---
title: 'Hard Target (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Woo'
released: '1993-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hard-target-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107076/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hard Target (1993)

1993 · R · 95 min · Action, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Chuck Pfarrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-pfarrer)
- **Director:** [John Woo](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-woo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Graeme Revell](https://cinepixo.com/people/graeme-revell)
- **Producer:** [Sam Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-raimi), [Sean Daniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-daniel), [James Jacks](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-jacks)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-carpenter)
- **Editor:** [Bob Murawski](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-murawski)

## Cast

- [Wilford Brimley](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilford-brimley)
- [Willie C. Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/willie-c-carpenter)
- [Lance Henriksen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lance-henriksen)
- [Ted Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-raimi)
- [Yancy Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/yancy-butler)
- [Sven-Ole Thorsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-ole-thorsen)
- [Marco St. John](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-st-john)
- [Kasi Lemmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/kasi-lemmons)
- [Jean-Claude Van Damme](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-van-damme)
- [Chuck Pfarrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-pfarrer)
- [Arnold Vosloo](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-vosloo)

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