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HONG KONG · 1989
The Killer
Synopsis
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly j
Cinematic DNA
The influence of John Woo's The Killer is there, in the way they're shot, the camera's often quite high and swooping.
It's certainly an antihero, but there's a nobility to him that I think in a weird way makes him similar to Alain Delon's character in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.
— David Fincher · Netflix Tudum: David Fincher on The Killer, His Return to Cinema, and Why It's the 'Antidote' to James Bond
This Film Influenced
→ The Matrix (1999)
→ John Wick (2014)
→ Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
→ Face/Off (1997)
Films with Similar Themes
dramatic · blindness and impaired vision · hitman · hong kong · police
