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1997

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Versatile Hong Kong box office giant Chow Yun-Fat makes a Hollywood splash as a Chinese hitman beholden to a drug kingpin (Tsang, in an interesting reversal of his Hong Kong "crusty cop" persona). The good news is that he's free after one hit; the bad news is that the drug lord wants revenge on a cop who killed his son--by .. Read more

Starring	Michael Rooker, Patrick Kilpatrick, Carlos Gomez, Ken Tsang
Director	Antoine Fuqua
Genres	Drama

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  Action all the way
  
  Wow, this movie just blew me away !!! I am a fan of the John Woo type of action movies and I must say that even he was just one of the executive producers, his ... read more »
  
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  "Wow" At Woo As Chow makes a Killing
  
  Versatile Hong Kong box office giant Chow Yun-Fat makes a Hollywood splash as a Chinese hitman beholden to a drug kingpin (Tsang, in an interesting reversal of ... read more »
  
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- - Greenfingersjake
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  - Milton Keynes
  - 30 Oct 2011 at 12:34
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  Replacement KillersDetails 1997
  
  A resonable film. A basic story with a great deal of gunfire, Hollywood style. Had I been in my late teens I would imagine that I would have thoroughly enjoyed ... read more »
  
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  - 18 Jun 2011 at 17:37
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  Very underrated. Very good
  
  In Chow Yun-Fat's first Hollywood film he recreates the persona he played in a few John Woo films before this. Which is fine.
  
  It's like a ... read more »
  
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- - EthyLauraPalmer
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  - Glastonbury
  - 31 Aug 2010 at 11:46
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  Fast paced
  
  Not a film for the faint hearted. Great fight scences and gun battles.
  
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  - Basildon
  - 16 Dec 2008 at 09:24
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  An Unforgettable Modern Day Classic.
  
  This is no run-of-the-mill martial arts movie, it is a highly superior thriller, which has both a head and a heart.
  
  Chow Yun-Fat is totally ... read more »
  
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- - JohnnyX
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  - 11 Sep 2008 at 23:53
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  not bad
  
  THIS FILM IS NOT THAT BAD IV SEEN BETTER
  
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  - Mexborough
  - 17 Dec 2007 at 18:35
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  For Yun-Fat and Tsang fans only
  
  If your a fan of HK cinema, this will disappoint you. Ok, so Chow still puts in a great performance, and Kenneth Tsang is good as the evil bad guy, otherwise no... read more »
  
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  - 13 Oct 2007 at 14:46
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  Channel 5 film that made me rent it
  
  Yes, it was a Channel 5 film (or maybe it was Channel 4) but I caught up with it half way through. From that I needed to rent it ti see the whole film (and ... read more »
  
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  - 06 Mar 2007 at 11:05
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  Fast paced and exciting
  
  A good intro into Hollywood for Chou Yun Fat, perhaps not as violent and bloody as the HK films he made with John Woo, but still this film moves with good pace ... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham, UK
  - 30 Oct 2005 at 11:27
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  TOP MOVIE !!!
  
  Music video and TV commercials director Antoine Fuqua made his feature directorial debut with this action thriller starring Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-Fat. ... read more »
  
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  - 19 Oct 2005 at 03:08
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  Action all the way
  
  Wow, this movie just blew me away !!! I am a fan of the John Woo type of action movies and I must say that even he was just one of the executive producers, his ... read more »
  
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  TOP MOVIE !!!
  
  Music video and TV commercials director Antoine Fuqua made his feature directorial debut with this action thriller starring Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-Fat. ... read more »
  
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  - 19 Oct 2005 at 03:08
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  A slick, stylish ...
  
  A slick, stylish thriller with Chow Yun Fat as charismatic and cool as ever! Mira Sorvino is good as the female interest and even Jurgen Prochnow turns in a ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Feb 2004 at 09:24
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  Good film, good story ...
  
  Good film, good story which at times seems to wonder but otherwise no complaint. The tonnage of lead flying during the film is frigttning. The baddies as ... read more »
  
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- - Robert#64
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  - 15 Mar 2004 at 14:04
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  MR CHOW'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEBUT
  
  Yun-Fat makes the leap from East to West in style with a very similar theme to the Hong Kong Classic 'THE KILLER', The Replacement Killers is a great ... read more »
  
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- - Simon
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  - 10 Feb 2005 at 16:09
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  Fast paced and exciting
  
  A good intro into Hollywood for Chou Yun Fat, perhaps not as violent and bloody as the HK films he made with John Woo, but still this film moves with good pace ... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham, UK
  - 30 Oct 2005 at 11:27
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  Action Explosion.
  
  Cinema King Of Cool, Chow Yun Fat does action by numbers in this, his first American film. Directed with an eye for explosive action by Antoine Fuqua, this is ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Jun 2005 at 10:51
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  Channel 5 film that made me rent it
  
  Yes, it was a Channel 5 film (or maybe it was Channel 4) but I caught up with it half way through. From that I needed to rent it ti see the whole film (and ... read more »
  
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  - 06 Mar 2007 at 11:05
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  For Yun-Fat and Tsang fans only
  
  If your a fan of HK cinema, this will disappoint you. Ok, so Chow still puts in a great performance, and Kenneth Tsang is good as the evil bad guy, otherwise no... read more »
  
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  - Wales
  - 13 Oct 2007 at 14:46
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  not bad
  
  THIS FILM IS NOT THAT BAD IV SEEN BETTER
  
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  Versatile Hong Kong box office giant Chow Yun-Fat makes a Hollywood splash as a Chinese hitman beholden to a drug kingpin (Tsang, in an interesting reversal of his Hong Kong "crusty cop" persona). The good news is that he's free after one hit; the bad news is that the drug lord wants revenge on a ...

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