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- A violent Hong Kong action film, this is the story of an assassin, Jeffrey Chow (aka Mickey Mouse) who takes one last job so he can retire and care for his girlfriend Jenny. When his employers betray him, he reluctantly joins forces with Inspector Lee (aka Dumbo), the cop who is pursuing him. Together, the new friends face the final confrontation of the gangsters out to kill them.
- Jeffrey is an assassin who wishes to leave the business so he can take care of Jennie, the beautiful lounge singer who he inadvertently blinded during a previous assignment. Li Ying is the determined cop who will stop at nothing to bring him in, only he realizes that Jeffrey is no ordinary assassin, and wishes to help him in his quest. Only problem is that Jeffrey's employers refuse to pay him for his last job, money which is needed to restore Jennie's eyesight.
- Hong Kong action director John Woo has created a perfect mixture of high octane action and intense atmospheric melodrama that defined the Far East's cinema at its paramount. DIE XUE SHUANG XIONG (better known as THE KILLER) is perhaps John Woo's landmark film; it has helped launch his career into first class, respectable territory and this particular film has made him into a world renowned director who's specialty included spectacular action flicks with a fine touch of elegance.<br/><br/>A highly lauded crowd-pleaser with the accent focused on character development, emotions, and a surreal environmental mood as well. Strong, graphic violence is bound in DIE XUE SHUANG XIONG evidently, but Woo's over-the-top thrills, stunts, and aggressive action choreography helped project this exemplary motion picture into a sublime motif as well.<br/><br/>Chow Yun-Fat displays plenty of his urbane charisma as the "Number One" Jeffrey Chow assassin who's been given one last job. Jeffrey Chow has been obliged with tackling one last assignment, to expunge a wealthy business and surreptious drug kingpin.<br/><br/>Unfortunately for Chow, even after completing his supposedly "last" assignment, a vengeful gangster has marked him for termination. Johnny Weng (Shing Fui-On), Chow's once trusted former employer is now playing the cards here and making the deals. He has hired various hitman to silence Chow once and for all, but Chow keeps grabbing the upper hand...<br/><br/>Inspector Lee (Danny Lee) is now on a mission to follow and capture this wanted fugitive who has made so many successful hits. However, as Inspector Lee gets closer to finding out the truth behind Chow, no longer does he see this assassin as a threat, but rather, the two start sharing a deviant and powerful bond. These two, who were once adversaries, now connect with one another through a poignant friendship that will last despite all troubles they have both experienced.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Chow must also protect a beautiful and innocent lounge singer, Jennie (Sally Yeh), whose life is endangered thanks to her contact with this perplexing soul. She herself was also accidentally blinded by one of Chow's own bullets.<br/><br/>As Chow and Lee both try to comprehend the nature of their violent attitudes, they must try to cope with accepting themselves as who they are, bellicose, gun slinging tough guys. However, Chow's home is a symbolic Catholic Church that insinuates redemption, peace, and forgiveness. Chow and Lee decide that it's time to start a new life, begin all over with a clean image, and leaving their belligerent former selves behind in the past... Chow also feels that he must help Jennie find a new proper set of corneas for her to be able to see again. However, salvation will not be easy for as Chow and Lee talk about their behaviors in the past life...Johnny Weng's hitmen are not far behind...<br/><br/>A gun-blazing battle of intensive proportions ensue between the sentimential heroes and the ruthless bad guys...<br/><br/>DIE XUE SHUANG XIONG (aka THE KILLER) is simply awesome, cinematic effort. The action is unbelievably lightning fast, and the plot is surprisingly effective. The chemistry between the two main heroes, Chow and Lee shows a very unusual relationship that sometimes, two completely opposite lives can mysteriously parallel with one another. A cop and a criminal working together is very eccentric for a "buddy-buddy" concept, but John Woo deserves acclaim for striking out a theme that sometimes, the thin line between good and evil will always be distorted as characters change their ways.<br/><br/>DIE XUE SHUANG XIONG is ultraviolent as well. The body count in this motion picture is innumerable, cars crash and burn everywhere, and the heroes fight fire with fire in nonstop moments of total carnage. DIE XUW SHUANG XIONG is edgy, taunt, and exhaustive. The characters in this film show many different angles, and unlike most modern day Hollywood big-budget action movies, DIE XUE SHUANG XIONG never ignores but it focuses on the meaningful relationships between best friends and worst enemies.<br/><br/>Lowell Lo(we)'s haunting theme music in The Killer is also another highlight, not to mention the terrific acting and performances from the leading stars Chow, Lee, and Yeh. Again, DIE XUE SHUANG XIONG blows away its competition with maximum heat, excitement, excellent cinematography and violence to the extreme. Still, The Killer is a film that never forgets to paint a gothic, melodramatic portrait of a hardboiled lifestyle of both a cop, a criminal, and how two different worlds have learned to bare with each other. A must see action film.<br/><br/>RATING: **** out of ****.
