The Killer
Jeff (Chow Yun Fat), a professional killer planning to go straight, accidentally blinds beautiful nightclub singer Jenny (Sally Yeh) during a gangland hit. Guilt-stricken, he resolves to finance an operation to restore her sights by taking one last job, the elimination of Triad boss Tony Weng, a contract put out by Weng's power-hungry nephew, Johnny. The killing takes place during flamboyant Dragon Boat festivities; two cops, Lee (Danny Lee) and this partner Randy (Kenneth Tsang) carry out the investigation.
Lee gradually uncovers the tender relationship between Jeff and Jenny, becoming strangely attracted to the exceptional assassin. Both are men out of time, opposite faces of a moral code with little place in Hong Kong's venal criminal underworld. The ruthless Johnny decides to have Jeff rubbed out rather than pay him, and cop and killer are drawn together for a final confrontation with an army of kill-crazy Triad gunmen.
In an abandoned church, amidst flames, bullets and weeping Christian icons, divided by law, united by a bond neither fully understands, they face their fate.
In "The Killer", John Woo's abiding themes of guilt, vengeance and redemption through violence find their ultimate explosive expression.
© 1994 A Made In Hong Kong release
Original Cantonese dialoque with English subtitles
Original widescreen ratio
VHS-PAL
Running time: 107 mins.
Made in England
Manufactured under license from Golden Princess Hong Kong
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over. Not to be supplied to any person below that age.
