The Killer

A hired killer accidentally blinds a beautiful nightclub singer during what was supposed to be his last murder. When he falls in love with her and accepts another contract in order to finance her cornea surgery, the stage is set for a long and bloody confrontation. A boisterous bullet opera from Woo, tempered as usual with his fascination with the notion of the honorable killer and with the doubling of similar men whom circumstances have placed on opposite sides of the law. Very heavy on the Catholic imagery and redemption motifs.

"...Dizzying thrills..." - Rolling Stone

"...Balletic splatter and camp sentimentality have rarely if ever been stretched to [these] extremes....Outrageous..." - New York Times

"...Woo pushes the already gonzo conventions of Hong Kong action-melodrama into the stratosphere....It's a hellzapoppin' gunfight festival..." - Film Comment

"...An example of the highly addictive, supercharged, go-for-broke Hong Kong cinema at its most deliberately outrageous..." - Los Angeles Times

"Cult action director John Woo's U.S. rep was established when this bullet-ridden Hong Kong import rode a healthy art house run onto some year-end 'best' lists..." - USA Today

"[T]he scenes of balletic gunplay are often genuinely beautiful -- even spiritual -- as well as disturbing..." - Premiere

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