Once upon a time lived a director who made action graceful and artful. He moved to the US and there he became just another guy. Thankfully we have Hard Boiled,A Better Tomorrow and of course The Killer.
A man, smooth and cool, with a white scarf enters a restaurant. There he kills a few guys and does it so beautifully, you think he has done something good. But in the process he coincidently by-shoots a girl in her eyes. She is left blind. As the story moves The Killer wants to make up for the bad he has done to her and helps her out, of course she doesn't know it's really him. Another man becomes interested in her. A cop, who is also chasing The Killer. Te story goes from interesting to very interesting and makes u fell for the characters.
Here we have a very untypical story for an action. First of all it has a more sentimental story, it doesn't just really on it's action. And by making us care for the characters it makes the action tense.
The cast is led by a legend of HK cinema. Chow Yun-Fat. Here he shows his abilities to preform great in a sentimental role but keeping his coolness as an assassin. Helped by Danny Lee who also gives a fine performance. Sally Yeh, the girl they love is a sweet person and u feel sorry for her.
Of course this would not be a John Woo film without some amazing action. And here, I think the best action ever caught on camera can be seen. It was not the time of wires and CGI, it was a time when John Woo was The King of action. He moves the camera like no one and makes action and art form. It's not just shooting and killing it's like a ballet where u can admire the way people move and solve any problems with a single move. If there is anyone who says there is not enough action in a film like this is crazy. I felt the action was non stop, but at the same time I felt it developed the characters. Thrully wonderful film-making.
So I guess The Killer is the best action film ever. A great story unbelievable direction, action at it's finest and a great cast make this a film for the ages and every hard-core action fan should see it. 4/4
A man, smooth and cool, with a white scarf enters a restaurant. There he kills a few guys and does it so beautifully, you think he has done something good. But in the process he coincidently by-shoots a girl in her eyes. She is left blind. As the story moves The Killer wants to make up for the bad he has done to her and helps her out, of course she doesn't know it's really him. Another man becomes interested in her. A cop, who is also chasing The Killer. Te story goes from interesting to very interesting and makes u fell for the characters.
Here we have a very untypical story for an action. First of all it has a more sentimental story, it doesn't just really on it's action. And by making us care for the characters it makes the action tense.
The cast is led by a legend of HK cinema. Chow Yun-Fat. Here he shows his abilities to preform great in a sentimental role but keeping his coolness as an assassin. Helped by Danny Lee who also gives a fine performance. Sally Yeh, the girl they love is a sweet person and u feel sorry for her.
Of course this would not be a John Woo film without some amazing action. And here, I think the best action ever caught on camera can be seen. It was not the time of wires and CGI, it was a time when John Woo was The King of action. He moves the camera like no one and makes action and art form. It's not just shooting and killing it's like a ballet where u can admire the way people move and solve any problems with a single move. If there is anyone who says there is not enough action in a film like this is crazy. I felt the action was non stop, but at the same time I felt it developed the characters. Thrully wonderful film-making.
So I guess The Killer is the best action film ever. A great story unbelievable direction, action at it's finest and a great cast make this a film for the ages and every hard-core action fan should see it. 4/4