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Hard Target is a 1993 action thriller crime film, directed by John Woo, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Vosloo and Lance Henriksen.
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60 of 213 · most liked firstFun fact: Jean Claude Van Damme once sent me a letter (it was thanking me for a good review of his movie Hard Target). Also, his ass probably remains spectacular.
positive · AI labelView post →Movie recommendation for tonight, Hard Target John Woo goes to Hollywood for this one, and it might be far from his best, but my god does Lance Henriksen rock as the main villain. He uses a fancy tournament pistol that only holds one bullet, 'cos that's all he needs. The aura.
positive · AI labelView post →A lovely story from John Woo about Sam Raimi having his back during the making of Hard Target. ‘I was so glad on my first Hollywood movie to have such a great friend.’
neutral · AI labelView post →One of those times where I think "wow I'm blessed" (movie is Hard Target(1993))
positive · AI labelView post →When people describe a movie as “Bonkers”…THIS is just ONE of the images that come to mind to me. HARD TARGET has become a Friday night favorite, I just love its pure Van Damme-aged, Woo-Iansanity. And Wilfred Brimley is a Creole PIIIMP. 5 stars on @letterboxd.social
positive · AI labelView post →Share an action movie that’s great from beginning to end! I’ll start… ‘Hard Target’ 🖤
positive · AI labelView post →It's become something of an annual tradition at The Reveal for @scotttobias.bsky.social and me to go searching for the perfect August movie, films from the anything-goes stretch of late summer. Could it be John Woo's HARD TARGET from 1993? Maybe...
neutral · AI labelView post →What is the first film or show you think of when you see Lance Henriksen? 🎥 📺 I’ll start… ‘Hard Target’ 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →It would be remiss of me not to post again this lovely story from John Woo about Sam Raimi having his back during the making of Hard Target. ‘I was so glad on my first Hollywood movie to have such a great friend.’
neutral · AI labelView post →Hard Target (1993) Directed by John Woo
neutral · AI labelView post →Had a great time talking Van Damme, what made him special as an action star, and John Woo's American debut Hard Target with Kung Fu Movie Guide pod for the BFI Art of Action season. Go (re)watch this movie, for goodness' sake.
positive · AI labelView post →Hard Target is a perfect movie
positive · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #49 "Hard Target" (John Woo/1993) First one of the New Year and it's John Woo's take on The Most Dangerous Game! Are you ready for some Van Damme action, you bet you are. Awesome stuff.
positive · AI labelView post →you know Hard Target is a great film because it's got a Ted Raimi cameo
positive · AI labelView post →i got food in me, and my friends and my dumb action movie night happened but I forgot to post. We watched HARD TARGET, which is my first ever Van Damme movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →In honor of yesterday's defeat by Belgium, I present my all time favorite movie in this genre: Hard Target (1993) featuring Jean Claude van Damme as a Cajun with an amazing mullet in the bayous of Louisiana. Directed by John Woo. However absurd you think this is, you're not going deep enough.
positive · AI labelView post →Today's Grindhouse Gospel covers Hard Target and how a studio and Jean Claude Van Damme almost ruined John Woo's US feature film debut. Plus, one of your favorite horror directors has a pretty big part in the story too! I'll break it all down in the video. Hope to see you over there!
neutral · AI labelView post →Right, time for a film that I've never seen before. (But have seen the sequel which is a lot of fun - it has Scott Adkins in it). Now Watching HARD TARGET
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Hard Target (1993) First time watch and I'm 20ish minutes in. I've said, "so fucking dumb" while laughing at least 4x. I can see now that I might need to buy this movie 🤣 JCVD's kwipsy hair just doesn't quit and that slo-mo walking and magically appearing behind stuff doesn't help. 😍
positive · AI labelView post →Hard Target was literally my introduction to John Woo's work, and carried me away from the world of western action flicks to the glorious world of Hong Kong action movies. That said, it's a legit fun movie and goddamn does it have some hard AF scenes.
