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John Woo (HARD BOILED, FACE/OFF) directs Chow Yun-Fat as a hit man with a code of honor who agrees to do one last job before retirement. However, he soon becomes double-crossed by his Triad employers after trying to protect a songstress (Sally Yeh). Teaming with an undercover cop (Danny Lee), the two leads get themselves involved in one of the most exciting showdowns in action cinema. What can I say? Woo is a filmmaker who knows how to balance the action scenes and the emotional moments within the operatic grand scale of THE KILLER. Chow Yun-Fat delivers his charismatic performance with the combination of Eastwood’s THE MAN WITH NO NAME, Jean Reno’s quiet, lone hit man in LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL and Steve McQueen’s untouchable COOLER KING in THE GREAT ESCAPE. THE KILLER is an operatic, unforgettable and mind-blowing masterpiece of Hong Kong cinema.Read full review
For those of us lucky enough to know our Asian friends make the BEST action films, this is an old standby......If you're not in that camp, check this epic out and become a believer! Chow Yun-Fat under the direction of John Woo made the stuff of legend, between this picture and HARDBOILED, I can't say which is greater............Lotsa heart, lotsa energy, lotsa bullitts, lotsa bloodshed, BUT, never a dull moment. Truly an action cinema masterpiece, I can't recommend this highly enough.
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The movie is about a professional assassin with a morale conscience and a rugged cop on his trail who comes to respect the man he's after. I do believe that the ending could have been done better though. Still, really good action movie from an action director.
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John woo's "The Killer" is a story about an hired assassin who injuries a bystander while on the job. Feeling bad, the assassin cares for the bystander, while trying maintain his assassin lifestyle which ends up not working out like planned. It's a decent movie if your into nostalgia asian action movies from the late 80's.
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Great movie and remastered DVD highly recommended for fans of John Woo and Chow Yun fat alike among action films! Well worth the money!
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