The Replacement Killers 1998 123movies

Watch: The Replacement Killers 1998 123movies, Full Movie Online – John Lee is the best hitman money can buy. But when John refuses to kill because of the seven year-old son of his target, John’s bosses send someone after John to kill him and then take his place in the ring of hitmen. John then teams up with Meg Coburn to help him escape these “Replacement Killers.”.
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	6.1/10 Votes: 29,247
	38% | RottenTomatoes
	42/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 405 Popularity: 16.103 | TMDB

Reviews:

Chow Yun Fat chews up Hollywood perfectly!
I’m a huge fan of CYF – for almost 30 years now. His on-screen persona is just the finest and he is one of the best actors out there!

But with other HK stars transfers to Hollywood – where the big wigs all claim that they know what is best – I was quite concerned for his debut.

Replacement Killers actually plays quite well!

Still carrying that 90’s look, we are treated to 85 minutes of stylish Hong Kong wanna-be shoot outs and angles that sometimes overdoes the John Woo homages – some of which are pretty good, some that just ended up quite slow.

Regardless, it was a great introduction to the US audience for HK’s coolest actor, and an enjoyable film nonetheless!

Impressive American Debut for Chow Yun-Fat
The realization that there is something innately cockeyed about The Replacement Killers sets in with the awareness that the movie isn’t about what its title indicates: The lead characters portrayed by Asian action hero Chow Yun-Fat and Mira Sorvino are actually the targets of the titular assassins. A Westernization of the Hong Kong movies of Chow, here making his American film debut, and exec producers John Woo and Terence Chang, this mechanical effort is studied rather than heartfelt and will disappoint aficionados and thwart potential fans. Result will be tepid box office returns (in 1998 from the moment was released it was a disappointment in the Far East where it opened), with limited play. Follow-up ancillaries should be okay, but it remains a niche genre item. Chow is on familiar ground as John Lee, a hired gun with a debt to pay to Manhattan-transplanted Asian crime czar Terence Wei (Kenneth Tsang). His final mission is to murder the seven-year-old boy of the cop (Michael Rooker) responsible for the death of Wei’s son during a botched drug transaction. However, in as sequence that seems like a variation on the opening scene of Woo’s Face/Off, when he has the boy in his sights, a crisis of conscience prevents him from pulling the trigger. Lee knows his decision will make him a target of whoever is brought in to finish the job. He also realizes that his mother and young sister back in Shanghai are living on borrowed time. On the way to the airport for his return to China , he contacts master forger Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) to get a phony passport. But before the rush job is ready, Wei’s trigger men descend and Lee and Coburn begin their long flight, pursued through New York discos, restaurants and a car wash. First time feature director Antoine Fuqua, a hot music video and commercials director, and script writer Ken Sanzel have obviously studied every slow-motion sequence and violently choreographed ballet of blood Hong Kong has served up in recent years. While an apt homage, the set pieces here are technical but not visceral, feeling menu fractured rather than originally integrated into the plot. The performances too, have a rote quality. Chow shot much in the way that catapulted him to stardom in Woo’s films, The Killers and A Better Tomorrow. He’s an elegant, soulful presence with a heart-beating behind those cold eyes, a man who conveys the instincts and nine lives of a cat. But still he needs significant quality time with a voice coach to have a prayer of a career beyond the former Crown Colony. Sorvino is once again in much form, though for most of the picture’s running time, she fires off rounds of ammunition without coming close to doing physical injury. She has the requisite humor but lacks the flinty quality necessary for the role. The supporting players are good in undemanding parts, but it’s a disappointment to see German star Til Schweiger’s talents squandered in the thankless role of one of the title characters. Fuqua directs The Replacement Killers with a glee of a big, loud music video that’s not particularly interested in content. It’s a rudderless style piece; as the old saw cautions, accept no substitutes.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 27 min (87 min), 1 hr 36 min (96 min) (extended cut) (USA)
Budget 30000000
Revenue 19204929
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
Director Antoine Fuqua
Writer Ken Sanzel
Actors Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital, SDDS (8 channels)
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Primo Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length 2,397 m (Sweden), 2,402.13 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Super 35
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)