The Killer

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In one of John Woo’s finest Hong Kong films, Chow Yun-fat excels as a charismatic hitman defined by an unshakeable a moral code.

  • Director

    John Woo

  • With

    Chow Yun-fat, Sally Yeh, Danny Lee

  • Hong Kong 1989. 111min

  • Digital (restoration)

  • Certificate

    15

  • Cantonese with English subtitles

During a chaotic shoot-out, indomitable hitman Ah Jong inadvertently injures a beautiful club singer. Stricken with guilt and intending to compensate her, he takes on a big-money assassination. One of Woo’s most celebrated crime thrillers harnesses the charisma and on-screen power of Chow Yun-fat, whose killer is the epitome of cool – firing his way through stunning set pieces while also earnestly yearning; a hopeless romantic trying to right a wrong.

Contains graphic violence.

See Bullets and Brotherhood: The Films of John Woo at BFI Southbank, and other screenings of The Killer.