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The Replacement Killers Reviews
Fuqua was doing his best possible imitation of John Woo here, but all it did was invite comparisons to those much better action films.
Extended Cut A well-paced and highly glossy version of a Hong Kong action movie, just made in America, The Replacement Killers marks both the directorial debut of Antoine Fuqua and the international debut of the embodiment of coolness himself, Chow Yun-fat. Chow's unshakable cool presence is inescapable in the midst of a pretty barebones story, it isn't boring, but it could have amounted to a lot more, particularly as the final showdown is so thrillingly chaotic and brutal. No wonder, as the set pieces were all choreographed by John Woo, they shine amidst the chaotic production and how much this film was torn apart in the edit. With some great performances, especially Mira Sorvino and Chow, given he was learning English at the time and a darkly hypnotic synth-driven score by Harry Gregson-Williams (later getting him the job composing for Metal Gear Solid), The Replacement Killers manages to overcome its ho-hum narrative by just being good at what it does.
Minha opinião: Um filme de 1998 e você pode assistir nos dias de hoje que não sentira diferença. Um clássico filme ao estilo #chinês de #máfia e #vingança O tempero não muda, mas bem feito. Boa atuação Cho Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino que na época bem jovem e linda. Temos também Michael Rooker, Danny Trejo. Muito tiro ao estilo dos filmes de #JohnWoo Conta a estória onde a policia com Michael faz uma batida e acaba matando o filho de um grande mafioso. O mafioso então contra Chow que é um matador para vingar e matar o filho do policial. Mas na hora ele não executa. Então em vingança o mafioso agora esta atrás dele e do filho do Michael. Chow quer fugir para China para salvar sua família e contrata uma falsificadora de passaporte. Ai surge na estória Mira, que não tem nada a haver com estória, mas é envolvida pela máfia, e ela começa a afeiçoar por Chow. E ajuda ele a matar o chefão. Nisso ele contrata outros matadores, entre eles Danny. E chega ao final do filme com muito tiro, muita morte. E claro no final o mocinho vence. Vale apena assistir. Roteiro: Apesar do roteiro não trazer novidade, ele é bem feito. Oque faz da produção boa para assistir. Nota: 7
I don't know what the hate is about, I love this as an action movie. I will admit as a soldier I think the two gun thing belongs in action movies and anime, because it is functional stupid, but it is part of the art in this movie. It is like any Chinese martial art movie (in this case pistol being the art), very stylized, but there is a beauty to it. There is more soul in this movie than you would think. It is not a western aesthetic, if you are looking for Clint Eastwood you will rate it low. If you were looking for Crouching Tiger hidden Beretta, you will be in love.
Fatt's first international appearance as lead cast but he already have huge reputation to meet for his Chinese fans. Pretty enjoyable action die-hard style even some part don't makes sense.
Chow Yun Fat has a strong screen presence. He should have had more success. He is good on this mediocre film. He plus a hit man with a conscience targeted by the mob to punish him. Mira Sorvino gets caught up as his passport forger. Anton Fuqua's direction is good. The film uses a lot of John Woo's signature gun play, but to excess, and not as creative as some of Woo's other films. Mia Sorvino's acting was OK but i like her in it. Decent way to spend the time and not dated.
It should come as no surprise that absolutely nobody in the movie except Chow Yun Fat can aim a gun. Tons of incompetence from machine gun toting assassins who apparently hold no regard for the skill of the elite assassin they are sent to kill. The sound FX are really bad. Like bugs bunny cartoon bad at times. Overall though, it's not the worst film you will see. Worth watching.
Not an designed to be an Oscar type film, it brings a fresh take on action films. Want entertainment - Replacement Killers provides that. You wont get bored. Don't expect more though. Over all it is worth the watch.
Visually interesting, even if the plot holds no surprises.
A stylish and well directed, but fairly empty piece of escapist action. It's not all that interesting, but it's very entertaining when it wants to be.
Fuqua was doing his best possible imitation of John Woo here, but all it did was invite comparisons to much better action films.
Pretty solid little action flick. Even if it's a little dated. It's like watching Fuqua trying to do classic John Woo.
