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The Killer

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Legendary action director John Woo, the visionary filmmaker of Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II, Paycheck, Broken Arrow and Hard Boiled returns with a radical reimagining of his 1989 Hong Kong classic, The Killer. From the Oscar® winning producer of Oppenheimer, the kinetic action thriller stars Emmy nominee Nathalie Emmanuel (The Fast Saga, Game of Thrones) as Zee, a mysterious and infamous assassin known, and feared, in the Parisian underworld as the Queen of the Dead. But when, during an assignment from her shadowy mentor and handler (Avatar's Sam Worthington), Zee refuses to kill a blinded young woman (Diana Silvers; Ma, Booksmart) in a Paris nightclub, the decision will disintegrate Zee's alliances, attract the attention of a savvy police investigator (Golden Globe nominee Omar Sy; Jurassic World franchise, Lupin), and plunge her into a sinister criminal conspiracy that will set her on a collision course with her own past.
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John Woo recaptures some of his legendary action bravura in this gallic reimagining of his very own The Killer, although the kinetic set pieces don't quite compensate for the overall lack of personality.

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Jacob Oller AV Club Much like a schlock villain’s final stand, Woo’s loose remake of The Killer puts up more of a fight than you’d expect before inevitably falling to truisms. Just as crime doesn’t pay, you can’t shoot the same bullet twice. Rated: C- Oct 25, 2024 Full Review Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) [Nathalie Emmanuel] has some chops. She has some chops and handles the weapons well. Sep 16, 2024 Full Review Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Part of the problem here is that Emmanuel just isn’t an interesting enough performer to sell the strong, silent cipher that Zee needs to be. Rated: 2/4 Aug 27, 2024 Full Review Andy Klein FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) It's good that it's not just a remake, but it loses a lot of the emotional weight of the original. Sep 16, 2024 Full Review Robert W. Butler Butler's Cinema Scene John Woo’s “The Killer” feels uncomfortably like a parody of a John Woo movie. All the trademarks of the Woo style are there, but they feel forced and phony. Even kinda silly. Rated: C Sep 14, 2024 Full Review Dominic Griffin The Baltimore Beat Whether or not it’s as good as the original is beside the point; it’s worth the price of admission alone to watch one of global cinema’s most significant living masters work within the strange new streaming normal and still pull out something of value. Sep 11, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Victor O I have the habit of coming across remakes before watching the original but given how often Hollywood churns them out it shouldn’t be surprising. More often than not, I find the original and become a fan of it instead of the remake, but this glossy remake earns some points from its style, and I found this one advertised on the Peacock streaming. Nathalie Emmanuel’s gorgeousness caught my eye as well as some well shot action scenes and I thought to myself, why not? Zee is a gorgeous woman living in Paris making a living by killing as a skilled assassin who sticks to a code of honor by killing those that deserve it. Only she ends up being used in a pawn to kill not just vicious men but a helpless woman at a club. All this as a Detective is on the case of a missing cache of heroin that the helpless woman seems to be connected with. Lies and the truth is revealed in an amazing display of action. I wish I could see the original, but this was splendid. Clearly the movie was made attempting to cater to women as well as men by elevating a lovely woman as an action star, but action movies always cater to men and when your female star kicks butt in leather pants, it fulfills this ideal. Nathalie Emmanuel is a gorgeous woman who has a long way to go as an actress, but she does work hard in this movie with the action. John Woo is still a fine director but clearly, he was brought out to work this remake with his seal of approval. But there have been great remakes before and while not great is still a good watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/25 Full Review Mark X This movie is refreshingly different. The plot is good, albeit a bit over the top, but still well executed. The actors deliver strong performances, and the tension between Zee and Sey is electrifying. Plus, Sam Worthington proves he can play a villain too. I really enjoyed the film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/04/25 Full Review Ian R Yet another half-baked story with a 100 pound girl who we are expected to believe is some kind of super woman. I have no clue why Sam Worthington is pretending to be an Irishman. I expected more from Jon Woo. Not worth the time to watch it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/02/25 Full Review Jerod S She causes a girl to go blind while she's murdering like 6 thugs. Weird for the plot to be about an assasin that suddenly crew a conscience - but it's got some good action scenes. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review Matt W I saw it for the first time yesterday! It kept me and my fiancé on the edge of our seets, it was well written kept us interested to keep watching because it was already late! I want to watch it again! For a thriller action movie I liked it! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/07/24 Full Review Bruce t John Woo made good choice of actors, Nathalie Emmanuel as Zee carries off a slightly unbelievably talented assassin, yet i detect a slight tongue-in-cheek, over-the-topness to her character, but lovable, even when i wondered why she was doing what she was. I stayed withholding negative judgement while my wife left it and retired to bed. There was a trickle of clues leading me to believe in where the Killer was going, which by the end was uplifting despite hugely high 'death rate' precipitated, and somehow 'just deserts ' was rained upon those deserving. And as boy and girl, didn't get it together, left a door ajar for a followup movie that i would love to see. Nathalie Emmanuel as Zee was gorgeously engrossing character, maintaining twists and plot turns and delightful gymnastic sequences. While an amount of her character was artfully revealed , over time, there is plenty more questions another film could address, with lots of room for Omar Sy as Sey, to be a part of. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Legendary action director John Woo, the visionary filmmaker of Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II, Paycheck, Broken Arrow and Hard Boiled returns with a radical reimagining of his 1989 Hong Kong classic, The Killer. From the Oscar® winning producer of Oppenheimer, the kinetic action thriller stars Emmy nominee Nathalie Emmanuel (The Fast Saga, Game of Thrones) as Zee, a mysterious and infamous assassin known, and feared, in the Parisian underworld as the Queen of the Dead. But when, during an assignment from her shadowy mentor and handler (Avatar's Sam Worthington), Zee refuses to kill a blinded young woman (Diana Silvers; Ma, Booksmart) in a Paris nightclub, the decision will disintegrate Zee's alliances, attract the attention of a savvy police investigator (Golden Globe nominee Omar Sy; Jurassic World franchise, Lupin), and plunge her into a sinister criminal conspiracy that will set her on a collision course with her own past.
Director
John Woo
Producer
Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, John Woo, Lori Tilkin
Screenwriter
Brian Helgeland, Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken
Distributor
Peacock
Production Co
Taewon Entertainment, A Better Tomorrow Films, Entertainment One, Atlas Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 23, 2024
Runtime
2h 6m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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