real hoot - is old man Wilfred Brimley as Van Damme's French uncle who comes to his nephew's aid.

Add a great blues soundtrack and you have a great film to feed your male hormones with when needing to be fed some gratuitous violence.