Saturday,
May 22 at 7:00 PM
John
Woo Double Feature!
Presented
by International House and Exhumed Films
Hard
Boiled
dir.
John Woo, Hong Kong, 1992, 35mm, 126 mins, color, Cantonese
w/ English subtitles
 Chow
Yun-Fat stars as "hard boiled" detective Tequila in
this classic John Woo bullet-fest. Having lost his partner during
a tea house raid, Tequila teams up with Tony, a cop working
undercover to help break up a murderous drug smuggling ring.
Chow Yun-Fat defined cool in this film and his image remains
as potent and iconic as that of Clint Eastwood.
Preceded
by
Bullet
in the Head
dir.
John Woo, Hong Kong, 1990, 35mm, 136 mins, color, Cantonese
w/ English subtitles
Hong
Kong , 1967. On his way
to a wedding, a young man is attacked by a local triad member.
The gang member is later killed by three friends. Forced to
flee Hong Kong
in order to escape from the gang and the police they soon find
themselves running black market supplies in Saigon
during the Vietnam War.
Director John Woo doesn't flinch from displaying the graphic
horror of war and its consequences on not only these three
friends but everyone caught in its grasp.
Please
visit Exhumed Films at www.exhumedfilms.com.
Tickets are $9.00
for general admission, $8.00 for I House members, students and
seniors. Available one hour before showtime at the International
House box office.
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