In a statement posted on social media, the family said it was keeping the circumstances around his death private, but added that the 86-year-old was surrounded by his family and was at peace.
Hard Boiled irresistibly combined two of the most compellingly beautiful men in Hong Kong cinema: Tony Leung and Chow Yun-fat. As Inspector Tequila Yuen, Chow became legendary in this film for the scenes in which he has to carry around an adorable baby during the final, entirely bizarre shootout in a hospital.
There are multiple clashes between our main characters, most notably Jen battling Shu Lien, and a famous sequence where Mu Bai pursues Jen across the treetops of a bamboo forest, deftly balancing on the swaying branches and easily evading Jen's increasingly undisciplined sword thrusts. It's truly impressive wire work (all the actors performed their own stunts), in fine wuxia tradition.