History Film / HardBoiled

* CryingLittleKid: A major plot point of the second half of the movie involves evacuating the babies of a hospital's maternity ward and getting them to safety once the patients that didn't get killed by the bad guys are evacuated. Teresa Chang, who played a major role in the evacuation of the patients, is placed in charge of getting the kids out of there with the help of the SDU team, with the bad guys trying to stop them every step of the way. [[spoiler:Eventually, every one of the babies are evacuated, but there's just one more baby that she missed, which she charges Tequila himself with the task of saving. And [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome man, does he ever]]]].

''Hard Boiled'' is all about two cops - one undercover, another much maligned for always, always playing the Bad Cop - working together to bring down a gunrunning ring. There is plenty of plot in between which establishes the characters of Tequila (the Bad Cop) and Alan (the undercover cop, played by Creator/TonyLeung Chiu-Wai) nicely.

* RedOniBlueOni: Inspector Tequila and Alan, respectively.

* DrinkOrder: Tequila has his nickname because he prefers to drink Tequila Slammers, which are made by pouring equal parts tequila and soda into a shot glass, placing one's hand over the glass and then slamming it on top of the bar in order to mix it before drinking. It's violent and slapdash - which fits him perfectly, on top of tequila being the stereotypical order of gunslingers... also like Tequila.

* DrinkOrder: Tequila has his nickname because he prefers to drink Tequila Slammers, which are made by pouring equal parts tequila and soda into a shot glass, placing one's hand over the glass and then slamming it on top of the bar in order to mix it before drinking.

* ToneShift: While ''The Killer'' had a darker and more serious tone, ''Hard Boiled'' has a more fun and over the top tone.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Inspector Tequila Yuen's standard issue sidearm is a .38 caliber revolver. Johnny Wong has a habit of insulting him for his choice of weapon. [[spoiler:Ironically a single shot from a .38 kills Wong in the end.]]

* GunPorn: Wong's arsenal [[spoiler: hidden in a hospital]] is [[{{JustForPun}} loaded]] with more guns than the Army.

* GunPorn: Wong's arsenal [[spoiler: hidden in a hospital]] is [[{{Pun}} loaded]] with more guns than the Army.

* NonIndicativeName: ZigZagged with Mad Dog; on one hand, he's very discerning about[[NeverHurtAnInnocent his targets]] and has a very strict set of standards. On the other hand, when he's doing his job, he's absolutely ''vicious''.

* GunPorn: Wong's arsenal [[spoiler: hidden in a hospital]] is [[{{Pun}} loaded]] with more guns than the Army.

* InfantImmortality: Played straight. ''All'' the babies in the hospital make it out okay.

''Hard Boiled'' is a critically-acclaimed action film by Creator/JohnWoo, starring Creator/ChowYunFat in his slightly younger years. This 1992 action classic has aged very gracefully, and boasts action very few contemporary films can match up to. Has a sequel in the form of a game called ''VideoGame/{{Stranglehold}}'', also produced by Woo.

* InfantImmortality: Played straight. All the babies in the hospital make it out okay.

* TheCavalry: The SWAT team, once they're able to get inside the hospital.

* CryingLittleKid: A major plot point of the second half of the movie involves evacuating the babies of a hospital's maternity ward and getting them to safety once the patients that didn't get killed by the bad guys are evacuated. Teresa Chang, who played a major role in the evacuation of the patients, is placed in charge of getting the kids out of there with the help of the SWAT team, with the bad guys trying to stop them every step of the way. [[spoiler:Eventually, every one of the babies are evacuated, but there's just one more baby that she missed, which she charges Tequila himself with the task of saving. And [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome man, does he ever]]]].

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Johnny Wong mocks the police officers' .38-caliber service pistols when telling his men to shoot them. In the end, however, he's killed with a .38 to the eye from a service pistol.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: Near the end of the hospital battle, two of the SWAT team officers charged with getting the newborns safely out of the building use their kevlar vests to protect the babies. Immediately after securing the infants inside of the vests, they're riddled with bullets that they might otherwise have survived.

* MenOfSherwood: The SWAT team during the hospital shoot-out definitely qualifies.

* TooDumbToLive: A nameless Triad thug shoots two SWAT officers in the climactic hospital battle, killing one of them. As he goes to finish off the other, Teresa Chang snatches up a pistol and holds it on him. Possibly believing that she was merely a trapped civilian (she was wearing plainclothes) and wouldn't have the nerve to shoot him, the thug slapped her and called her a "fucking bitch!" She promptly shot him about five times in the torso.