Much like a schlock villain’s final stand, Woo’s loose remake of The Killer puts up more of a fight than you’d expect before inevitably falling to truisms. Just as crime doesn’t pay, you can’t shoot the same bullet twice.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 25, 2024

[Nathalie Emmanuel] has some chops. She has some chops and handles the weapons well.

| Sep 16, 2024

Part of the problem here is that Emmanuel just isn’t an interesting enough performer to sell the strong, silent cipher that Zee needs to be.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 27, 2024

Woo doesn’t disappoint.

| Aug 26, 2024

In lesser hands those touches might be heavy-handed, but thanks to a legendary director at the top of his game, this is easily one of the best action movies of the year.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 24, 2024

I don’t need Girl Power™ from my assassin movies; I want to see women in complex and morally complicated roles.

| Aug 23, 2024

Less romantic or operatic than vintage Woo, and more interested in the goofy-glam aesthetics of Paris demolition. It’s like he’s directing the late-2000s EuropaCorp version of his own material, wresting it back from Luc Besson and the like.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2024

Woo has lost none of his love for the practical bravura of elaborate, ludicrous stunts, nor any of his way with camera movement and editing that complements choreography.

| Aug 23, 2024

I had no reason to imagine that it would be Woo’s most satisfying movie of this millennium, or that repeating himself would be what finally inspired him to make something fresh. But that’s the beauty of being alive, isn’t it?

| Original Score: B | Aug 23, 2024

If his new movie feels 25 years too late, it's also a reminder of what made the original so special in its day. Those who manage to discover The Killer through this serviceable remake would be better off revisiting the one that started it all.

| Aug 23, 2024

Nathalie Emmanuel plays the soulful marauder Zee, and man, does she cause a ruckus.

| Aug 23, 2024

Not exactly subtle. Then again, Woo’s movies were never known or appreciated for their subtlety.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 23, 2024

A mediocre remix that, for all its familiar elements, fails to improve upon a single aspect of its trailblazing predecessor.

| Aug 23, 2024

It’s unfortunate that a classic action film with an unforgettable emotional and stylistic impact could yield a style-free remake that prioritizes contrivance over substance.

| Aug 23, 2024

This remake is absent the far richer character development that made the original as much a melodrama as a shoot-’em-up.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 23, 2024