Hard Target (1993) - Theatrical Trailer - © Universal Pictures

Film: Hard Target.


Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, Lance Henriksen as Emil Fouchon and Arnold Vosloo as Pik van Cleef.


Directed by: John Woo.


Story & Screenplay written by: Chuck Pfarrer.


Distributed by: © Universal Pictures.


Theatrical Release Date: August 20, 1993 (USA)


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Synopsis!
"Hard Target" is a 1993 action film starring Jean Claude van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Arnold Vosloo, Yancy Butler, and Wilford Brimley. It was the first American film directed by acclaimed Hong Kong action director John Woo. Sam Raimi, a horror film director, was executive producer. The film was produced on location in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Plot!
As the film opens, a homeless man named Douglas Binder (played by Chuck Pfarrer, who is also the film's screenwriter) is fleeing through the wet, empty streets of New Orleans, as a group of mercenaries led by Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) chase him. As Binder reaches the docks by the river, with Fouchon and his henchman Stephan (Sven-Ole Thorsen) and Peterson (Jules Sylvester) in pursuit, he is shot and killed by a businessman named Mr. Lopaki, who has paid $500,000 for the opportunity to "hunt" a human. Pik van Cleef (Arnold Vosloo) leans over the dead man and slices off his belt. The next day Binder's daughter Natasha (Yancy Butler) drives into a rough area of New Orleans to search for her estranged father. When Natasha is attacked by a group of thugs, a homeless man saves her by defeating all the thugs using his martial arts prowess. The next day, Natasha finds her mysterious savior, who is named Chance Boudreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme). She hires him as her guide and bodyguard during her search. Meanwhile, Chance's homeless friend Elijah Roper is also hunted and killed by Fouchon's hunting party after trying to get help from a pedestrian (Ted Raimi) to no avail.

Natasha discovers that her father a homeless man in the New Orleans waterfront area, and she learns that he did some jobs for a seedy recruiter named Randal. When Natasha questions Randal in his disheveled office, the recruiter nervously avoids her questions, as the leering Van Cleef watches them menacingly. New Orleans police then inform her that her father's charred body was discovered in a derelict house that went up in flames. Even though Binder's death was ruled accidental, Chance searches the smoldering ruins and discovers Binder's dog tag, which has been pierced by a projectile. Moments later, Van Cleef's thugs ambush Chance and beat him unconscious. When Chance recovers, he tells the police about the dog tag, prompting the investigating officer, Mitchell (Kasi Lemmons) to order a new autopsy.

Van Cleef and Fouchon decide to relocate their hunting business and begin eliminating "loose ends", including Randal, whom they murder outside his office. Mitchell, Nat and Chance arrive moments later and are ambushed by Van Cleef and several of his men. During the shootout Mitchell is shot and killed, while Chance and Nat narrowly escape. As Fouchon and Van Cleef assemble their mercenary team, Chance leads Natasha to his uncle Douvee's (Wilford Brimley) house deep in the bayou. Chance kills the mercenary gunman one by one, including Van Cleef. In the end, only, Fouchon is left, but he holds Chance at bay by taking Natasha hostage. Chance charges and attacks him with a flurry of blows and then detonates a grenade, killing him.

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[shawnrcurrie]

HOW DOES FEEL TO BE HUNTED!!!

[farscape67]

YOU TELL ME!! (VAN DAMME)

[1787dude]

corniest movie ever

[Desertpuma]

Arnold Vosloo and John Woo's first American film ... "Poor people get bored too."

[zaltmanbleroze]

@pedrooswaldodj Cleardance Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou

[zaltmanbleroze]

Take your big stick and your boyfriend and find a bus to catch

[AvEryBadApPLe]

this movie had some of the best eyebrows in 90's action movies.

[chargersfan5521]

its called desert eagle or inferno

[chargersfan5521]

o my god i love van damme best movie ever

[Killkillification]

Does someone know the name of the one where he's riding a motorcycle in like a desert and bombing some kind of camp???

[rathraven1313]

One of those films if you're a Van Damme fan, it's his last good film, but if you're a John Woo fan, it's John Woo's worst film.