Danny Lee, Kenneth Tsang, Kong Chu
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.
DVD Release Date: January 1, 1998
Stats: 1,359 reviews
When a contract killer accidentally blinds a nightclub singer, he takes on one last job in order to pay for an operation to restore her sight but his employer is less than willing to let him retire. John Woo's international breakthrough film, The Killer explores his favourite sub...( read more)
the killer with a heart of gold? chow yun fat plays the nicest assassin ever but still manages to be almost as cool and every bit as hot as alain delon in le samourai. john woo's streak of sentimentality keeps this from being a really great film but it is a great bloody opera w...( read more)
Still Woo's greatest achievement. A captivating story combined with that brilliant Hong Kong gunplay. Totally enchanting thanks to the two lead actors and lets face it, when it comes to gunplay, nobody does it better. All the Woo staples are there, but it's also funny, intense an...( read more)
John Woo's finest-- Chow Yun-Fat is the ultimate badass in this gem from the Hong Kong action genre that inspired so many young directors overseas to steal from it. Ultra-violent, superbly staged set pieces, a great story, and John Woo's pioneering camera work make this one a cl...( read more)
Great movie. I'd been looking forward to seeing this movie for years, and I wasn't disappointed. The Killer is about an assassin who 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. C...( read more)
The first time I watched 'The Killer' was many years ago and after hearing the tittle I didn't expect anything special.I like every action movie so it was one more time to enjoy special effects, martial arts and some good soundtrack maybe. With John Woo's movie it was absolutely...( read more)
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This is John Woo's masterpiece- an action film so great that even though it was made with a low budget in 1989, puts pretty much every hollywood actioner to shame. I may be in the minority, but I prefer the Killer over Hard Boiled( my second favorite action film of all time). John Woo is the god of Gunplay.
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