- I wish more action movies would be like this! I didn't expect to love this movie as much as I did. The more the movie progressed, the simply better it got.<br/><br/>The movie was made before John Woo's coming to Hollywood but this movie already gained him some cult status in the States. It's a typical Woo movie, which shows once more that he is a real master in making action movies. His action directing in this movie is really flawless.<br/><br/>The movie is basically non-stop action, with a lot of gun fights, explosion and fights. But it's not just a mindless action-flick, it also pays lots of attention to its story and development and interesting character building. The emotions within this movie are also really truly powerful, especially toward the ending.<br/><br/>The characters are really strong within this movie. Yun-Fat Chow plays a great and intriguing 'good' hit-man, who is being chased by cop Danny Lee. The whole game and chase and the eventual teaming up between those two is done great. They are like each other and also fall for the same woman (at least that was the original concept) but are on the different side of the law. They have a certain respect for each other, which makes it all the more meaningful and interesting to follow. You also really start to care about those characters. The movie is also filled with plenty of other interesting and backstabbing characters, cops, gangsters and fellow hit-men. It's not hard to see why John Woo in his early days was often called the Asian Martin Scorsese. <br/><br/>But it's of course mostly the action that makes this movie such an amazing one to watch. There is plenty of Woo-ism present, so expect lots of slow-motion and stylish action, including Mexican stand-offs, running, car chases, boat chases, flying doves. Yes, this movie has got it truly all. There are a couple of sequences toward the end that really stand out and are among the best the genre has to offer. Yeah, it's a real testosterone driven guy flick, with also typical important guy themes such as loyalty, bravery and friendship in it, with added to that a whole load of bullets and killings. The body count of this movie is 120, all being committed by about 3 guys, that should really say something about this movie.<br/><br/>It's a movie with a great style. The movie is Asian, so the editing and such might seem off to you if you're not accustomed to it but it's all part of the Asian film-making style.<br/><br/>The violence and graphic is quite explicit. Definitely different from his Hollywood movies, where he obviously has to hold back with the blood. The blood is literally flying around in this movie and people get shot through the head at close range. Even small children can't escape the violence.<br/><br/>Truly an incredible movie within its genre!<br/><br/>10/10<br/><br/>http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
- The Chinese title of The Killer literally means Bloodshed of Two Heroes. Dip (Mandarin: Die) means shed, hyut (Mandarin: Xue) means blood, sheung (Mandarin: Shuang) means two (or a pair) and Hung (Xiong) means hero hence Bloodshed of Two Heroes. It is neither. Due to the poor state of translation in Hong Kong, it would become the source for all foreign prints. Prior to the UK Hong Kong Legends DVD (released in 2002), all names and conservations were simplified or completely mistranslated. Chow Yun Fat's character is supposed to be Ah Jong not Jefferey or John as shown in the UK HKL DVD. In Taiwan a special cut of John Woo's cult classic was released that features several scene extensions. Most of these new pieces are only a couple of seconds long but they can be found throughout the movie. John Woo's masterpiece was released in Taiwan as a about 25 minutes longer version on VHS. In the bonus material of the French DVD, John Woo talks about some longer cut of the movie, which had to be shortened down to less than two hours due to demands by the producing company. It seems to be a reasonable guess that the Taiwanese VHS contains exactly this version. <br/><br/> 497e39180f
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