Hasta La Ideas

The 1993 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Hard Target was director John Woo’s first U.S. film. Woo, the acclaimed action director hailing from Hong Kong, was for the first time exposed to American production largesse: Six cameras where once he might have had two, and a variety of expensive, elaborate camera rigs well beyond the budget of your average HK flick.

In this little-seen spot produced by the L.A. Times, the Muscles from Brussels himself—in fine 1993 form and style—gives you a brief look at the unusual rigs used to “make the magic” on the set of Hard Target. (Who knew they had drone cameras back in ’93?)

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