Hard Target Uncut Tribute

From my full and uncensored version of the John Woo and Van Damme masterpiece.

The whole movie is around twenty minutes longer than the theatrical release and is far more violent. Great film.

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• Hard
• Target
• uncut
• workprint
• John
• Woo
• Jean-Claude
• Van
• Damme
• Blanco
• Humano
• German
• uncensored
• JCVD

[hanshotfirst1138]

Shame this never came out. Woo's US profile is low now, so there's probably no chance of it unless Expendables 2 shoots JCVD back into the spotlight, which I doubt.

[kain424]

@JosephKuby That's insane. I would've loved to see it though.

[JosephKuby]

@kain424, K.O. was going to end with the heroes escaping a raging inferno by tying their jeans together to make a rope ladder, while the baddies attempting to do the same, tumble to their deaths when their "knock off" jeans come undone.

The heroes then traverse an underground tunnel leading from Macau to HK, only to emerge in the midst of a parade and shake hands with Prince Charles as he officiates the handover.

After Li jumped ship, the script underwent major rewrites that promised a lot.

[JosephKuby]

@kain424, originally Jet Li was to be Van Damme's sidekick (the part Michael Wong played).

Kim Maree Penn (who plays one of the CIA agents) was also scheduled to let loose in a fight scene but drastic changes to the shooting script and deleted scenes took away the majority of the film's thunder.

In the original script, Jet was to be an undercover Mainland Chinese secret agent teaming up with rogue CIA agent JCVD.

[kain424]

@JosephKuby I find Knock Off to be underrated, actually. Yeah, it's weird and Van Damme was so high he doesn't remember filming it, but I think it's like a fun little Jackie Chan movie starring JCVD.

As for other dialog being cut in Hard Target, I'd have to watch it again. I know the part where the guy gets his ear gut was longer and gorier, and there may have been a bit more between Vosloo and Henricksen, but I can't remember everything. There is a bit more with Vosloo hunting them.

[JosephKuby]

@kain424, awesome. What other dialogue was cut out? Van Damme did a film called Knock Off with another Hong Kong director - Tsui Hark. That film was cut to shreds. The fights were the typical Sammo Hung quality: long, intricate and hard-hitting.

[kain424]

@JosephKuby There's also quite a bit more action and acrobatics from Van Damme, some signature John Woo slo-mo (as seen in this video), and a kissing scene between the leads. On the AllOuttaBubbleGum website you can watch all of Van Damme's kills in the uncut version.

[JosephKuby]

@kain424, cool. I'd love to know more. There should be a page listing all the edits.

That version has to be shown on DVD. Even Highlander 2 got its dues, somewhat, on DVD.

[kain424]

@JosephKuby Also, as Arnold Vosloo cuts away his money belt, he tells him, "Look at it this way: at leat you're gonna meet Elvis."

[JosephKuby]

@kain424, I'd love to see the original workprint. I didn't know the black guy got up again after being shot.