[21] Actor Lance Henriksen accepted the role of Emil Fouchon stating he was a great fan of Woo, noting that his earlier films "were so creative, so balletic, and had this incredible philosophy in them. 1 VIDEO | 73 IMAGES. [46] Hard Target 's revenue dropped by 50% in its second week of release, earning $5,027,485. Rating: 3.3 / 5 (15 users) *New - please help rate it Rating: R imdb: 5.2 Runtime: 104 Theater date September 6, 2016 Genre(s): Action , Thriller Movie Homepage The clonking sound of a head hitting wrought iron. During the shootout, Mitchell is shot in the chest and dies. [28] The film was then scored by Graeme Revell who utilized Kodo drummers from Japan. The Lacs has recorded six albums for Backroad Records, a subsidiary of Average Joes Entertainment, an independent label co-owned by fellow country rap artist Colt Ford. And I also heard the long version became a cult movie — some people have seen it and liked it a lot, which is so interesting. Fouchon and Van Cleef assemble their mercenary team and five hired hunters to continue the chase. When he recovers, he offers Mitchell the dog tag as evidence that Binder was murdered. Hard Target is a 1993 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director John Woo in his U.S. debut. The stunts are impressive ... as an action picture, it's well made, but it never becomes more than competent action and I just can't recommend it for that". [22] These camera dollies were nicknamed by the crew as "the Woo-Woo Choo-Choo". [40] A Region 2 DVD of the film was released on March 20, 2000. [11][16] Van Damme had already been a huge fan of Woo's films and arranged to meet with him in Hong Kong where the two got along despite both Woo and Van Damme's difficulty with their English. [51] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that "Van Damme has still not broken the habit of his own blank-faced posturing, although Mr. November 19, 2018 November 27, 2018 December 6, 2018: Target date for release of WordPress 5.0. Release Date (Streaming): Sep 10, 2015 Box Office (Gross USA): $31.5M. "[13], On his arrival in the United States, Woo went through several scripts before deciding on Hard Target. November 18, 2018 November 26, 2018 December 5, 2018: Dry run for release of WordPress 5.0 and 24 hour code freeze. R | 1h 37min | Action, Adventure, Drama | 20 August 1993 (USA) 1:54 | Trailer. In the United States, the film was the 14th highest selling laserdisc and the 46th most rented VHS film of 1994. Hard Target was tentatively scheduled to open in July 1993. Latest release date: 3 Feb 2017 Price: Free for personal use. New Orleans police detective Marie Mitchell (Kasi Lemmons) is reluctant to investigate Binder's disappearance until his charred body is discovered in the ashes of a derelict building. Sort by movie gross, ratings or popularity. [30][32] A non-action scene that is cut from the film is a romantic scene between Chance and Natasha. The final attempt was a script based on the 1932 film The Most Dangerous Game. The violence was only a container for the philosophy". He's tricked into Myanmar's jungle, where he's the fox in rich people's hunt. These DVDs included Hard Target, as well as Timecop, Street Fighter, Lionheart, Sudden Death and The Quest. 1 which is a compilation album featuring many of the labels artists such as Nate Kenyon, Crucifix and Hard Target. [11] Woo originally wanted actor Kurt Russell for the lead role, but found Russell to be booked for two years with other film projects. [11] Despite early misgivings of working with Van Damme, Woo changed many action scenes in the film to make them more spectacular on finding that Van Damme was up for it. Weitere Informationen zu Updatekanälen finden Sie unter Übersicht über die Updatekanäle für Microsoft 365 Apps. Release date: May 26, 2015; Label: Backroad Records; Formats: CD, music download; 3 27 — 2 3 US: 31,600; Welcome to Dodge City (with Hard Target) Release date: August 5, 2016; Label: Barn Burner Records; Formats: CD, music download; 22 — — 16 10 US: 3,100; American Rebelution: Release date: April 7, 2017; Label: Backroad Records; Formats: CD, music download; 10 65 — 8 Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. On September 22, 2017, The Lacs released the first album from Dirt Rock titled Dirtbagz, Vol. Hard Target discography and songs: Music profile for Hard Target. Woo was also pressured by Universal to tone-down the violence and body count that they had seen in his Hong Kong films. Thanks for Watching!!!!! Internationally, the film took in an additional $41,600,000 in box office business for a combined worldwide total of $74,189,677. 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Fouchon attempts in vain to dismantle the grenade and gets incinerated in the explosion. After 65 days of filming in New Orleans, Woo had trouble with the Motion Picture Association of America to secure the R rating that Universal wanted. [11] As Woo had not mastered the English language yet, it took time for the cast and crew to get used to working with him. Review Date September 2nd, 2016 by Matthew Hartman. After deciding on Pfarrer's script for Hard Target, Woo wanted to have actor Kurt Russell in the lead role, but found Russell too busy with other projects. Van Damme's version excises whole characters to insert more scenes and close-ups of his character Chance. Natasha discovers that her father distributed fliers for a seedy recruiter named Randal Poe (Eliott Keener) who has been secretly supplying Fouchon with homeless men with war experience and no family ties. [30] During this editing period, Van Damme went with his own editor to make his own edit of the film. Hard Target - Harte Ziele jetzt legal streamen. [26] Producer James Jacks recalled that Woo was not "the most powerful person on the set but as far as I was concerned, he was certainly the most respected". After the script did not turn out Pfarrer worked on a script influenced by the film Aliens that became the basis for his comic Virus. [50] In Variety, Emanuel Levy wrote that Hard Target was "a