positive · AI labelView post →Sharpening our arrows and Jean-Claude-ing our Van Damme for #Junesploitation 2025 Day 11: '90s Action! #NowWatching Hard Target (1993) for the first time. Missed this as a doubleheader at Classic Cinemas, so seizing the opportunity for '90s Action.
neutral · AI labelView post →This Thursday! I'll be joining the Kung Fu Movie Guide pod for a screening of action flick Hard Target, and will be talking afterwards for a live pod recording about JCVD, John Woo, and snake-punching galore. Join us: www.novacinema.com/movie/hard-t...
neutral · AI labelView post →#Junesploitation #fthismovie June 1 – '90s action! Hard Target (1993) John Woo, the definition of action. JVC is called Chance Boudreaux and have the mother of all mullets. Lance Henriksen as a great villain (at one point he's burning). Great first movie to kick off #Junesploitation 2026 #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →This is a little silly, but it's a moment I LOVE in the movie HARD TARGET (1993). After working over this guys, baddie Lance Henriksen casually washes the blood off his hands in the goldfish bowl. It's such a tiny thing that speaks volumes about him as a person. What did it teach me? 1/2
positive · AI labelView post →I mean, where's the lie? It's amazing. Hard Target (1993) was a great movie!
positive · AI labelView post →Like a lot of you, I think it's funny that JCVD once punched a snake in the face in the film, HARD TARGET. I'd like to point out that in an episode of SLEDGE HAMMER! (7 years earlier) Sledge also punched a snake in the face.
neutral · AI labelView post →Trying to decide if HARD TARGET belongs on the "they shot that dude in the dick" list. Lot of low angle shooting at close range in this movie but no clear indication anyone got nailed in the goolies.
neutral · AI labelView post →Random Movie Recommendation Day 4: Hard Target (1993) John Woo PLUS JCVD = an action junkie must-see!
positive · AI labelView post →Still not one of my favourite John Woo flicks (those all feature the word 'Hard' in the title - Hard Boiled, Hard Target, Hard Plain Jane to the Rescue) but still some banging action, and way less screaming and crying than the first movie, despite Dean Shek's presence.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Fighters! For Christmas, we watched 1993's Hard Target (a Christmas movie).
neutral · AI labelView post →Greek film poster for HARD TARGET (1993 - Dir. John Woo) Cast: Jean Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Wilford Brimley
neutral · AI labelView post →We don’t talk enough about how metal some John Woo movie titles are. To Hell With the Devil, Heroes Shed No Tears, Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled, Hard Target. The titles alone make you wanna run through walls.
neutral · AI labelView post →I doubt Epstein read it, or saw the 1930s movie based on it. But I bet he had multiple copies of the John Woo film Hard Target starring Jean Claude Van Damme, which "borrows" the premise.
neutral · AI labelView post →GOR popped up on letterboxed as a related movie to HARD TARGET, and it got me wondering how many books Norman churned out in the end. reader, i was no prepared. HE'S IN HIS 90S DOING THIS
neutral · AI labelView post →The Hard Target 4k is GLORIOUS. I watched it three weeks ago with my most film loving friend and a constant refrain that day was people being set on fire was another thing CGI had taken from us.
positive · AI labelView post →It’s #LetterboxdFriday so here’s my #LastFourWatched. An up and down selection. Hard Target - 4 stars Lorna the Exorcist - 1 and a half stars Sightseers - 4 and a half stars Black Cat Mansion - 3 stars boxd.it/609Jz
positive · AI labelView post →Hard Target is a great movie and obviously I love JCVD and love the scene where he communes with a pigeon, but the most epic badass moment of the movie has to be when Lance Henriksen gets his coat lit on fire and then casually peels it off and throws it aside all while delivering dialogue.
positive · AI labelView post →She was good in that JCVD movie Hard Target. Christ that movie is batshit! #FrightClub
positive · AI labelView post →Hard Target is an underrated John Woo movie. always a fun watch.
positive · AI labelView post →There are days when I can be convinced that HARD TARGET is the best movie ever.
