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- 2003
- R
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
- 2003
- R
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
Directed By: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai
Written By: Ho-Cheung Pang, Joey O'Bryan, Ka-Fai Wai
- 2003
- R
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
- 2003
- R
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
Chuen jik sat sau
54
User Score
Generally Favorable
7.0
Where to Watch
Directed By: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai
Written By: Ho-Cheung Pang, Joey O'Bryan, Ka-Fai Wai
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
54
40% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
54
40% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Underworld opera of the bravura kind, this is driven, like most Hong Kong action, more by emotion than logic.
Exciting, but not completely original.
Filmed with panache, wit, chic amorality, and an inexhaustible supply of Micro Uzi ammunition, ''Killer'' nevertheless represents a baroque dead end for the Hong Kong action genre.
The film is filled with the kind of choreographed carnage that became synonymous with Hong Kong action during the genre's heyday, but there's an elegiac self-consciousness to it all that acknowledges that while the best is behind us, there's still something to be said about its passing.
Too scattershot to take hold.
Style is content in action movies, but when all the style originates elsewhere, it's just plain lazy.
Perhaps the directors are under the delusion that the dodging and leaping can make up for an ending that leaves the cast members of "Killer" adrift and nearly scratching their heads in puzzlement.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
7.0
50% Positive
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Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Golden Bauhinia Awards
• 1 Nomination
