The Killer
The Killer centers on assassin Ah Jong, who accidentally damages the eyes of the singer Jennie during a shootout. In order to get the money to restore Jennie's vision, Ah Jong decides to perform one last hit, only to be double-crossed by his boss.
1922
1 January 1946, Wuzhou, China
30 September 1961, Taipei, Taiwan
1 January 1938, Shanghai, China
6 August 1952, Shanghai, China
1 February 1955, Hong Kong [now Hong Kong, China]
February 03, 2011
One of the few films to hold a legitimate claim to the title of Greatest Action Movie of All Time.April 29, 2009
Another of [Director] Woo's early masterpieces with Chow Yun Fat at the top of his game...February 09, 2006
The most dementedly elegiac thriller you've ever seen.October 23, 2006
Woo has cited Sam Peckinpah and Martin Scorsese as two of his influences, but he has established a touch all his own.April 16, 2015
Like any true artist, Woo didn't satisfy himself with merely copying his heroes: he transcended them with his own ideas and innovations.February 11, 2006
The director repeatedly places the viewer at the center of the crossfire and turns the gyrating camera into the next best thing to a lethal weapon.June 30, 2014
For all the bullets that are spent, The Killer spends just as much time ruminating on the likes of honor, friendship and even the allure of guns themselvesJanuary 01, 2000
This is a rush of a movie.April 07, 2010
For as over the top as [Woo's] shootouts tend to be, the ones in The Killer are some of his most excessive.March 01, 2007
A lot of claims have been made for this campy bloodbath concerto by Hong Kong director John Woo, and I must admit that he's even better than Brian De Palma at delivering emotional and visceral excess with staccato relentlessness.March 01, 2007
It's as much a doomed romance as a shoot-'em-up.