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Les Larmes d'un héros

Original title: Ying xiong wu lei
  • 1984
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
Eddy Ko in Les Larmes d'un héros (1984)
Gun FuActionDramaWar

The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves p... Read allThe Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves pursued by his forces, and the forces of a bitter Thai officer. The Chinese mercenaries are... Read allThe Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves pursued by his forces, and the forces of a bitter Thai officer. The Chinese mercenaries are vastly outnumbered, and as their numbers begin to dwindle, their desperation pulls them i... Read all

  • Director
    • John Woo
  • Writers
    • Peter Ho-Sun Chan
    • Leung-Chun Chiu
    • John Woo
  • Stars
    • Eddy Ko
    • Ching-Ying Lam
    • Philippe Loffredo
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    1.6K
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    • Director
      • John Woo
    • Writers
      • Peter Ho-Sun Chan
      • Leung-Chun Chiu
      • John Woo
    • Stars
      • Eddy Ko
      • Ching-Ying Lam
      • Philippe Loffredo
    • 23User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Eddy Ko
    Eddy Ko
    • Chan Chung
    Ching-Ying Lam
    Ching-Ying Lam
    • Vietnamese officer
    Philippe Loffredo
    • Louis
    Cécile Le Bailly
    • French girl
    Yuet-Sang Chin
    Yuet-Sang Chin
    • Chin
    Kam Kong Chow
    Kam Kong Chow
    Yo-Sim Ha
    Lee Hye-suk
    Lee Hye-suk
    Jang Il-shik
      Geun-Bo Im
      Doo Hee Jang
      Ho Kon Kim
      Chau-Sang Lau
      Chau-Sang Lau
        Ying-Chun Ma
        Il-Gwon Park
        Yun-Chiang Peng
        Yun-Chiang Peng
        • Soldier
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        Kuo Sheng
        • Director
          • John Woo
        • Writers
          • Peter Ho-Sun Chan
          • Leung-Chun Chiu
          • John Woo
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        User reviews23

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        6bastos

        Strange early John Woo

        This is a strange movie. It starts in what seems like the climax of a movie we didn't see and picks up from there to give us a kind of men in mission movie, where the mission already happened... So this group of Rotten Magnificent Basterds has to escape, and through the journey they pick up a kid and his mother to give us some emotional connection. All of director Woo's trademarks are present with one noticeable exception, no doves! But if you want extreme violence in slow motion, lots of explosions, lots of very forced emotional manipulation with the kid and the girls, and an enormous body count, this is the movie for you. I was kind of surprised with the violence here and there's also a psychedelic sex scene that feels very out of place as John Woo usually stays clear of such scenes, not to mention a very bizarre gambling scene that comes out of nowhere. In conclusion a very raw early movie by John Woo, that has its charm but is very unpolished and remembered more for its oditties than its merits.
        6Fella_shibby

        This time Woo's pigeons were lucky not to be around in so much explosions n machine gun firing.

        Saw this for the first time recently after reading some glowing reviews, esp that of Ba_Harrison. The name John Woo was another factor too but this film is nowhere close to the director's other films. This film doesn't deserve the glowing reviews.

        A group of mercenaries capture a drug Lord n r retreating but r met with fierce reciprocation by the drug lord's men, along the way they save a girl n injure a sadistic Vietnamese colonel, thereby creating more enemies on the trail.

        The film has tons of action, lots of explosions, bullets, machine guns, grenades, etc but the film is filled with atrocious acting n horrendous editing.

        There is a scene where the crime lord keeps throwing pieces of a pendant while being driven in a jeep a la Hansel n Greetel style, where his men somehow catches with him on foot. In one scene a person is seen holding a woman's body then suddenly in another he is busy shooting. Before a grenade hits the ground/target, people jump as if they r blown away. The film has two lousy sex scenes that too directly out of the blue. The child's idea of burrowing himself when engulfed by fire all around is lol. I felt sad for the American soldier who was living peacefully in the middle of nowhere, that too with three beautiful chicks.
        7Mike Astill

        Truly mindless violence

        Ludicrously violent war movie, notable only for being director John Woo's first foray into gung-ho gunplay that's since become his forte.

        Every plot twist is improbable or just plain ridiculous, every character a hackneyed stereotype or just there for cannon fodder, and every line of poorly subbed dialogue unintentionally funny. In other words, I thought it was great.

