Freak outs, meltdowns, losing your mind… whatever you call it, we all love it when someone breaks down and goes completely insane. When it comes to the movies, there’s a fine line between an intense acting performance and utter silliness. More often than not, it’s the latter. Here are 10 of our favorite film freak outs.
Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of George Hogg, a young British journalist, who rescues 60 orphaned children. He leads them on a treacherous 1000-mile journey along the Silk Road, through the Liu Pan Shan Mountains into the spectacular Gobi desert. Over the course of the journey he falls in love with a determined, self-trained nurse, and makes a friend in Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group. Madame Wang, a surviving aristocrat, assists in guiding them to safety in a remote village near the western end of China’s Great Wall.
With the recent release of the Hard Boiled Ultimate Edition and the upcoming release of Stranglehold, it’s an excellent time to go over the important things we’ve learned from watching Hard Boiled. So many valuable life lessons and insights can be gained from John Woo’s tale of bullets, loyalty, honor, and more bullets.