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Hard Target

Don't hunt what you can't kill.

1993 · 1h 37m · NC-17 Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by John Woo

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Overview

When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

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62%
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Rotten

A disappointing American debut of the Hong Kong cult director John Woo is a decent action vehicle by standards of its star Jean-Claude Van Damme but, hampered by a B script and flat characters, it doesn't bear Woo's auteurist signature and unique vision

Emanuel Levy, Variety
Fresh

It's what Hollywood wanted Woo for: bigger, brighter explosions.

Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh

Presenting Mr. Van Damme as reverentially as Sergio Leone did the young Clint Eastwood, Mr. Woo displays a real aptitude for malignant mischief, which is this story's stock in trade.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh

Even when the acting is hammy, notably Wilford Brimley's turn as Chance's Cajun uncle, Woo stages every fight with hypnotic grace.

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten

Woo, a master of stylized violence and explosive action, has had to buy into America's fascination with explosive effects and reaction. Something gets lost in the transition.

Richard Harrington, Washington Post

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