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Mauro Trotta
11.01.10 | 8pm | Hardenberg house
The Killer ( 喋血双雄; literally "Bloodshed of Two Heroes") is a 1989 Hong
Kong action/crime film written and directed by John Woo and starring
Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh and Kenneth Tsang. This is the
chinesse inspiration movie of Tarantino!
The Killer revolves around the character of Ah-Jong (Chow Yun-Fat), a
professional killer who has decided to retire. During a hit in the
opening act, Ah-Jong accidentally blinds a young nightclub singer,
Jennie (Sally Yeh) with the muzzle flash from his pistol. Driven to
help the now near-blinded woman by securing money for a sight-saving
corneal transplant, he agrees to carry out another hit. During his
escape he is pursued by Li Ying (Danny Lee Sau-Yin), a cop who is
investigating his crimes. Ah Jong then finds himself being hunted by
his employers who want to get rid of him for being seen "on the job".
After witnessing Ah-Jong save a dying girl and learning about Jennie's
operation, the cop realizes arresting this hitman would not set things
right. Together they fight the Triads through amazing action sequences
which ultimately climax in an explosive shootout at an abandoned
church. There, Ah-Jong has Li Ying swear to donate the hitman's eyes
to Jennie if something were to happen to him.
The ending is tragic, in that Ah-Jong dies, his eyes shot out by the
Triad boss, Wong Hoi. Jennie is left crawling for him in the dark, her
operation unrealized. The boss flees to police custody, but Li Ying
chases after him: Li Ying realizes that the law could never give
someone like Ah-Jong justice, so he acts under his own sense of right
and wrong and shoots the boss in cold blood.