Shout! Studios has officially announced and detailed their 4K release of ‘Hard Boiled’ directed by John Woo and starring Chow Yun-Fat. The classic film will arrive home in a 3-disc 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Deluxe Edition available November 4, 2025 as part of the Hong Kong Cinema Classics line. The release will feature a new 4K scan presented in Dolby Vision and loaded with bonus content. Full details and specs below.

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HARD BOILED Deluxe Edition 4KUHD™+BLU-RAY™

ARRIVES ON NOVEMBER 4, 2025

On November 4, 2025, Hong Kong Cinema Classics™ presents the highly anticipated action classic HARD BOILED Deluxe Edition 4K UHD™+Blu-ray™. Official selection of Cannes Classics, Toronto International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Fantasia Film Festival, Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, and Teresa Mo in the high-octane action crime thriller from renowned filmmaker John Woo. HARD BOILED Deluxe Edition features a new 4K scan and a wealth of new bonus content, and includes a new 52-page booklet with four expert essays and extensive art – all collected in a 3-Disc set.

HONG KONG CINEMA CLASSICS: HARD BOILED DELUXE EDITION 4K UHD™+ BLU-RAY™

(HKCC #17)

 

A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew. Chow Yun-Fat stars as a cop hell-bent on bringing down the gun smugglers responsible for his partners’ death, along with an undercover cop whose secret identity as a hitman hangs by a thread. The film raises gunfights to an art form, with some of the most celebrated action sequences ever.

 

HARD BOILED Deluxe Edition Bonus Content

DISC 1 (4K UHD™)

• NEW 4K Scan From The Original Camera Negative

Presented In Dolby Vision

• NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
• NEW Audio Commentary With Director John Woo And Film Journalist Drew Tayler
• NEW Audio Commentary With Film Historian Frank Djeng
• Audio Commentary With Director John Woo, Producer Terence Chang, Filmmaker Roger Avary, And Critic Dave Kehr (Recorded By The Criterion Collection)

 

DISC 2 (Blu-ray™)

• NEW 4K Scan From The Original Camera Negative
• NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
• NEW Audio Commentary With Director John Woo And Film Journalist Drew Tayler
• NEW Audio Commentary With Film Historian Frank Djeng
• Audio Commentary With Director John Woo, Producer Terence Chang, Filmmaker Roger Avary, And Critic Dave Kehr (Recorded By The Criterion Collection)

 

DISC 3 (Bonus Disc Blu-ray™)

• NEW “Violent Night” – Interview With Director John Woo
• NEW “Boiling Over” – Interview With Actor Anthony Wong
• NEW “No Time For Failure” – Interview With Producer Terence Chang
• NEW “Hard To Resist” – Interview With Screenwriter Gordon Chan
• NEW “Boiled to Perfection“ – Interview With Screenwriter Chung Hang Ku
• NEW “Body Count Blues” – Interview With Composer Michael Gibbs
• NEW “Hong Kong Confidential” – Inside Hard Boiled With Author Grady Hendrix
• NEW “Gun-Fu Fever” – Interview With Author Leon Hunt
• NEW “Chewing The Fat” – Interview Academic With Lin Feng
• Deleted And Extended Scenes
• Trailers
• Image Gallery