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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   18,835 votes
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Director:

John Woo

Writer:

John Woo (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

September 1990 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Music | Romance | Thriller more

Tagline:

This film will blow you away. more

Plot:

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss. full summary | add synopsis

Plot Keywords:

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Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(21 articles)

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 (From Atomic Popcorn. 21 October 2009, 5:01 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Yun-Fat Chow ... Ah Jong (as Chow Yun Fat)
Danny Lee ... Insp. Li Ying / Little Eagle
Sally Yeh ... Jennie
Kong Chu ... Fung Sei (as Chu Kong)

Kenneth Tsang ... Sgt. Tsang Yeh (as Tsang Kong)
Fui-On Shing ... Wong Hoi (as Shing Fui On)
Wing-Cho Yip ... Wong Dung-Yu
Fan Wei Yee ... Paul Yau
Barry Wong ... Chief Insp. Dou / Tu
Parkman Wong ... Insp. Chan Bok
Siu-Hung Ng ... A killer
Sing Yeung ... Bodyguard A
Siu Hung Ngan ... Bodyguard B
Kwong Leung Wong ... Wong Tong
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chung Lin ... Jueng Wan / Ah Jong's first victim (uncredited)
Hsiang Lin Yin ... Syndicate man (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Woo 
 
Writing credits
John Woo (written by)

Produced by
Hark Tsui .... producer (as Tsui Hark)
 
Original Music by
Lowell Lo  (as Lowell Lowe)
 
Cinematography by
Peter Pau  (as Peter Pao)
Wing-Hung Wong  (as Wong Wing Hang)
 
Film Editing by
Kung Ming Fan  (as Fan Kung Ming)
 
Art Direction by
Man-Wah Luk  (as Luk Man Wah)
 
Set Decoration by
Chun-Ching Tai 
 
Costume Design by
Shirley Chan 
 
Makeup Department
Benny Chow .... hair stylist
Judy Mann .... makeup artist
Yvonne Yen .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Claudie Chung Chun .... executive in charge of production (as Claudie Chung)
Virginia Lau .... production manager
Roy Leung .... assistant production manager
Kwong-King Ngan .... unit manager
Lai-Ping Tsang .... post-production supervisor
Deanne Yew .... production manager (as Deannie Yew)
Patrick Yip .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chi Ming Leung .... second assistant director (as Leung Chi Ming)
Patrick Leung .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Hsu Wei-Kuo .... assistant art director
Sai-Ching Yeung .... property master
 
Sound Department
Siu-Lung Ching .... sound effects
Hsue-yui Fung .... dubbing editor: mandarin
Yu Ting .... dubbing editor: cantonese
 
Stunts
Siu-Tung Ching .... action coordinator (as Ching Siu Tung)
Siu-Tung Ching .... stunts
Chi-Ho Lau .... action coordinator (as Lau Chi Ho)
Chi-Ho Lau .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Kim-Kit Chik .... chief electrician
Kam Fook-Shing .... electrician
Wai-Ming Ip .... still photographer
Tak-Shing Lee .... chief electrician
Stephen Shin .... still photographer
Lee Wai-Tak .... assistant camera
Chun-Wah Yuen .... assistant camera
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tong Ping .... wardrobe mistress
 
Editorial Department
Chin-Kuen Pang .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Susan Tang .... lyricist: theme song
James Wong .... lyricist: theme song
David Wu .... music editor
Sally Yeh .... singer: theme song
 
Other crew
Billie Chan .... unit publicist
Kathy Cheung .... production accountant
Janet Chin .... continuity
Sylvia Fung .... tea lady
Gloria Ho .... production security
Wysum Pao .... continuity
Chi-Wah Tse .... production assistant
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Killer (Hong Kong: English title) (UK) (USA)
Bloodshed of Two Heroes (International: English title) (literal title)
Die xue shuang xiong (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Blast Killer (West Germany) [de]
El asesino (Spain) (TV title) [es]
Epangelmatias dolofonos (Greece) (TV title) [el]
The Killer (Greece) [el]
The Killer (France) [fr]
The Killer (Italy) [it]
The Killer - O Matador (Brazil) [pt]
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MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong violence and some language.

Parents Guide:

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Runtime:

111 min | Australia:96 min | Taiwan:141 min | USA:104 min (R-rated version) | 124 min (extended version)

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:18 (uncut) | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Chile:18 | France:-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 | USA:R (edited version) | USA:Unrated | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Film Workshop more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Jennie's ballads are in her own voice. Sally Yeh was a popular pop star, and her concert schedule conflicted with the filming schedule. This led to a radical change in the storyline, with her blind at the beginning of the movie and telling the story through flashbacks, and a different ending, with Jennie flying to America for a cornea transplant. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jeff goes to the back room in the first gun battle at the bar, a man takes aim at him from behind the bar counter with a shotgun. Jeff turns his attention to another man with a gun, and then looks back to the man behind the bar, who is seen putting the shotgun into firing position once more. more

Quotes:

Joe (Cantonese)/Jeffrey (English): Are you always so determined?
Lee: Yes, it's my style.
Joe (Cantonese)/Jeffrey (English): Mine too.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) more

FAQ

What does the Chinese title of The Killer mean?
Is Chow Yun Fat's character called Jeffery or John?
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User Comments

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44 out of 54 people found the following comment useful.
No Competition, 30 June 2003
10/10
Author: Spiku from Memphis, TN

First of all, I am disgusted by some of these reviews. Modern action has been overrun by special effects and stuntmen with death wishes (not that I'm complaining), but one must consider the time and the place. It's not the world of the Matrix or the Human-Cyborg War (or whatever it's called) in the Terminator, it's Hong Kong in the 1980's with counterfeiting, hostile Chinese syndicates. It doesn't have to be a big budget feature to be great. Clerks by Kevin Smith had a minute budget, but it made Smith famous.

I digress. Woo creates a sensitive and emotionally complex... assassin. To make him reconsider his job as a professional killing machine Jeffrey, the killer, blinds a lounge singer, Jenny. He swears to himself that he will end his career after one last job. Woo introduces us to the concept, like you see in A Better Tomorrow, that you can never leave a Triad even if you try your hardest. With an hour of attempting, Jeff realizes the horrible truth. Rarely does Woo bring in this feeling of absolute futility in his work. After losing his best friend, Jeff has crossed the Rubicon in his attempts and must end his ties to it by ending his everyone's but his own, excluding Jenny and Inspector Lee. Some people dislike the final shootout, but the doves and the Christian symbology adds a touch that drives religious and heroic bloodshed to the minds of the audience. On a personal note, I love it. The last few seconds depict a man, perhaps Lee, playing a harmonica in front of the church for reasons I don't know.

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