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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Pik Van Cleaf]] tries to do this by pulling the pin on one of his grenades as he is dying, but unfortunately Chance catches the grenade as [[spoiler:Van Cleaf]] drops it when he expires and uses his shirt to keep the spoon from flying off, later using it to blow up Fouchon.
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* TheArcher: Uncle Douvet decides to help Chance by picking up his bow and arrows.
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* CoolGuns: Lots, but the crowner is Fouchon's Thompson Contender. His is a .45-70 version. Towards the end of the film, he forces Natasha to load it for him, suggestively ordering her to "load me".
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* AbandonedWarehouse: The final climatic battle takes place in one.
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The first film that Creator/JohnWoo made in Hollywood after leaving Hong Kong, ''Hard Target'' (1993) starts off with a homeless man fleeing attackers on motorcycles, before being shot down just before he escapes across a river. Cut to three weeks later, when Natasha Binder (played by Creator/YancyButler) is looking for her father deep in the heart of New Orleans. Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme... sorry, "Chance" Boudreaux, saves her from a gang. Natasha, after being told that the police won't be able to find her father, hires Chance to protect her as she investigates. Soon, the pair find out about a secret "hunting" ring, led by BigBad Emil Fouchon (Creator/LanceHenriksen) and ProfessionalKiller Pik Van Cleaf (Creator/ArnoldVosloo) and must turn the tables on the hunters.
The movie is chock-full of John Woo's signature style, especially in the action scenes. Slo-mo, motorcycles exploding, and pigeons abound as Van Damme kicks and shoots dozens of {{mooks}}. All while sporting a mullet. And being aided by Creator/WilfordBrimley. Needless to say, there are some who consider it SoBadItsGood, completely awful, genuinely awesome, or somewhere in between all three.
The first film that Creator/JohnWoo made in Hollywood after leaving Hong Kong, ''Hard Target'' (1993) starts off with a homeless man fleeing attackers on motorcycles, before being shot down just before he escapes across a river. Cut to three weeks later, when Natasha Binder (played by Creator/YancyButler) is looking for her father deep in the heart of New Orleans. Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme... sorry, "Chance" Boudreaux, saves her from a gang. Natasha, after being told that the police won't be able to find her father, hires Chance to protect her as she investigates. Soon, the pair find out about a secret "hunting" ring, led by BigBad Emil Fouchon (Creator/LanceHenriksen) and ProfessionalKiller Pik Van Cleaf (Creator/ArnoldVosloo) and must turn the tables on the hunters.
The movie is chock-full of John Woo's signature style, especially in the action scenes. Slo-mo, motorcycles exploding, and pigeons abound as Van Damme kicks and shoots dozens of {{mooks}}. All while sporting a mullet. And being aided by Creator/WilfordBrimley. Needless to say, there are some who consider it SoBadItsGood, completely awful, genuinely awesome, or somewhere in between all three.
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The first film that Creator/JohnWoo made in Hollywood after leaving Hong Kong,Uh-huh.
''Hard Target''(1993) starts off with is a 1993 action film directed by Creator/JohnWoo (in his American film debut after making a name for himself in his native Hong Kong) and starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.
The film opens on a homeless man fleeing attackers onmotorcycles, motorcycles before being shot down just before he escapes across a river. Cut to three Three weeks later, when Natasha Binder (played by Creator/YancyButler) (Creator/YancyButler) is looking for her father deep in the heart of New Orleans. Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme... sorry, "Chance" Boudreaux, Chance Boudreaux (Van Damme), an out-of-work former Force Recon Marine, saves her from a gang. Natasha, gang attack; after being Natasha is told that the police won't be able to find her father, she hires Chance to protect her as she investigates. Soon, the pair find out about a secret "hunting" ring, led by BigBad Emil Fouchon (Creator/LanceHenriksen) and ProfessionalKiller Pik Van Cleaf (Creator/ArnoldVosloo) (Creator/ArnoldVosloo), and must turn the tables on the hunters.
The movie is chock-full of John Woo'ssignature style, SignatureStyle, especially in the action scenes. Slo-mo, [[{{Overcrank}} Slo-mo]], motorcycles exploding, and pigeons [[DisturbedDoves pigeons]] abound as Van Damme kicks and shoots dozens of {{mooks}}. All {{mooks}} -- all while sporting a mullet. And mullet, and being aided by Creator/WilfordBrimley. Needless to say, there are some who consider it SoBadItsGood, completely awful, genuinely awesome, or somewhere in between all three.
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It received a DirectToVideo sequel in 2016 starring Creator/ScottAdkins. In the sequel, its revealed that the manhunt operations, despite being seemingly eliminated after Emil Fouchon's death in the original film, is still occurring in countries outside of the States. Wes Baylor, a professional boxer who accidentally committed murder, ends up fleeing to Thailand where he is the subject of yet another deadly game of manhunt.
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While the film's numbered title suggests it to be a {{sequel}}, its initial announcement and statements from cast and crew instead referred to it as a reboot. According to Adkins, he and Reiné wanted the film to be a more direct sequel, but executives insisted the film be treated as a standalone. According to Reiné, John Woo was also originally meant to sign on as a producer; the finished film makes no mention of him.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Elijah Roper]] dies standing up rather than begging for his life or mercy when it's clear that the people of New Orleans aren't going to be of any help at all.
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** [[spoiler:Fouchon]]'s reaction to realizing the grenade he seemingly disarmed is about to detonate anyway isn't panic, but wry amusement.
--> [[spoiler:'''Fouchon:''']] Whoops. ['''[[StuffBlowingUp BOOM!]]''']
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** [[spoiler:Fouchon]]'s reaction to realizing the grenade he seemingly disarmed is about to detonate anyway isn't panic, but wry amusement.
--> [[spoiler:'''Fouchon:''']] Whoops. ['''[[StuffBlowingUp BOOM!]]''']
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** Chance's first scene has him going up against a gang of muggers. He effortlessly demolishes all of them.
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* ExtremityExtremist: In classic Van Damme fashion, Chance's fighting style is built mainly around kicks.
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* VillainousFriendship: Van Cleaf and Fouchon are both monstrous figures but they seem to sincerely like one another with Fouchon being genuinely upset at Van Cleaf's death, even taking the time to close his eyes out of respect.
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* WeaponOfChoice: This being a John Woo film, almost everyone naturally uses a Beretta 92 as theirs.
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* RareGuns: The Armsel Striker appears as a weapon used by one of Fouchon's hunting squad during the middle part of the movie. For some reason, [[GunsDoNotWorkThatWay it is unrealistically depicted as a grenade launcher]] rather than a semi-automatic shotgun as the film makers apparently didn't do enough research of the gun at the time; [[MisidentifiedWeapons they thought that the Striker looked like a grenade launcher because of the drum magazine and its menacingly unorthodox appearance]].
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* SequelGoesForeign: The ssecond movie is set largely in Thailand instead of the States.
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* AdrenalineTime: Heavily Invoked, even for a John Woo film. Pretty much ''every'' action shot (and many a non-action shot) in the film is either: [[{{Overcrank}} Shot in slow-motion]]; followed up by a slow-motion replay; [[RepeatCut followed up by a snap replay from multiple different angles]], or, most of the time, [[UpToEleven all of the above]].
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* AdrenalineTime: Heavily Invoked, even for a John Woo film. Pretty much ''every'' action shot (and many a non-action shot) in the film is either: [[{{Overcrank}} Shot in slow-motion]]; followed up by a slow-motion replay; [[RepeatCut followed up by a snap replay from multiple different angles]], or, most of the time, [[UpToEleven all of the above]].above.
