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What (who) is hard-boiled - definition

1992 FILM DIRECTED BY JOHN WOO
Lashou shentan; Hard-Boiled; Hard boiled; Hard Boiled (film)
  • Anthony Wong, who portrayed triad boss Johnny Wong
  • Director John Woo acted in ''Hard Boiled'' as a bartender who would give Chow Yun-fat's character advice. Woo's character was developed after filming had already started.

hard boiled         
hard-boiled         
  • private eye]] [[Sam Spade]] by Henry C. Murphy, Jr.
TOUGH PERSONALITY, USUALLY AS A FICTION GENRE
Hard-boiled; Hard-boiled detective; Hard-Boiled Fiction; Noir novel; Hardboiled detective; Hardboiled fiction; Noir Fiction; Crime noir; Hardboiled crime fiction; Hardboiled novel
¦ adjective
1. (of an egg) boiled until solid.
2. (of a person) tough and cynical.
denoting a tough, realistic style of detective fiction.
hard-boiled         
  • private eye]] [[Sam Spade]] by Henry C. Murphy, Jr.
TOUGH PERSONALITY, USUALLY AS A FICTION GENRE
Hard-boiled; Hard-boiled detective; Hard-Boiled Fiction; Noir novel; Hardboiled detective; Hardboiled fiction; Noir Fiction; Crime noir; Hardboiled crime fiction; Hardboiled novel
also hard boiled
1.
A hard-boiled egg has been boiled in its shell until the whole of the inside is solid.
ADJ
2.
You use hard-boiled to describe someone who is tough and does not show much emotion.
She's hard-boiled, tough and funny.
ADJ

Wikipedia

Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled (Chinese: 辣手神探) is a 1992 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by John Woo from a screenplay by Gordon Chan and Barry Wong. The film stars Chow Yun-fat as Inspector "Tequila" Yuen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Alan, an undercover cop, and Anthony Wong as Johnny Wong, a leader of the criminal triads.

The film was John Woo's last Hong Kong film before his transition to Hollywood. After making films that glamorized gangsters and receiving criticism for doing so, Woo wanted to make a Dirty Harry styled film to glamorize the police. With the death of screenwriter Barry Wong, the film's screenplay underwent constant changes during filming. New characters such as Mad Dog and Mr. Woo were introduced, while the original plotline of a baby-poisoning psychopath was cut.

Hard Boiled was released in Hong Kong in 1992 to generally positive audience reception, but was not as commercially successful as Woo's previous films such as A Better Tomorrow and The Killer. Reception from Western critics was much more positive, with many critics and film scholars describing its action scenes as being among the best ever filmed. In 2007, a video game sequel titled Stranglehold was released.

Examples of use of hard-boiled
1. There‘s something too self–consciously hard boiled about her prose.
2. The PerfEGG‘s timing can be adjusted for hard–boiled eggs.
3. Garnish with carrot, hard boiled eggs, and lemon slices.
4. Probably nor will the hard–boiled Mail on Sunday, where Ross–like profanity is not unknown.
5. As a stylist Spillane was no innovator; the prose was hard–boiled boilerplate.