        Definitely worth taking a look at if you're in the mood for some truly mindless violence, or if you're a Woo completist.
        8AwesomeWolf

        Amongst all the bullets and explosions, there might be a movie

        Version: Cantonese audio, English subtitles (by SBS)

        While watching the first scene of 'Heroes Shed No Tears':

        Me: "Wow, I wonder how much the producers spent on explosions in that 5 minutes alone?"

        My Friend: "Why is he carrying two machine guns?"

        Me: "Why not?"

        Later:

        My friend: "Do you understand this?"

        Me: "I understand machine-guns and explosions."

        My friend: "I don't get it, but those cadavers fly a lot..."

        Got the idea yet? I think 'Heroes Shed No Tears' was Woo's first film in the explosive style has since become famous for. I've seen some of his early kung-fu and comedy movies, but this is earliest Woo film I've seen where there were more explosions than words spoken in the movie. Awesome.

        Chan Chung (Eddy Ko) leads a group of Chinese mercenaries in capturing a Thai drug-lord. Capturing him easily enough, the Chinese mercenaries find themselves on the run from angry drug-runners, a corrupt Thai army unit (whose officer is missing an eye thanks to Chung), and a group of native hunters hired by the Thai soldiers. Ohohoh, there'll be plenty of blood and explosions before this one is half over.

        Essentially, 'Heroes Shed No Tears' is an old kung-fu film, replacing kung-fu with explosives and machine guns. There's a hell of a lot of people shooting and blowing stuff up, much like the old kung-fu films where there was a hell of a lot of kung-fu, and not much else. Most of the time that may have been used to develop the plot is used to blow stuff up, which I guess does kind of further the plot by allowing the characters to move to the next scene, blow something up, and then move to the scene after that. Most of the characters are cannon fodder, while Chung and his son play out the movie as if it were 'Lone Wolf with Cub', replacing swords with guns. Awesome

        'Heroes Shed No Tears' is so mindlessly violent that even the most hardcore might get bored after a while, but it was so explosively compelling and awesome enough to entertain me. Woo fans should really check this out - 8/10

        Awesome count: The word 'awesome' was used three times in this review.
        Samoan Bob

        A Rhyming Review

        There was a film that I saw

        Just the other day

        And I sat there in awe

        As it blew me away.

        It was made by John Woo

        Who is now a sell out

        His fans he does screw

        As the cash they shell out.

        So get a six-pack

        Full of cold, frosty beers

        And then sit back

        For Heroes Shed No Tears

        Watch with devotion

        This huge action feast

        With enough blood to fill an ocean

        To say the frickin' least

        Our heroes in this tale

        Are a group of Mercs

        Who blast folks all to hell

        'Specially drug lord jerks

        There's fighting, there's stabbing

        There's nuking, there's looting

        There's biting, there's grabbing

        There's puking, there's shooting

        Punches are thrown

        Black soldiers are eaten

        Eyeballs are sewn

        Children are beaten

        A fight goes on

        With nails and a tire

        Our hero loses his son

        Almost in a fire

        There's tons of dying

        But where the film falters

        Is all the damn crying

        Like it was Barbara Walters

        When our hero does cry

        It gets really lame

        For the movie does lie

        With its very own name

        But please do not fret

        It does little harm

        And I'll make you a bet

        About the scene with the arm

        If you do not jump

        When the dude gets the spears

        Shoved straight up his rump

        You've drunk too much beers

        And if you don't find it nice

        When the hut does explode

        After the role of a dice

        Then you're a humorless toad

        So get off your fat ass

        And get the hell out of here

        Cuz you'll have a damn blast

        With Heroes Shed No Tears

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        • Trivia
          To simulate bullet hits on walls, grass, etc., instead of using squibs, spots were marked for snipers to shoot on, even when actors were near. This method (which is common practice in Thailand, where this movie was shot) was used, because the setting up of squibs were thought to be too time consuming. Actor Eddy Ko still has a scar on his chest because one bullet ricocheted and hit him there.
        • Alternate versions
          Although rated "not under 18" German Rental-Video (New Vision) features many cuts to reduce violence
        • Connections
          Featured in Kain's Quest: A Better Tomorrow (2015)

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        • Release date
          • July 26, 1999 (France)
        • Countries of origin
          • Hong Kong
          • South Korea
        • Languages
          • Korean
          • Cantonese
          • English
          • Thai
          • Vietnamese
        • Also known as
          • Heroes Shed No Tears
        • Filming locations
          • Thailand
        • Production company
          • Paragon Films Ltd.
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        • Budget
          • HK$2,833,051 (estimated)
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        • Runtime
          • 1h 33m(93 min)
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.85 : 1

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