The Killer (Ultimate Edition)
One Vicious Hitman. One Fierce Cop. Ten Thousand Bullets.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 30, 2010
- Originally Released: 1989
- Label: Weinstein Company
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Danny Lee & Chow Yun-Fat | |
| Performer: | Sally Yeh, Chu Kong, Kenneth Tsang, Fui-on Shing, Barry Wong & Parkman Wong | |
| Directed by | John Woo | |
| Screenplay by | John Woo | |
| Produced by | Hark Tsui | |
| Director of Photography: | Peter Pau |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Melodramatic from the start, it finally goes over the top to deliver a solid emotional punch.
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Variety
The most dementedly elegiac thriller you've ever seen.
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Time Out
Cult action director John Woo's U.S. rep was established when this bullet-ridden Hong Kong import rode a healthy art house run onto some year-end 'best' lists...
USA Today
...An example of the highly addictive, supercharged, go-for-broke Hong Kong cinema at its most deliberately outrageous...
Los Angeles Times
Like any true artist, Woo didn't satisfy himself with merely copying his heroes: he transcended them with his own ideas and innovations.
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The Young Folks
...Woo pushes the already gonzo conventions of Hong Kong action-melodrama into the stratosphere....It's a hellzapoppin' gunfight festival...
Film Comment
Rating: 5/5 --
One of the few films to hold a legitimate claim to the title of Greatest Action Movie of All Time.
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Product Description:
A hired killer accidentally blinds a beautiful nightclub singer during what was supposed to be his last murder. When he falls in love with her and accepts another contract in order to finance her cornea surgery, the stage is set for a long and bloody confrontation. A boisterous bullet opera from Woo, tempered as usual with his fascination with the notion of the honorable killer and with the doubling of similar men whom circumstances have placed on opposite sides of the law. Very heavy on the Catholic imagery and redemption motifs.
Keywords:
Action
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Rivalry
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Mercenaries
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Romance
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Murder
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Product Info
- UPC: 883476013039
- Shipping Weight: 0.31/lbs (approx)
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