The Replacement Killers

The Replacement Killers starts late one night during a drugs bust on the dock's, cop Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov (Michael Rooker) shoots Chinese smuggler Peter Wei (Yau-Gene Chan) in self defence but Peter's father & crime-lord Terence Wei (Kenneth Tsang) is rather... Full review

Great plot great story line, I would watch this movie over and over again. This movie starts off with action, that's what you want see that's what I paid for to be Entertained and that's what Mr. fuqua did gave you... Full review

When the son of a powerful underworld boss, Mr. Wei, is killed in a police raid he swears vengeance. John Lee is the hit-man assigned with the task to carry out the hit, but despite a successful career as a... Full review

this movie i liked mostly cause of cliffton gonsales and the soundtrack i like the whole plot but confused me a lil it has like al il gangsters and i dont know it good tho... Full review

Some may call this film "derivative" but many HK productions are about revenge and/or organized crime. While it may not be as kinetic as other CYF films like Hardboiled or The Killer, it also lacks the campy moments found in... Full review

es42003 is wrong, it's more like gunfight, gunfight, talk, gunfight, funfight. The problem is the gunfights are dumb. I've seen better gunfights on a tv series. The plot is thinner than Ally McBeal. There is no sex or even any romance.... Full review

The Replacement Killers is a great movie if you enjoy a high level of action. But I didn't feel like this movie was too good. I found it very perdictable and a story that isn't all that creative. But the shoot... Full review

Not only does this movie start with tons of action, it ends with even more action. John Lee (Chow Yun-Fat) is hired by a mafia boss to kill his son’s killer, a cop. After john shows remorse on the cops family... Full review

I gave this 5 out of 10 stars because it is probably par for the course, as far as fast-paced action films go.The problem was that's pretty much all this film has going for it - endless shooting. There are... Full review

This is CYF's hollywood debut. I thought this wan an exceptional movie. People complain about the story being too thin but I thought it was good. Plenty of action as well which you expect from CYF films. One of my favorite... Full review

International superstar Chow Yun-Fat (John Woo's Hard-Boiled ) makes his Hollywood debut with Oscar® winner Mira Sorvino (1995 Best Supporting Actress, Mighty Aphrodite )iin The Replacement Killers ,ia fierce andiexplosive action thriller from director Antoine Fuqua (Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" video). ... Full Review

However, that aside, the movie is very entertaining.....Chow Yun Fat breaks the mould of the stereotype for East Asian action flicks.....This is a great movie to rent....In every sense of the word, this is one trendy movie.....all, infinitely more interesting than Chow Yun Fat himself..... ... Full Review

Sorvino isn't bad, and brings a glimmer of comedy to her two-fisted cupcake, but this will hardly go down as her finest hour. Sorvino's character, Meg, is tough as an old boot; she wears a razor blade on a chain around her neck, and can shoot with the best of them. ... Full Review

But don't begin to confuse The Replacement Killers with a John Woo film..... ... Full Review

As starry-eyed as it is stylish, "The Replacement Killers" opts for adoration all the way. Put together by first-time director Antoine Fuqua , "Killers" smartly echoes the master's stylish visuals, but Woo's trademark emotional delirium proves harder to duplicate. ... Full Review

I've always thought that any work of art--film included--ought to be judged on the basis of what it attempts in relation to whatever genre it belongs to. ... Full Article

Veteran of some 70 Hong Kong films, most notably John Woo's classics Hard Boiled, The Killer and A Better Tomorrow, Chow brings a quality that is often lacking in an action hero: vulnerability. ... Full Article

The Replacement Killers is a God-awful movie from start to finish, but the plots rushed attempts at moving from one flimsily manufactured gunfight scene to another make the whole shebang a near-perfect blueprint for a video game. ... Full Article

International superstar Chow Yun-Fat (John Woo's Hard-Boiled) makes his Hollywood debut with Oscar(R)winner Mira Sorvino (1995 Best Supporting Actress, Mighty Aphrodite) in THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, a fierce and explosive action thriller from director Antoine Fuqua (Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" video). ... Full Article

That evil wannabe known as the Huntsman didn't bring me Snow White's heart in a box like my girlfriend asked him, but he did bring back a report from the World Premiere of Chow Yun-Fat's REPLACEMENT KILLERS. ... Full Article

Well our spy who is soooo cool his number is "Less Than Zero" wrote up his/her/it's thoughts on THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS.While the review echos some earlier reports from back in July or August, it is more favorable than those. ... Full Article