Hard Target
Natasha Binder hires Chance, a very hard 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.
2 July 1970, New York City, New York, USA
7 May 1939, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
24 September 1944, Copenhagen, Denmark
16 June 1962, Pretoria, South Africa
6 November 1950, Westchester, New York, USA
6 November 1937, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
27 September 1934, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
November 02, 2008
Though working on a Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle can be seen as a comedown for Woo, he rises to the occasion to create an often rousing entertainment that is almost inarguably Van Damme's best film to date.
January 20, 2006
Hysterically inept attempt at action filmmaking
August 30, 2004
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.
September 16, 2004
Should have been so much better.
January 01, 2000
Essentially, Hard Target is a risk-averse Van Damme vehicle, steered by many hands, and set on tracks leading directly to the delivery entrances of the country's video stores.
June 24, 2006
It's what Hollywood wanted Woo for: bigger, brighter explosions.
January 01, 2000
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.
May 12, 2001
Even when the acting is hammy, notably Wilford Brimley's turn as Chance's Cajun uncle, Woo stages every fight with hypnotic grace.
May 26, 2006
One of my greatest guilty pleasures.
January 02, 2004
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October 10, 2006
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
July 03, 2005
A combo of American Honk Kong actioners that fails to show John Woo's distinctive talent
