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Overall Rank: 15167

Average Rating: 2.2/4

# of Ratings: 39

Theatrical Release Date: 02/06/1998

Language: English

Genre: Action, Crime

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Kenneth Tsang, Jürgen Prochnow, Danny Trejo

Plot: After a hitman refuses to kill the young son of a cop as a debt to a drug lord, he must track down a forger to get passports to save himself and his family. He realizes too late that the next hit has already been taken out, and he's the target. -- Chris Kavan

Unknown - wrote on 11/08/2011

Typical gun shooting movie. This can't match up to either of the stars better movies, but it's not a terrible waste of time.

Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/04/2008

Throwing a pretty face and an action star together does not a movie make. Mira Sorvino can act and Chow Yun-Fat can kick pretty much anyone around, but together they look awkward and the story seems to be an afterthought.

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"The Replacement Killers" by Yojimbo

Yojimbo - wrote on 03/02/2012

When a hired assassin fails to kill the young son of a detective for a ruthless drug runner, he and a hapless forger are hunted by his replacements. In this, Chow Yun Fat's Hollywood debut, he revisits his familiar assassin with honour character in a fairly standard action thriller. There's very little imagination or originality on display; the script does little more than contrive ways to keep our hero and the girl together while extras in bad suits with machine guns chase them around. Having said that, there's very little actually WRONG with it either. Chow is as charismatic as ever, Mira Sorvino is knuckle-bitingly cute and the set pieces are reasonably well handled. It avoids schmaltz and lame love scenes and at less than 90 minutes is wise enough to not outstay its welcome. …

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Replacement Killers (1998)

MovieAddict - wrote on 01/28/2012

The film begs to know more about John Lee, he is the perfect assassin, however, he is not brutal. Just as Tony Montana in Scarface refused to blow up a car with women and children in it, John Lee (played by Chow Yun-Fat) refuses to kill a child in his father's arms. He incurs the wrath of Mr. Wei, the ruthless crime boss boss who sends in someone to take his place - a replacement killer to finish the job.

With the help of a sexy master forger sexy Mira Sorvino, Lee must return to his family in China before they are victimized by his betrayal. I was enraptured by the amazing scenes in the temple, set to a haunting Asian score, superb slow-motion camera work and the excellent use of music and visual imagery. Chow Yun-Fat was great, playing his 'killer with a conscience' role with his …