Film Name:终极标靶 / Hard Target
New Orleans at night is a haven for crime.
On the edge of the city, a panicked, bearded middle-aged man dashed left and right among the ruins, with dozens of heavily armed thugs chasing him like wolves. After a few rounds of competition, the bearded man was exhausted and died tragically under the chaos of arrows ……
One afternoon, Natasha, a rich girl, drove alone to New Orleans in search of her long-lost father, but was robbed in the street.
Chance, an out-of-work sailor, sees what’s going on and knocks out the thugs with a flurry of iron fists and roundhouse kicks. Natasha sees Chance’s skill and sense of justice and hires her to find her father.
Chance inquires with Rondo, the agency owner, but comes up empty-handed. Behind Rondo stands a stocky man, eyeing Chance intently ……
A female police officer, Mitchell, finds the charred body of Natasha’s father.
Chance has a keen intuition that this is not a small matter, and he searches the crime scene carefully and finds the soldier’s sign pierced by an arrow, thus concluding that Natasha’s father was shot. Meanwhile, two thugs attack him and threaten him to mind his own business.
Chance corners Rendo and finds out who is behind him, Fukuo. Fukuo is a shady, crooked businessman, and the man standing behind Rondo is Fukuo’s assistant, Pico.
They run a multinational “hunting” company, and wherever there’s turmoil on the planet, there’s turmoil. In order to satisfy their clients and avoid unnecessary trouble, they use money to lure homeless veterans to become “targets” and then provide their clients with weapons and manpower to hunt down the “targets” like animals! “……
It’s just another night of hunting and killing, and Roper, a black veteran, is killed in the street. Chance, knowing that Roper had sent flyers to Rondo before he died, takes Natasha and Mitchell to find Rondo.
Peek is the first to kill Rondo and sets up a trap. In the melee, Mitchell was killed. Chance was furious and fought back, hitting Peake hard. Suddenly, Fukio drove to the car, Chance did not dare to fight, and took Natasha to take the road and fled ……
Chance and Natasha are walking through the forest, while Falken and Peek gather people and set up a dragnet. Chance took great pains to find his eldest uncle, who lives in the jungle and has not been seen for years.
The three of them work together to lure the gangsters to an abandoned factory. After a series of fierce gun battles and fights, the gangsters were killed, Fukio was buried in the fire, and Peek also died under random gunfire. The inhumane hunting game is finally over ……
《Hard Target》 is the debut film of the famous Chinese director John Woo, whose violent aesthetics, coupled with Shangh? Windom’s robust physique and heroism make this movie a big hit! The movie is a beautiful and wonderful action, from beginning to end, no cold scenes, was nominated for the 1994 MTV Movie Awards (Best Action Drama).
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