The Replacement Killers - Die Ersatzkiller

Originaltitel: The Replacement Killers

1998
18
1 Std. 27 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

31.040

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Mira Sorvino and Chow Yun-Fat in The Replacement Killers - Die Ersatzkiller (1998)

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1 Video

87 Fotos

Gun Fu Action Crime Thriller

Ein besorgter Killer sucht Hilfe bei einem Fälscher, um Papiere nach China zu bekommen. Der Drogenboss hat jedoch Ersatzleute angeheuert, um die Arbeit zu beenden und den Killer zu töten.Ein besorgter Killer sucht Hilfe bei einem Fälscher, um Papiere nach China zu bekommen. Der Drogenboss hat jedoch Ersatzleute angeheuert, um die Arbeit zu beenden und den Killer zu töten.Ein besorgter Killer sucht Hilfe bei einem Fälscher, um Papiere nach China zu bekommen. Der Drogenboss hat jedoch Ersatzleute angeheuert, um die Arbeit zu beenden und den Killer zu töten.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

31.040

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Wissenswertes
This movie set the record for the most bullets fired in an American film.

Patzer
After John and Meg escape from Wei's gang, they return to John's hideout, where he treats her dislocated patella - which looks amazingly like the real thing, makeup or no. John pops the kneecap back into place with no difficulty. However, anyone who has ever suffered that particular injury knows that it would be impossible to immediately stand, walk, run and jump as Meg does when the evil-doers subsequently chase them from the apartment. The tissue damage involved takes weeks, if not months, to heal enough to allow that kind of activity.

Zitate
[John Lee points his gun at the back of Collins head, and Collins realizes his time is up]
Collins: Checkmate.

Alternative Versionen
Available in an extended version on DVD and Blu-ray.

Verbindungen
Featured in HBO First Look: Where the Action Is: Making 'The Replacement Killers' (1998)

Soundtracks
Keep Hope Alive
Written by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland
Performed by The Crystal Method
Courtesy of Outpost Recordings
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets

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Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

9/10

Hits the center of the bulls-eye with hair-raising accuracy.

Wild and absolutely menacing thriller involving Chow Yun-Fat (in his American film debut) as John Lee, a quiet yet resourceful hit-man who along with a sarcastic forger, Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino), become involved when Lee refuses to take out someone close to a cop (Michael Rooker), who shot and killed his mobster boss' drug-dealing son during a drug bust and in the process, Coburn and Lee are also targeted by his superiors.

It's a brilliant debut for Yun-Fat and director Antoine Fuqua ("Bait", "Training Day"), both of whom show their skills with such respect. Some of the shoot-outs that take place in some areas that you wouldn't even think of (car wash, alley, movie theater, etc.). Plus, the cinematographer Peter Lyons Collister and composer Harry Gregson-Williams excell in making the movie even more entertaining. The scenery has a very colorful and artistic look to it and the music doesn't get too loud. I think of the movie as "Lethal Weapon" made like in the style of John Woo, who is one of the film's producers.

"The Replacement Killers" certainly hits the center of the bulls-eye with hair-raising accuracy.