[27], The film was edited by Bob Murawski on the set using a then state-of-the-art computerized editing unit that allows the user to edit the film as the movie was being shot. Tha and her brother are captured, and Baylor rescues them by capturing Landon. After making Hard Boiled in Hong Kong, director John Woo decided to take an offer to work in the United States, where he would find himself happier as a filmmaker with a preferable work pace and working with more reasonable hours. The Fugitive, remained unchallenged in first place grossing $14,502,865 in box office revenue. September 2016, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harte_Ziele&oldid=202266920, „Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike“. And some people left the theater in the middle of the movie. John Woo’s Blackjack | After knocking her unconscious, he regroups with Tha and they run away. The two go to Tha's house to treat wounds, where Baylor learns something strange about Tha and her village. Van Cleef's henchmen suddenly ambush Chance and beat him unconscious to scare him and Natasha out of town. Van Damme's version excises whole characters to insert more scenes and close-ups of his character Chance. Hard Target - Harte Ziele ist ein Actionfilm aus dem Jahr 1993 von John Woo mit Jean-Claude Van Damme, Yancy Butler und Lance Henriksen. [8] Describing the scripts he received, Woo stated that "Some of them were good—some of them were very good—but the rest were simply martial-arts movies and I told producers that I had no interest in doing those kinds of films anymore. Hard Boiled | During the shootout, Mitchell is shot in the chest and dies. For a good action film you need a solid structure. [30] When asked about this edit, Van Damme replied that "People pay their money to see me, not to see Lance Henriksen". Das Budget des Films lag bei etwa 18.000.000 US-Dollar. Van Cleef is finally gunned down by Chance in a shootout. [29] The MPAA accepted the film after Woo had made 20 cuts to the film. After making Hard Boiled in Hong Kong, director John Woo decided to take an offer to work in the United States, where he would find himself happier as a filmmaker with a preferable work pace and working with more reasonable hours. [18] While working with Van Damme, Woo stated that Van Damme had "a pretty big ego, but he's still professional and always tries to do a good job. The film is considered a cult film among fans especially for the action scenes.[4][5]. [2] For 1993 as a whole, the film worldwide would cumulatively rank at a box office performance position of 23. It turns out that Douvee is still alive as the arrow Fouchon used only hit Douvee's wine flask. Tha then kills Sofia. [20] The role led Butler to other starring roles in action films such as Drop Zone and Fast Money. Lucinda Coxon wrote the screenplay, and it was produced by Martin Pope and Michael Rose. Fouchon and Van Cleef assemble their mercenary team and five hired hunters to continue the chase. Chance charges him, attacking with a flurry of blows, and then drops a grenade in his pants. [6], „Ein lediglich an der Vorführung ausgeklügelter Tötungsarten und neuester Handfeuerwaffen interessierter Actionfilm, der in seiner unreflektierten ‚Benutzung‘ gesellschaftlicher Randgruppen menschenverachtend ist und durch seine unverhohlene Aufforderung zur Selbstjustiz gewaltverherrlichend wirkt. 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. She is saved by a homeless man with exceptional martial arts skills named Chance Boudreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a former Force Recon Marine. Professional MMA fighter Wes Baylor takes on Jonny Sutherland in a match at the MGM Grand. Baylor is given a water bottle and money belt which, unbeknown to him, has a GPS tracker hidden inside. [45] Hard Target 's revenue dropped by 50% in its second week of release, earning $5,027,485. 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. Die Hauptrolle spielt der belgische Schauspieler Jean-Claude Van Damme. The clonking sound of a head hitting wrought iron. The hunting party consists of Sofia, bullfighter Esparto, game designer Landon, Maduka, Jacob "Texas" Zimling, Zimling's son Tobias, Aldrich's right-hand man Madden, and Aldrich himself. In New Orleans, a homeless veteran named Douglas Binder (Chuck Pfarrer) is the target of a hunt. Anyways, in Hard Target I was too ambitious, and tried to do everything in one film. [53], 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. Im September 2016 wurde die Indizierung des Films vorzeitig aufgehoben und die US-Unrated-Fassung ungeschnitten von der FSK ab 18 Jahren freigegeben. And also the violent moments, too, the audience couldn't take it. A bullet in the eye. Hard Target 2 ist ein Martial-Arts-Film aus dem Jahr 2016 von Roel Reiné mit Scott Adkins, Temuera Morrison und Adam Saunders. And I wish the studio would have interest in releasing the movie again. [48], Hard Target received mixed reviews on its initial release praising the film's action scenes but noting the poor story and Jean-Claude Van Damme's acting abilities. "[8], Joblo.com rated it 5/10 and described it as "A disappointment". A man, Aldrich, watches Baylor fight, and offers him $1 million for a private one-off match in Myanmar. Nun werden Chance und Natasha selber zur Zielscheibe. Hard Target was Woo's first U.S. film and was also the first major Hollywood film made by a Chinese director. Natasha erfährt kurz darauf von dem Tod ihres Vaters, der die letzte Zeit auf der Straße gelebt hat und angeblich bei einem Brand ums Leben kam. [38] Hard Target was released on DVD for Region 1 on July 1, 1998. [32], Hard Target was tentatively scheduled to open in July 1993. He is given a belt containing $10,000 and told that he must reach the other side of the town to win the money and his life. It continues the human hunt theme in the jungles of Myanmar and Thailand. Chance is initially hesitant to involve himself in her mission, but as his merchant seaman union dues are in arrears, he reluctantly allows