Hard Target is a 1993 English-language Action Adventure film written by Chuck Pfarrer and directed by John Woo and produced by James Jacks and Sean Daniel. 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. Hard target features Jean-claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Wilford Brimley, Chuck Pfarrer, Robert Apisa and Pete Antico. The music was composed by Graeme Revell along with Tim Simonec. Cinematography was done by Russell Carpenter and editing by Bob Murawski. The motion picture has a running time of 97 minutes. It was released on 20th August 1993. The Film was successful at box office. Hard Target was made on a budget of $19 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $74 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Universal Pictures. 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.