During an orchestrated drug bust at a marine loading dock, Detective Stan Zedkov (Michael Rooker) kills Triad lieutenant Peter Wei (Yau-Gene Chan). Looking to exact revenge for his son's death, crime boss Terence Wei (Kenneth Tsang), sends for professional assassin John Lee (Chow Yun-fat). Paying off on an old debt, Lee has already killed two targets for Wei, and the crime boss tells him that this third and final job will wipe out the remainder of his obligation. However, Lee's conscience prevents him from completing his final assignment: to murder Zedkov's seven year-old son Stevie (Andrew J. Marton) before the detective's eyes. Realizing that his actions will result in retaliation against his mother and sister, Lee prepares to return to China, enlisting the help of old friend Alan Chan, a monk in a local Buddhist temple, to make arrangements to have his family moved to a secure location. Infuriated by Lee's disobedience, Wei orders his men to hunt for him and has his men in China begin the search for Lee's family. Wei also hires replacement killers, Ryker (Til Schweiger) and Collins (Danny Trejo), to finish the original job of killing Zedkov's son. No longer able to use the Triad network to get out of the country, Lee searches for alternative means outside Wei's sphere of influence, and meets with skilled forger Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) to have her create a new passport for him. Before she can finish the job, Wei's men storm her apartment, destroying the computerized tools of her trade in the ensuing shootout. Having been made aware that the Triads are involved, Coburn wants out, but Lee forces her to finish her original task of creating a forged passport. Getting pictures from a photo booth, Lee phones Alan, who offers the use of his passport. When Lee arrives at the temple, he discovers that Alan has been tortured to the point of death. Alan tells Lee that his family was moved to Canton-but he told his torturers they were in Shanghai. Lee has little more than 24 hours before his family is found. The monk gives Lee his passport before dying in his arms. Lee needs to stop the replacement killers and Wei from extracting revenge on his family... During production, Columbia Pictures felt that Antoine Fuqua was struggling to deliver suitable material and ordered a studio exec to be present during most of the filming to ensure that their money was being well spent. This angered Fuqua and made things tense between him and Columbia. 'Debra Hill' (II), a veteran producer, was called in by Columbia to cool things down. Lead actor Yun-Fat Chow stood by Fuqua the whole time and told the producers to trust him and his vision. The troubles didn't end after the production wrapped. When Fuqua delivered his initial cut, Columbia began testing the film. Test audiences struggled with the notion of a less than pure hero and the bi-racial relationship between Yun-Fat Chow and Mira Sorvino. They also had issues with most of the other characters back stories, so Columbia called in action editor 'Richard Francis Bruce' to tighten up the film. All romantic elements between Yun-Fat and Sorvino were removed, along with most of the characters' motivations. The movie set the record for the most bullets fired in an American film. Mira Sorvino speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. Yun-Fat Chow is a Cantonese Chinese native speaker but can also speak some Mandarin. Sorvino was able to help translate for Chow who was just learning English at the time. In The San Francisco Examiner, Walter Addiego perceived that the film "remains a counterfeit of a Woo movie, even though Woo himself co-produced it. He turned the directing chores over to first-timer Antoine Fuqua, whose previous work was limited to music videos and commercials, and it shows." He added, "The script, by Ken Sanzel, is the work of someone who's seen Woo's movies and wasn't particularly moved by the experience." I saw "The Replacement Killers" when it came out in 1998 and from what I can remember I thought it was an intense action flick with Hong Kong references. Today I see a cartoony b-action movie with stereotypical characters in all sorts of ways, a fetishism of firearms, not that convincing acting and a bit too heavy trigger finger. I reckon what was hot then, action á la John Woo (swooping slow motion scenes, extreme gun action etc), feels really outdated now. Yun-Fat Chow´s John Lee is just quite uninteresting and Mira Sorvino´s Meg is not really balancing things out despite a hard action facade. It really bugged me that she was walking around with an open shirt in the end flashing her bra. Made no sense, except the fact that Fuqua wanted to show some nude skin I reckon. Nah, this was actually a disappointment to see again.
Didn't even need dialogue... that action was all that was needed.
Antoine Fuqua's attempt at a John Woo style film. While it certainly has style, it also lacks focus and is poorly written.
Premier film american pour Chow Yun Fat qui fait plus ou moins le boulot mais le scenar n'a rien de bien excitant. C'est ce qui arrive quand on veut copier un film HK.
Predictable, cheesy, and terrible acting for the most part
This should have been a better movie. The film does have some style and the action scenes do have some adrenaline, but as a whole, the movie fails due to poor execution. Want to watch a great Chow Yun Fat flick? Watch Hard Boiled and you will see what I mean.