Natasha to hire him as her guide and bodyguard during her search. [10][11] Universal was worried about having an Asian director on set who had limited command of English on a large-scale project. Die spektakulären Kampfeinlagen und die haarsträubende Story ergeben einen grandiosen Mix. [33] Hard Target was released August 20, 1993 in the United States making it the first film by an Asian director to be released by a Hollywood studio. Baylor, Tha, and her brother all reach the border and wonder how Aldrich continuously captures them. Hard Target had 74 days of production time and was shot on location in New Orleans, including sequences shot in the French Quarter. After running towards the border, Tha and Baylor come across a field full of landmines. [10] Woo originally wanted actor Kurt Russell for the lead role, but found Russell to be booked for two years with other film projects. Meanwhile, Baylor runs away with the boat from the army camp and heads towards the border. This shield was useful particularly for one sequence in Hard Target where Van Damme empties a magazine of ammo into the camera. Upset with the judges' score, Baylor tries to knock Sutherland out and accidentally kills him. In einem Lagerhaus kommt es schließlich zum Showdown, bei dem Chance, Douvee und Natasha alle Menschenjäger inklusive Fouchons engstem Mitarbeiter Pik van Cleef töten. Juli 2020 um 16:56 Uhr bearbeitet. Six months later, Baylor is still haunted by the death of Sutherland and competes in underground fight clubs. The Killer | The medical examiner who had been hiding the evidence of the hunt is executed along with Randal. [49] In Variety, Emanuel Levy wrote that Hard Target was "a briskly vigorous, occasionally brilliant actioner starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Although the film didn’t achieve great success, it sold well. But these Wooisms are disappointingly minimal". In the meantime I tried to make the movie a bit more romantic and on the other hand I wanted to make the move look like a modern Western because I'm so crazy about Westerns. Als sie von einigen Kleinkriminellen angegriffen wird, kommt ihr der arbeitslose Matrose Chance Boudreaux zur Hilfe. Chance leads Natasha to his uncle Douvee's (Wilford Brimley) house deep in the bayou and enlists his help to defeat the men. Durch eigene Nachforschungen finden die beiden jedoch heraus, dass Douglas Binder einer Gruppe Menschenjägern auf den Leim gegangen ist, die vom reichen Emil Fouchon geführt wird und Obdachlose mit Bargeld und die Aussicht auf ein besseres Leben anlockt um diese als lebende Zielscheibe für ihre Jagdspiele zu benutzen. Chance, Natasha, and Douvee lead the hunting party to "Mardi Gras graveyard" (a warehouse of old damaged Mardi Gras floats and statues) and kill off Fouchon's men one by one. [9], "There is a 'Hard Target 2' and it looks amazing", "Hard Target 2, Blu-ray & DVD (Universal)", "Action Maestro JOHN WOO Set To Produce HARD TARGET 2 Starring SCOTT ADKINS", "This Exists: HARD TARGET 2 Trailer, Starring Scott Adkins And Rhona Mitra", "HARD TARGET 2 Hunts Down Some Decent Low Budget Action", The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hard_Target_2&oldid=974069195, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 August 2020, at 22:30. Woo was also pressured by Universal to tone-down the violence and body count that they had seen in his Hong Kong films. 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. City Wolf II – Abrechnung auf Raten | He had managed to evade the hunting group's detection and hide. [43] However, the European, Japanese and Australian DVD releases restore three minutes of the violent footage missing from the Region 1 DVD (that was cut for an R rating), making them the versions closest to Woo's original cut. These are the cornerstones of ". [46] During its final week in release, Hard Target opened in a distant eleventh place with $1,270,945 in revenue. [29] During this editing period, Van Damme went with his own editor to make his own edit of the film. Woo's creative presence is practically stifled. [21] These camera dollies were nicknamed by the crew as "the Woo-Woo Choo-Choo". Der Film spielte weltweit 74.189.677 US-Dollar an den Kinokassen ein. However, hampered by a B-script with flat, standard characters, and subjected to repeated editing of the violent sequences to win an R rating, pic doesn't bear the unique vision on display in Woo's recent "The Killer" and "Hard-Boiled." [26] Russell Carpenter found difficulty in filming the huge gunfight scenes. Fouchon attempts in vain to dismantle the grenade and gets incinerated in the explosion. Raimi was also confident in Woo's directorial skills, stating that "Woo at 70% is still going to blow away most American action directors working at 100%. This copy is a poor-quality videocassette dub and has a burned-in time code in the corner indicating that the film was not meant for public viewing. They soon learn that Binder's father has died at the hands of hunt organisers Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) and Pik van Cleef (Arnold Vosloo), ruthless businessmen who arrange the hunting of homeless men as a form of recreational sport. Univer… Meanwhile, Landon is killed by Aldrich for recording all of the events, which was forbidden. [56] The sequel starred Robert Knepper, Rhona Mitra, Ann Truong, Temuera Morrison, Adam Saunders, Jamie Timony, Peter Hardy, Troy Honeysett, Sean Keenan and Sahajak Boonthanakit. [44], About the long version, Woo said: "I like the original cut, of course! Baylor fights them and commandeers a motorcycle, leaving Tha alone. For that weekend, the film fell to third place, even with an increased screening count of 1,999 theaters. Chance, Natasha und Douvee verlassen daraufhin das Lagerhaus. It is based on the 1993 French film. [52] Lance Henriksen received a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Emil Fouchon in the film. Dieser willigt ein, sie gegen die Summe von 217 Dollar, mit der er seine Schulden bezahlen will, zwei Tage lang zu begleiten.