Going back to that same shot of Chance and Nat riding right to left, the sound of the motorcycle moves appropriately, but when the bad guy with the machine gun starts firing, that sound effect of gunfire is almost completely absent. The included Blu-ray contains the same audio commentary as well as quite a few other supplements starting with the excellent From Hard Boiled to Hard Target, a thirteen minute interview with John Woo where he talks about the differences between the Hong Kong and Hollywood systems, his thoughts on working with Chuck Pfarrer and with Van Damme (who he says really loved Hong Kong film), getting along with his producers (especially Sam Raimi), his personal love of Alain Delon's films and Van Damme's resembelnce to him from certain angles, the importance of making his actors look great, changes that were made to the dialogue during the shoot, borrowing from the end of Hard-Boiled for the ending of this movie, running into issues getting final approval after editing the film with Bob Murawski, having more creative freedom in Hong Kong than in Hollywood and what he learned about Hollywood and America from working on the film. A glimpse at upcoming UK Steelbook release dates until early 2024: here’s what’s getting the fancy treatment and when. Doesn’t look like there’s anything in the way of extra features included, and the package is a 4K disc only.

That’s when the close-quarters automatic weapons combat takes over, and the director finally gets to indulge in the “heroic bloodshed” tropes he was famous for and actually good at delivering. Set in a bizarre version of New Orleans where the streets are almost always empty and the entire city only ever has one police officer on duty (a very quick shot tells us that the rest are on strike, and that issue is never mentioned again), Hard Target is a 1990s update of that old yarn The Most Dangerous Game.Then we come to the most colorfully fun character of the movie - Uncle Douvee played by the late great Wilford Brimley.

You don't expect to see Wilford Brimley kick ass in an action film, he was no spring chicken when he made this picture, but kick ass he does and the movie is all the better for having him in it. Excellent looking Steelbook with great extras as per the pics, however no video extras as they were on the DVD.The rules of the game are simple -- the hunters pay the businessmen a hefty fee and he delivers a live target willing to risk his life for ten thousand dollars. Limited edition has a nice hard box, steelbook is cool with some embossing on the text, a booklet about the movie and some cool art cards, the poster is only small though. International superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme teams up with world-famous action director John Woo for this electrifying thriller. I remember watching this movie as a kid and loving all the slow motion action scenes from john woo and being a van damme fan too was a bonus.