Great Film: The Replacement Killers
Hits the center of the bulls-eye with hair-raising accuracy.
Wild and absolutely menacing thriller involving Chow Yun-Fat (in his
American film debut) as John Lee, a quiet yet resourceful hit-man who
along with a sarcastic forger, Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino), become
involved when Lee refuses to take out someone close to a cop (Michael
Rooker), who shot and killed his mobster boss' drug-dealing son during
a drug bust and in the process, Coburn and Lee are also targeted by his
superiors.
It's a brilliant debut for Yun-Fat and director Antoine Fuqua ("Bait",
"Training Day"), both of whom show their skills with such respect. Some
of the shoot-outs that take place in some areas that you wouldn't even
think of (car wash, alley, movie theater, etc.). Plus, the
cinematographer Peter Lyons Collister and composer Harry
Gregson-Williams excell in making the movie even more entertaining. The
scenery has a very colorful and artistic look to it and the music
doesn't get too loud. I think of the movie as "Lethal Weapon" made like
in the style of John Woo, who is one of the film's producers.
"The Replacement Killers" certainly hits the center of the bulls-eye
with hair-raising accuracy.
Cast
- Michael Kogan played by Jürgen Prochnow
- Collins played by Danny Trejo
- John Lee played by Yun-fat Chow
- Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov played by Michael Rooker
- Pryce played by Patrick Kilpatrick
- Hunt played by Carlos Gómez
- Terence Wei played by Kenneth Tsang
