1998·Action·1h 27m
7.0
★
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
drug dealer
sniper
martial arts
china
police
hitman
funeral
assault rifle
chinatown
conscientious objector
revenge
organized crime
fugitive
on the run
los angeles, california
one man army
sunglasses
drug lord
silencer
uzi
police raid
contract killer
action hero
replacement
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Cast
Chow Yun-Fat
John Lee
Mira Sorvino
Meg Coburn
Michael Rooker
Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
Kenneth Tsang
Terence Wei
Jürgen Prochnow
Michael Kogan
Til Schweiger
Ryker
Danny Trejo
Collins
Clifton Collins Jr.
Loco
Carlos Gómez
Hunt
Frank Medrano
Rawlins
Leo Lee
Lam
Patrick Kilpatrick
Pryce
Crew
Antoine Fuqua
Director
Harry Gregson-Williams
Original Music Composer
Peter Lyons Collister
Director of Photography
Bernie Brillstein
Producer
Brad Grey
Producer
John Woo
Executive Producer
Ralph Sall
Music Supervisor
Jennifer Badger
Stunts
Marian Green
Stunts
Jeff Okabayashi
Second Assistant Director
Allan Graf
Second Unit Director
Kent H. Johnson
Property Master
Popular Reviews
26 reviews
alden
2.0★ · 07/01/25
i’m dead
i’m dead
Sophia
7.0★ · 05/14/25
Mira Sorvino the goddess you are.
Mira Sorvino the goddess you are.
Garon Cockrell
8.0★ · 06/09/24
Antoine Fuqua directed the hell out of this movie. It’s so good. Mira Sorvino is so great. Love that she was given agency and really able to shine. More women driven action movies please!
Antoine Fuqua directed the hell out of this movie. It’s so good. Mira Sorvino is so great. Love that she was given agency and really able to shine. More women driven action movies please!
Dhario Desousa
6.3★ · 04/19/21
Stylish and cool. An unsurprisingly promising debut from Fuqua.
Stylish and cool. An unsurprisingly promising debut from Fuqua.
Elliot Taylor
4.0★ · 11/30/20
It’s cheesy, it’s self-indulgent, and nothing makes much sense.
I didn’t expect much different from this though, and I can’t say that I was terribly far off in my overall expectations. The dialogue, acting, editing, cinematography, and choreography all scream stereotypical crime-action movie. However, where isn’t really anything below the surface. I guess there’s sort of a thing about morality requiring action and condemning inaction, but that’s it. Even that is subservient to the indulgent action and such.
It’s not that I have a problem with movies like this, it’s that I want them to fully commit to being action for the sake of action or I want them to commit to a complex or compelling narrative. This didn’t commit to either, and so it didn’t really work that well for me.
Still, it’s competently made and I can’t really say that it’s awful or anything, so I’ll just leave it here for now.
TL;DR - Whoda thunk that Yondu would be responsible for the plot of something like this?
I didn’t expect much different from this though, and I can’t say that I was terribly far off in my overall expectations. The dialogue, acting, editing, cinematography, and choreography all scream stereotypical crime-action movie. However, where isn’t really anything below the surface. I guess there’s sort of a thing about morality requiring action and condemning inaction, but that’s it. Even that is subservient to the indulgent action and such.
It’s not that I have a problem with movies like this, it’s that I want them to fully commit to being action for the sake of action or I want them to commit to a complex or compelling narrative. This didn’t commit to either, and so it didn’t really work that well for me.
Still, it’s competently made and I can’t really say that it’s awful or anything, so I’ll just leave it here for now.
TL;DR - Whoda thunk that Yondu would be responsible for the plot of something like this?
It’s cheesy, it’s self-indulgent, and nothing makes much sense.
I didn’t expect much different from this though, and I can’t say that I was terribly far off in my overall expectations. The dialogue, acting, editing, cinematography, and choreography all scream stereotypical crime-action movie. However, where isn’t really anything below the surface. I guess there’s sort of a thing about morality requiring action and condemning inaction, but that’s it. Even that is subservient to the indulgent action and such.
It’s not that I have a problem with movies like this, it’s that I want them to fully commit to being action for the sake of action or I want them to commit to a complex or compelling narrative. This didn’t commit to either, and so it didn’t really work that well for me.
Still, it’s competently made and I can’t really say that it’s awful or anything, so I’ll just leave it here for now.
TL;DR - Whoda thunk that Yondu would be responsible for the plot of something like this?
I didn’t expect much different from this though, and I can’t say that I was terribly far off in my overall expectations. The dialogue, acting, editing, cinematography, and choreography all scream stereotypical crime-action movie. However, where isn’t really anything below the surface. I guess there’s sort of a thing about morality requiring action and condemning inaction, but that’s it. Even that is subservient to the indulgent action and such.
It’s not that I have a problem with movies like this, it’s that I want them to fully commit to being action for the sake of action or I want them to commit to a complex or compelling narrative. This didn’t commit to either, and so it didn’t really work that well for me.
Still, it’s competently made and I can’t really say that it’s awful or anything, so I’ll just leave it here for now.
TL;DR - Whoda thunk that Yondu would be responsible for the plot of something like this?