positive · AI labelView post →My latest movie order arrived. I’m glad that all these movies of my youth are now heralded as worthy of prestige home video releases. A reminder that Hard Target is the Greatest Movie EVER! gmepodcast.com/2008/02/03/t... and so is Face/Off gmepodcast.com/2010/06/29/c... podcast movie reviews with me
positive · AI labelView post →A dumb Movie you will stan to the ends of time? Hard Target. It's got Van Damme It's got Lance Henriksen chewing scenery and it's got Wilford "Diabeetus" Brimley as a total bad ass. And John Woo directed it.
positive · AI labelView post →Timeline refresher: Here’s the single toughest shot of Uncle Duvet(Wilford Brimley) riding away from an explosion on horseback. (Movie: HARD TARGET, 1993, feat Jean Claude Van Dam)
neutral · AI labelView post →HARD TARGET is a perfect movie
positive · AI labelView post →The John Who? podcast returns with a new episode! @danielhkwan.itch.io @drewquon.bsky.social and @iheartfargo.bsky.social discussed Hard Target, the first major Hollywood studio production directed by an Asian film maker! Now streaming on Spotify! open.spotify.com/episode/2bg4...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hook these 90s action films into my veins. My ★★★½ review of Hard Target on Letterboxd boxd.it/9iB2if #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →A few months ago I rewatched Hard Target and as corny as it is, it really felt like wow this is movie making, baby! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8y...
positive · AI labelView post →Hard Target is a dumb, but glorious film. Bad ass Wilford Brimley is a highlight
positive · AI labelView post →...when you bring up the movie HARD TARGET so many times, autocorrect just assumes you mean to always type the word target in all caps: Bill problems.
neutral · AI labelView post →New Orleans movie tonight: Hard Target
neutral · AI labelView post →Counting down to #FThisMovieFest on 7 March 2026 with a great #ThrowBackThursday to... Fest 4 (2015) celebrating 1993: 🍿 Demolition Man 🍿 Army of Darkness 🍿 Hard Target 🍿 True Romance 🍿 Jurassic Park www.fthismovie.net/2015/01/anno...
neutral · AI labelView post →From the press kit of HARD TARGET: Directed by John Woo, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Yancy Butler, Arnold Vosloo, Lance Henriksen, and Wilford Brimley. #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →That movie was pretty damn good fun. My ★★★★ review of Hard Target on Letterboxd boxd.it/aunPIp
positive · AI labelView post →"Labyrinth" or "Bowie: The Movie" & "Hard Target" or "JCVD vs. The Mummy" Ninety For Chill: The Podcast Imagine the idea of #DavidBowie versus #JCVD? Could Arnold Vosloo have played Jarreth? Who wants to see an unhinged Lance Henriksen face off with #muppets? #filmsky @badmoviecult.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Hard Target is the first ever Hollywood film made by Chinese director - John Woo. It stars Jean Claude Van Damme and co-stars his greasy mullet. Time machine travel back to 1993 when even then it was embarrassing....but still fun. In this scene, Van Damme cleans his teeth with a snake. A must see!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hard Target A Better Tomorrow Broken Arrow Face/Off All directed by John Woo
neutral · AI labelView post →📽️ EVERY NIGHT IS MOVIE NIGHT 🍿 (220/365) #NowShowing HARD TARGET (1993) Back-to-back JCVD? In this economy? 🧡🤘 #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →You think that's crazy, his first American movie, Hard Target was "I want Van Damme to play a guy from the Bayou who was raised by Wilfred Brimley. No we will not change his accent, we'll just say he's Cajun". Also an excellent movie, also many doves.
positive · AI labelView post →It's Friday. You know what that means. A NEW episode of Stand N' Watch is available now! This week we are joined by comic book writer Jeremy Adams to discuss what just may be the greatest movie ever made, HARD TARGET www.hwoodtimes.com/podcasts/sta...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tubi has Face/Off and Hard Target this month. Release the doves! comicbook.com/movies/news/...
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