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PerfAction#3: Hard Boiled 辣手神探

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PerfAction returns with the greatest action flick you’ve (probably) never heard of…

Hard Boiled
Dir: John Woo
Original Release Date: 16 April 1992Screen Shot 2016-04-06 at 21.15.56Part of ILT’s PerfAction# series.

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PerfAction#2: Die Hard (Ode to Hans Gruber)

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PerfAction returns with a tribute to the greatest villain of them all…

Die Hard
Dir: John McTiernan
Original Release Date: 15 July 1988HansGruberFollow ILT on twitter @laidbaremedia
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PerfAction#1: The Rock (1996)

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PerfAction is a new series designed solely to gush unashamedly about, you guessed it, perfect goddamn action films.

First up, a flick that should have been the start of something great for Michael Bay, but ended up the tallest peak in a rapidly depressed (but wealthy) career…

The Rock
Dir: Michael Bay
Original Release Date: 7 June 1996

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