briskly vigorous, occasionally brilliant actioner starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Hard Target was John Woo's first foray into the world of Hollywood movies, and it looks as though the Chinese director took full advantage of the extra budget afforded him. The Lacs created their own record label Dirt Rock Empire[3] in 2017. For more information about update channels, see Overview of update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps. [16] Actress Yancy Butler was cast as Natasha Binder in her feature film debut. A bullet in the eye. [9] Woo was first offered this job in the United States by Universal Pictures chairman Tom Pollock after he had seen Woo's film The Killer. I thought I could do the same for Van Damme". [17] Woo also stated that the story is "less John Woo" but the visual aspect would be "very John Woo". Learn more. ... DLL SDK and DiskCheckup utilizes statistical analysis to predict possible failure dates of hard disk drives. A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her father, who has gone missing. This page was last edited on 23 January 2021, at 02:59. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. [42][43], A longer 116-minute copy of the film has not been released officially, but has been found as a bootleg. [7] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Human Target: Season 1 has been added … [11][12] Universal was worried about having an Asian director on set who had limited command of English on a large-scale project. Die Menschenjagd findet diesmal aber nicht in einer amerikanischen Großstadt, sondern in den Dschungeln von Burma und Thailand statt. Chance learns that Binder is searching for her missing father (Chuck Pfarrer), and agrees to aid Binder in her search. Eliott Keener as Randal Poe, a seedy recruiter for Fouchon to find homeless ex-soldiers to hunt. Woo films him in the most aggrandizing style imaginable". [48] The film went on to top out domestically at $32,589,677 in total ticket sales through a 5-week theatrical run. [25] Van Cleef's henchmen suddenly ambush Chance and beat him unconscious to scare him and Natasha out of town. Company license is US$27.00 per license. Fouchon and Van Cleef beat Randal and cut his ear as a punishment for sending them a man with a daughter. [21] The role led Butler to other starring roles in action films such as Drop Zone and Fast Money. This put a lot of pressure on Woo. [47] During its final week in release, Hard Target opened in a distant eleventh place with $1,270,945 in revenue. Pfarrer had the story take place in New Orleans to give an explanation of Jean-Claude Van Damme's accent. [54], Van Damme later said "Hard Target was a bad script, but we had some great action scenes, and John Woo made me look like a samurai with greasy hair. [39] Hard Target was released on DVD for Region 1 on July 1, 1998. The table is ordered by release date, with the most recent release date listed first. [27] Russell Carpenter found difficulty in filming the huge gunfight scenes. While searching for her father, Binder's estranged daughter Natasha (Yancy Butler) is attacked by a group of muggers who saw that she had a lot of cash earlier. [52] Desson Thompson of The Washington Post wrote that "When Van Damme isn't duking it out with the English language, scriptwriter Chuck Pfarrer is filling Henriksen's mouth with villainous pseudo-profundities. Progressive rollouts. [10][11] Universal was not eager to have Woo direct an entire feature and only agreed after what producer James Jacks called a "difficult period of convincing". With the investigation getting closer, Van Cleef and Fouchon decide to relocate their hunting business and begin eliminating "loose ends". Nasty gurgles from the wounded. Directed by Roel Reiné. Woo made dozens of cuts to the film until the MPAA allowed it an R rating. [56], About the movie reception, Woo blamed himself and his "style": "While we were making Hard Target I did try to make it a little bit more like Hong Kong film style even though it was an American movie. In the end, only Fouchon is left, but he holds Chance at bay by taking Natasha hostage and stabbing Douvee in the chest with his arrow. With Scott Adkins, Robert Knepper, Rhona Mitra, Temuera Morrison. Pursuing him is the hunt organizer Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen), his lieutenant Pik van Cleef (Arnold Vosloo), a businessman named Mr. Lopacki - Fouchon's client who has paid $500,000 for the opportunity to hunt a human, and mercenaries including Stephan (Sven-Ole Thorsen) and Peterson (Jules Sylvester). List of the best new action movies. Free shipping on orders $35+ & free returns plus same-day in-store pickup. The medical examiner who had been hiding the evidence of the hunt is executed along with Randal. Lenore Banks as Marie, Binder's Landlady. I'd like to use it in our next release, and with deadlines approaching it would be helpful to know if I'll have time to fit it in or not. As Wes fights for his life in the treacherous jungle terrain, the hunters become the hunted. Als Konsole der siebten Generation stand sie in direkter Konkurrenz zu Nintendos Wii und der Xbox 360 von Microsoft.. Neben ihrer Funktion als Videospiel-Plattform ist die PS3 auch in der Lage, Audio-CDs, DVDs und Blu-ray Discs wiederzugeben. Released by Back Lot Music in 2016 containing music from Hard Target 2 (2016). Woo's creative presence is practically stifled. [17] On working with Van Damme, Woo stated that he was "sure of [my own] abilities and I know how to make an actor look good on screen, make him look like a hero. On its initial release, Hard Target received mixed reviews from film critics[3] but was a financial success. Target release: Week of 02-Feb-2021: Week of 04-Mar-2021: 90: Target release: Week of 16-Mar-2021: Week of 15-Apr-2021: 91: Target release: Week of 27-Apr-2021: Week of 27-May-2021: Release Process. MPAA Rating: Restricted. In New Orleans, a homeless veteran named Douglas Binder (Chuck Pfarrer) is the target of a hunt. 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