Hard Target (1993)
Directed by John Woo · Cinematography by Russell Carpenter
NC-1797 min56 frames
ActionThrillerCrime
Don't hunt what you can't kill.
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What is Hard Target about?
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Hard Target is a 1993 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director John Woo. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, an out-of-work homeless Cajun merchant seaman and former United States Force Recon Marine who saves a young woman named Natasha Binder from a gang of thugs in New Orleans. Chance learns that Binder is searching for her missing father, and agrees to aid Binder in her search. They soon learn that Binder's father has died at the hands of hunt organisers Emil Fouchon and Pik van Cleaf, a ruthless businessman and his right-hand mercenary, who arrange the hunting of homeless men as a form of recreational sport. The screenplay was written by Pfarrer and is based on the 1932 film adaptation of Richard Connell's 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game". It is the first installment in the Hard Target film series.
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What does the cinematography of Hard Target look like?
Across 56 sampled frames, Hard Target builds its coverage from close-ups (38% of the sample), with medium shots (34%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Russell Carpenter keeps 52% of it in soft, low-key light. 55% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 73% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of Hard Target?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Hard Target (1993) are #312d2d, #131212, #49362c, #ac9076, #af958c, #29251c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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