The Killer

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The Killer

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2024

2h 6m

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

[Nathalie Emmanuel] has some chops. She has some chops and handles the weapons well.

Sep 16, 2024

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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

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Steve Morrissey

Radio Times

For all its wordiness, it does all seem worth it when Woo unleashes one of his classic, super-stylish action set pieces - mists roll, doves fly and operatic music swells on the soundtrack as characters go mano a mano in slo-mo, two-handed gun fu.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 13, 2025

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Andy Klein

FilmWeek (LAist)

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

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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

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Jay W

Not to be confused with "The Killer" (2023) directed by David Fincher, this is "The Killer" (2024) directed by John Woo. The two have nothing to do with each other, other than having the same title and having a person that kills other people. John Woo has a distinct style. He isn't as concerned about things feeling real as he is about things looking cool. Unfortunately, beyond looking good, this movie doesn't have much going for it...and it isn't even that good looking. But in typical John Woo style, logic is thrown out the window. The action is not well shot, the story is predictable, and the characters are nothing special.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/18/25

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Craig B

It's John Woo, so plenty of great action sequences... if thats all you're after, you'll be entertained to a degree.. However, the main cast including Nathalie Emmanuel as Zee (The Killer) just don't quite pull it off.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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Farah R

The Killer lacks originality, but it still makes for an enjoyable watch.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/10/25

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David R

Fun and a good twist.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/20/25

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Greg S

I paid money for this on Prime. From the start it was just a bad movie. Nothing about it seemed well scripted and tacky AF

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Marc Z

Watching this film reminded me how John Woo, in many ways is responsible for some of the greatest action scenes in modern filmmaking. His style of filmmaking had a great deal to do with the style of filmmaking in films like John Wick and Kill Bill. This remake of a 1980's film staring Chow Yun-Fat is an ambitious and noteworthy undertaking but it is not as good as the original, nor is it as good of many of Woo's films. His Silent Night, in recent years, is a masterpiece. This is not; however, there are a lot of good elements and scenes in this one. I caught it on Prime and was glad I did; although, had I paid full price in the theater I may have felt differently.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/19/25

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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: A Better Tomorrow Films, Atlas Entertainment, Entertainment One, Taewon 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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