33-Year-Old Action Masterpiece That Puts 'Die Hard' to Shame Is a Massive Hit Following American Streaming Debut

It's one of the greatest action movie epics ever made, but it's been unavailable in America for years. However, now that it's finally available to stream, Hard Boiled is creating legions of new fans. John Woo's 1992 "heroic bloodshed" magnum opus has become a streaming hit, now available to stream on Shout!TV. Woo's work in Hong Kong, featuring balletic, stylized gunplay, was greatly influenced by American action cinema; conversely, his films would go on to inspire a generation of American filmmakers, who discovered his movies on VHS.