As revenge, Tequila executes the gangster who killed Benny rather than arrest him he is later taken aside and ordered off the case by an infuriated Chief Superintendent Pang, who reveals to Tequila that the gangster he executed was to be a key witness once captured. After an ambush from a rival gang, a fierce gun battle breaks out the gangsters are defeated but several police officers are badly wounded and Benny is killed. In a teahouse in Hong Kong, Royal Hong Kong Police inspectors "Tequila" Yuen and Benny Mak attempt to arrest a group of gun smugglers while they are making a deal. In 2007, a video game sequel titled Stranglehold was released. 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. Though it was not as commercially successful as Woo's A Better Tomorrow, it still did slightly better than The Killer in the domestic box office. Hard Boiled was released in Hong Kong in 1992 to generally positive audience reception. Woo were introduced, while the original plotline of a baby-poisoning psychopath was cut. With the death of screenwriter Barry Wong, the film's screenplay underwent constant changes during filming. 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. The film was John Woo's last Hong Kong film before his transition to Hollywood. 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. 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.
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