'Hard Target' is an American action film directed by John Woo released in 1993, starring Jean Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Arnold Vosloo, Chuck Pfarrer, Wilford Brimley, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Jules Sylvester, Willie C. Carpenter, Yancy Butler, Kasi Lemmons in the lead roles. A sequel, Hard Target 2, was released in 2016.
The film is about Chance Boudreaux (Jean Claude Van Damme), an out-of-work Cajun merchant seaman who saves a woman named Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler) from a gang of thugs in New Orleans. He 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 organizers Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) and Pik van Cleef (Arnold Vosloo), ruthless businessmen who arrange the hunting of homeless men as a form of recreational sport. Hard Target received mixed reviews from film critics but was a financial success.
The film is about Chance Boudreaux (Jean Claude Van Damme), an out-of-work Cajun merchant seaman who saves a woman named Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler) from a gang of thugs in New Orleans. He 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 organizers Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) and Pik van Cleef (Arnold Vosloo), ruthless businessmen who arrange the hunting of homeless men as a form of recreational sport. Hard Target received mixed reviews from film critics but was a financial success.
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