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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 (LAist) [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 Maxance Vincent Film Speak It feels miraculous that Woo is still finding new and exciting ways to shoot and choreograph action at 77 years old and is always one step ahead of the filmmakers who his work has inspired. Rated: A Jul 14, 2025 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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David D It was doing so well as a manageable fun European mob movie with an overlay of John Wick. Then we got to the end, the extended Dungeons and Dragons module end…full of random encounters and end adventure badies with boosted hit points. All said, it is a fun movie. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/05/25 Full Review Dick V A Girl Boss disaster, how many more movies do they think it will take before we believe a 100 pound woman can kick the ass of a 220 pound bloke. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/03/25 Full Review Hotdogwater F Hard to believe this is the same jon woo that did the fist killer movie with Chow Yung Fat. Thia.ovie is horrible. Even the action is bad. Hard pass. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/03/25 Full Review Ralph R Woo’s signature style is the only reason this film isn’t a complete flop. The action has that familiar flair, and outside of one shaky cam scene, the cinematography holds up well enough to keep things watchable. Unfortunately, the rest is weighed down by a flat script that feels mechanical with dialogue that sounds like it was written by AI. Characters lack depth, and even Nathalie Emmanuel, who I wanted to connect with, could not rise above the poor material. Sam Worthington gave the most convincing performance but he was still given little to work with. Beltrami’s score, usually a highlight in any project, felt inconsistent and forgettable here. Effects were hit or miss, sometimes looking more like rushed CGI than practical. The little details like a cop shooting to kill instead of disarm, or a guy “peeing” with his belt still buckled, pulled me right out of the film. Over explanations in dialogue also drained the atmosphere from scenes that could have thrived in silence. It is Woo, so the trademarks are there, but compared to his 1989 masterpiece this remake does not deserve to carry the same name. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/01/25 Full Review Audience Member Man this movie is the cr*p that cr*p cr*ps. The action was tolerable but there are plot holes galore. Should’ve left this one for Woo’s former glories. Don’t waste your time. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/29/25 Full Review Pinoy Short R Sakto lang. Laki ng expectation ko dahil John Woo film nga to. Ok nman sya pero sa dami ng cliche e parang daming ganap na di nman kelangan. Naging predictable tuloy. Pansin ko lang din sa simbahan uli un climax na parang face/off lang Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/28/25 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
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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