The Replacement Killers

1998
18
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

31K

YOUR RATING

Mira Sorvino and Chow Yun-Fat in The Replacement Killers (1998)

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A troubled hitman seeks aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug lord has hired replacements to finish the job, and kill the hitman.A troubled hitman seeks aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug lord has hired replacements to finish the job, and kill the hitman.A troubled hitman seeks aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug lord has hired replacements to finish the job, and kill the hitman.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

31K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Michael Kogan
(as Jurgen Prochnow)

Til Schweiger

Ryker

Danny Trejo

Collins

Clifton Collins Jr.

Loco
(as Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez)

Carlos Gómez

Hunt
(as Carlos Gomez)

Frank Medrano

Rawlins

Leo Lee

Patrick Kilpatrick

Pryce

Randall Duk Kim

Alan Chan

Andrew J. Marton

Stevie

Sydney Coberly

Sara

Yau-Gene Chan

Peter Wei

Carlos Leon

Romero

Nicki Micheaux

Technician

Director
- Antoine Fuqua
Writer
- Ken Sanzel
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
This movie set the record for the most bullets fired in an American film.

Goofs
After John and Meg escape from Wei's gang, they return to John's hideout, where he treats her dislocated patella - which looks amazingly like the real thing, makeup or no. John pops the kneecap back into place with no difficulty. However, anyone who has ever suffered that particular injury knows that it would be impossible to immediately stand, walk, run and jump as Meg does when the evil-doers subsequently chase them from the apartment. The tissue damage involved takes weeks, if not months, to heal enough to allow that kind of activity.

Quotes
[John Lee points his gun at the back of Collins head, and Collins realizes his time is up]
Collins: Checkmate.

Alternate versions
Available in an extended version on DVD and Blu-ray.

Connections
Featured in HBO First Look: Where the Action Is: Making 'The Replacement Killers' (1998)

Soundtracks
Keep Hope Alive
Written by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland
Performed by The Crystal Method
Courtesy of Outpost Recordings
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets

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Review

Featured review

9/10

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.