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The Killer

1989

喋血雙雄

Directed by John Woo

One Vicious Hitman. One Fierce Cop. Ten Thousand Bullets.

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.

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Alternative Titles

Blast Killer, 첩혈쌍웅, Наемный убийца, Dip huet seung hung, Bloodshed of Two Heroes, 喋血双雄, El asesino, 牒血雙雄, The Killer (El asesino), Acımasız Katil, A bérgyilkos, הרוצח, Killer, O Matador, Samdomas žudikas, Убиецът, Найманий убивця, O Assassino, Dip Huet Seung Hung, โหดตัดโหด, 狼男たちの挽歌・最終章, Điệp huyết song hùng

Genres

Crime Drama Action Thriller

Themes

Crime, drugs and gangsters High speed and special ops Moving relationship stories Epic heroes Violent action, guns, and crime Intense combat and martial arts Gritty crime and ruthless gangsters Explosive and action-packed heroes vs. villains Adrenaline-fueled action and fast cars Show All…

Premiere

12 May 1989

France Cannes Film Festival

22 Jan 1990

USAR Sundance Film Festival

Theatrical limited

11 May 1991

PortugalM/18

Theatrical

24 Mar 1989

Taiwan

06 Jul 1989

Hong Kong

29 Jul 1989

South Korea15

13 Jan 1990

Japan

07 Aug 1990

22 Oct 1993

AustraliaR 18+

10 Nov 1994

Netherlands16

05 Mar 1995

France16

Physical

13 Aug 1990

Germany18

06 Dec 2005

Netherlands16

Australia

22 Oct 1993

TheatricalR 18+

France

12 May 1989

Premiere Cannes Film Festival

05 Mar 1995

Theatrical16

Germany

13 Aug 1990

Physical18

Hong Kong

06 Jul 1989

Theatrical

Japan

13 Jan 1990

Theatrical

Netherlands

10 Nov 1994

Theatrical16

06 Dec 2005

Physical16 DVD

Portugal

11 May 1991

Theatrical limitedM/18 Cinemateca Portuguesa

South Korea

29 Jul 1989

Theatrical15

Taiwan

24 Mar 1989

Theatrical

UK

07 Aug 1990

Theatrical

USA

22 Jan 1990

PremiereR Sundance Film Festival

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Review by matt lynch ★★★★★ 10

Love is blind.
Review by Sean Gilman ★★★★★ 5

Every time I watch The Killer, I'm overwhelmed. Words are so inadequate. It's the purest melodrama there ever has been.
A world so intoxicatingly visual, where the ultimate tragedy is the loss of one's eyesight.
A movie so big and bold even the opening credits are huge.
The plotting is denser, with more forward momentum than A Better Tomorrow, while retaining the repetition of flashbacks and theme song. Where Hard-Boiled is all-propulsive, The Killer is caught in-between, forward and back, every moment haunted by past failure and looking ahead only to self-destruction.
The first time I saw this, almost twenty years ago now, I think it was the first Woo I'd seen, though that might have been A Better Tomorrow,…
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★½ 9

89/100
Simultaneously a dissection of the 80s macho-action culture and an enrapturing, intoxicating exploration of those previously surface-level tropes; John Woo's The Killer is a gloriously violent fairy-tale of immense delight and contained insanity. Whether stopping time itself to bask in the beauty of squibs or carefully adjusting the complex character arcs; John Woo released an enchanting new blend of action and story into the world and we haven't been the same since.
It also makes me cry. Every single time. If I could use one word to describe The Killer, it would be pure poetry. Oh, that's two words? Ah fuck it.
Doves.
Review by CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️ ★★★★½

Love may be blind, but bromance has 20/20 vision.
Review by esther ★★★★½

I love queer representation in cinema.
Review by Matt! ★★★★½ 1

“Mr. Woo, these shootout scenes you’ve planned are pretty incredible! I’m curious, though, don’t you think the characters might need to reload at some point?”
“That’s funny, because I don’t remember asking you a goddamn thing.”
Review by CinemaJoe ★★★★½ 6

Life is cheap, it only takes one bullet.
This right here, this is the juice. A wonderland of bullets and blood— Woo operating on God tier levels.
Review by Nakul ★★★★½ 1

Dudes Rock!!
Kids: the love story between Ah Jong & Jennie was heartbreaking.
Adults: the love story between Ah Jong & Fung Sei was heartbreaking.
Legends: the love story between Shrimp Head & Small B was heartbreaking.

This is the most romantic movie disguised as a mob flick.
Review by LeSchroeck ★★★★★ 19

"Ich träume von einer Welt, die diesen Film genauso durchlebt und durchlitten hat wie ich." - Mit diesem Zitat aus einem kleinen Film-Magazin begann sie: meine Liebe zu John Woo. Und zu Chow Yun Fat, Tauben, Zeitlupen-Gewalt, dem Blei-Ballet, asiatischer Melodramatik, heldenhaftem Blutvergießen, Männern, die den Weg bis ans Ende gehen, Panflöten, beidhändigem Ballern, Sally Yehs "Shallow Drunk Life", dieser dynamischen Kamera, der Integrität, der Konsequenz oder dem Gefühl, einen Film gesehen zu haben, der mein Kinoleben wieder ein Stück verändert hat. A Masterpiece of Heroic Bloodshed. Punkt.
Review by Will Sloan ★★★★★

Nice floor-to-ceiling windows and stark white walls in this house. Sure would be a shame if a gunfight were to break out...
Review by Willow Maclay 1

Douglas Sirk but give everyone a gun.
Review by Justin Decloux ★★★★★ 3

The person behind me in the cinema: "This is so dumb"
I should hate them, but I can only muster pity.
What a misery it must be to shamble through life without being able to experience the europhia of true art...

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The Killer

喋血雙雄

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One Vicious Hitman. One Fierce Cop. Ten Thousand Bullets.

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Premiere

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Theatrical limited

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24 Mar 1989

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29 Jul 1989

13 Jan 1990

07 Aug 1990

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05 Mar 1995

Physical

13 Aug 1990

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Australia

22 Oct 1993

France

12 May 1989

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Germany

13 Aug 1990

Hong Kong

06 Jul 1989

Japan

13 Jan 1990

Netherlands

10 Nov 1994

06 Dec 2005

Portugal

11 May 1991

South Korea

29 Jul 1989

Taiwan

24 Mar 1989

UK

07 Aug 1990

USA

22 Jan 1990

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