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The Replacement Killers
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Kenneth Tsang |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Columbia
Pictures
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| Kiddie Movie: |
Lots of shooting - I don't think so.
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| Date Movie: |
Not really.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Mira and Chow start to get close but don't end up in bed.
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Violence: |
Lots of shooting and every now and then they hit someone.
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| Action: |
Could of been, but instead came out more artsy than
action.
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| Laughs: |
I laughed because no one seemed to know how to shoot
anyone else.
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| Memorable
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None.
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Quote: |
None.
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| Directed By: |
Antoine Fuqua
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| Produced By: |
Brad Grey & Bernie Brillstein
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The Replacement Killers
A Movie Review |
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Chow Yun-Fat was being touted as the next
big action hero for American film. It's too bad he chose "The
Replacement Killers" as his step into action, at least here. It seems
Chow already is a big action guy in his native land, but "The
Replacement Killers" really doesn't lend itself to action, it lends
itself to art, and it might have fared better had John Woo been in
the director's chair rather than behind the producer's desk.
It seems John Lee (Yun-Fat) is an assassin with a heart, and his
employer, Mr. Wei, doesn't like that, so Lee is on the run back to
his homeland to save his family. Problem is he can't get there
without a new passport, and tries to hire Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino)
to make it for him. Well, Wei's men find John and Meg, and put bullet
holes in everything but the good guy and girl. Ensuing is your
typical good guy running from the bad guys, with everyone shooting at
everyone else, but carrying automatic weapons that must have bent
barrels because no one seems to be able to shoot anyone. You also get
a nice message of how John can't leave the States until he saves the
cop's son who he was supposed to kill.
This review will be short because there really isn't much to say
about "The Replacement Killers." You've got lots of gunfire from
hired killers who can't seem to, pardon the expression, hit the broad
side of a barn while standing right in front of it. You've got the
hot babe falling for our hero, and running with him to all sorts of
nasty situations. And you've also got an action film full of artsy,
slow-motion, predictable blurbs of scenes. I almost felt bad for Chow
after watching "The Replacement Killers" because he does seem to have
the potential to be a smooth and debonair action hero. Sadly, this
movie ruined it.
It's 2 stars out of 5 from me for "The Replacement Killers." They
should have either made the it a "kill them all and let God sort them
out" kind of movie, or maybe a "James Bond" type of film. Instead,
they went for art, and it didn't work.
That's it for this one, I'm The Dude on the Right! L8R!! |
