- Blackjack (TV movie, 1998)
- Following Face/Off, Woo made Blackjack (1998), another two-hour television movie produced by Alliance Communications for USA Network[1][2]
- Scripted as a two-hour pilot in hopes that it would be turned into a series, it starred Dolph Lundgren as Jack Devlin, a bodyguard with a phobia of the colour white who must protect a model from being murdered by her ex-husband[3][4]
- Marc Bernardin of Entertainment Weekly gave it a grade of B+, noting that while it paled in comparison to Hard Boiled and Face/Off, it was better than most USA Network television movies[5]
- Michael Costello of AllMovie called it a "very sorry excuse for a John Woo film", criticizing the acting, dialogue, staging, and set design[6]
- A mixed review by TV Guide stated that while the film had some solid action scenes, it was "sabotaged by lackluster acting, thin characterization, and a derivative story line."[7]
- USA Network ultimately chose to not pick it up as a series[8]
Plot
editCast
editProduction
editConception
editWriting and development
editCasting
editFilming and post-production
editMusic
editDesign
editRelease
editContext
editBox office
editReception
editCritical response
editAccolades
editPost-release
editHome media
editOther media
editThematic analysis
editLegacy
editCultural influence
editCritical reassessment
editSequels and spin-offs
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ Richmond, Ray (1997-10-28). "Woo playing 'Blackjack'". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ "Director John Woo prepares TV pilot film". The Vancouver Sun. 1997-09-27. pp. H.10. Retrieved 2024-06-11 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Hindes, Andrew (1997-09-26). "Lundgren to play 'Blackjack'". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ Brady, Erin (2022-05-18). "John Woo Directed A Bizarre Made For TV Movie In Between Blockbusters". SlashFilm. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ Bernardin, Marc (1998-09-18). "Blackjack". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ Costello, Michael. "Blackjack". AllMovie. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ "Blackjack". TV Guide. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ Jefferson, Graham (1998-07-17). "John Woo's 'Thief' steals back onto TV". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. pp. 10E. ISSN 0734-7456. Retrieved 2024-06-11 – via ProQuest.
Cited literature
edit- Elder, Robert K., ed. (2005). John Woo: Interviews. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-776-3. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Heard, Christopher (2000). Ten Thousand Bullets: The Cinematic Journey of John Woo. Lone Eagle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58065-021-2. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Stokes, Lisa Odham; Hoover, Michael (1999). City on Fire: Hong Kong Cinema. Verso. ISBN 978-1-85984-716-9. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
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Further reading
editExternal links
edit- Hard Boiled at IMDb
- Hard Boiled at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Hard Boiled at AllMovie
- Hard Boiled at Letterboxd
- Hard Boiled at the TCM Movie Database