Contract Killer - Im Auftrag des Todes

Originaltitel: Sat sau ji wong

1998
18
1 Std. 44 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

5663

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Jet Li, Gigi Leung, Eric Tsang, and Simon Yam in Contract Killer - Im Auftrag des Todes (1998)

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuTwo hitmen, one a novice and the other a veteran with poor luck, band together to find the "King of Killers" for whom there is a large reward.Two hitmen, one a novice and the other a veteran with poor luck, band together to find the "King of Killers" for whom there is a large reward.Two hitmen, one a novice and the other a veteran with poor luck, band together to find the "King of Killers" for whom there is a large reward.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

5663

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

Kiki
(as GiGi Leung)

Timmy Ho

David Wu

Kwong-Kim Yip

Martin
(as Ip Kwong Kim)

John Ching

Kau
(as Chen Tung)

Keiji Sato

Eiji Tsukamoto
(as Sato Keiji)

Hideri Meiken

Sasaki
(as Hidari Meiken)

Kenji Sahara

Mr. Tsukamoto
(as Sahara Kenji)

Paul Rapovski

Tall Guy - Eiji's Bodyguard

Frankie Chi-Hung Ng

Father at Amusement Park
(as Ng Chi Hung)

Ta Lei

Leung
(as Tat Lui)

Jude Poyer

Assassin

Shing-Hung Leung

Brother Dog's Man

Kwai-Bo Chun

Brother Dog's Man

Sam Kai-Sen Huang

Brother Dog's Man

Dion Lam

Tsukamoto's Security Guard

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Wissenswertes
In the scene where they are buying clothes for Jet Li's character, Jet dresses up as several well known movie hitmen, such as Léon in Léon: Der Profi (1994) and Mark in City Wolf (1986).

Patzer
During the carnival scene where Fu knocks the gun out of his friend's hand, it switches from being a 1911 clone to a Beretta. When Ngok Lo picks it up, it switches back to being a 1911, but when he drops the gun it becomes a Beretta again.

Zitate
Kwan: [sipping some coffee] What's this?
[a secretary says it's decaf]
Kwan: Decaf? What the hell's the point of that?

Alternative Versionen
The US version, that is released by Columbia/TriStar (under the name "Contract Killer"), is cut by about 6 mins. The original version of the film, which it's original English title was "Hitman," runs at about 104 mins. The US version runs at 98 mins. Also, the original music has been removed and replaced with a soundtrack containing mostly rap and the English dub that is on Columbia/TriStar's version dumbs down the original version's dialog considerably.

Verbindungen
Referenced in Cole Warner's Movie & Game Chamber: My Complete Dvd And Blu-Ray Collection Part 1. (2023)

Soundtracks
Contract Killer
Written by J. Tegelamn / C.A. Johnson / E. Hamilton
Performed by Chriss K. Kane
Published by Finishit Music/Cat Nip Music/Fresh Corp. Music (all ASCAP)

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Ausgewählte Rezension

6/10

Style Clash

Jet Li (Hero, Black Mask etc.) and Erik Tsang (Infernal Affairs) star in this wire fu action flick with an identity crisis. We start in kind of Jackie Chan territory with plenty of humour with Li a bumbling incompetent hit-man and Tsang a small time crook getting involved in a multi-million dollar 'hit'. As the film goes on all the comedy moments are forgotten and we begin to move into a serious action flick involving a bit more gun play than the usual Jet Li film, in fact it comes across at times as a cross between a Jet Li film and a John Woo heroic bloodshed type affair.

The action sequences are all to the high standard expected of Jet with a few added gun play sequences. Li is very likable in the lead role and Tsang is very good in his sidekick role showing a different persona to his performance in Infernal affairs.

Overall a fairly good hong kong action flick but the differing styles clash at times 6/10