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The Killer (1989)

Name: The Killer
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1990-09
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 7.7

R (US) | Hong Kong | Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, English | 111 min

Directed by: John Woo

7.7

Action Crime Drama Thriller

A Hong Kong hit man accidentally blinds an innocent woman during a hit. He is determined to get her surgery to help regain her sight but he first needs to complete one more hit. He completes the job but then is ambushed as he tries to escape; someone wants him dead. Meanwhile, a resourceful and unorthodox police detective is hot on his trail.

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Cast & Crew

John Woo

Director

Chow Yun-Fat

Ah Jong

Danny Lee

Insp. Lee Ying

Sally Yeh

Jennie

Kong Chu

Fung Sei

Kenneth Tsang

Sgt. Tsang Yeh

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Release Date

Taiwan

No data

1989-03-24

France

(Cannes Film Market)

1989-05-12

Italy

(Mystfest)

1989-06

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

The Killer

(Original title)

El Killer

Argentina

The Killer

Australia

Parent Guide

Violence & gore Score: 10/10

Fung Sei gets brutally beaten up by triads, resulting in slow motion blood spurting.

Fung Sei shoots multiple triads at Wong Hoi's house. Bloody results.

Ah Jong and Li Ying engage in a shootout at a church with Wong Hoi and his crew. The final action scene contains the highest bodycount in the entire film.

Ah Jong is shot in the arm by Li Ying.

A cop is fatally shot by a triad member.

A taxi driver is fatally shot by a triad member.

Thugs attempt to rob Jennie but Ah Jong intervenes and attacks the robbers. As Jennie is blind, she attacks Ah Jong as she is afraid

R violence type: blood and brutal.

Scenes of bloody violence at a relentless pace. The violence is also played out in slow motion, which prolongs the deaths of the characters.

Ah Jong shoots several people at a bar, with bloody results. Ah Jong himself gets shot in the back twice and accidently blinds the singer Jennie with his gun. There is some blood on her face.

Ah Jong beats two guys up for trying to rob (and possibly rape) the singer who is blinded from the bar shootout.

An undercover cop Lee kills 3 bad guys in a row for killing a cop. He chases the bad guy and they get on a bus. Lee kills the bad guy and didn't realize that the hostage had a heart condition.

Ah Jong shoots a group of triads (sent by Wong Hoi, who double-crossed him) at a beach. Wong Hoi himself turns up at the beach and fires at Ah Jong but hits multiple civilians instead including a child.

A shootout takes place at Ah Jong's apartment and he kills 5 hitmen in the process. Nearly all the deaths result in bloody fashion and in slow motion.

Ah Jong and Detective Lee engage in a Mexican standoff at Jennie's apartment. Tense but darkly humourous.

Ah Jong kills Wong Hoi's driver (with bloody results) at a car park and tries to kill the triad leader himself but only wounds him in the arm.

Fung Sei assaults a few police officers at Kai Tai Airport.

Jennie fires a gun (blindly), thinking she 'killed' Detective Lee, who actually was not in her line of sight.

A large shootout at Fung Sei's house takes place, resulting in blood spurts.

Ah Jong stabs a man with a knife. Bloody but brief.