Note that at 4:17 when the dramatic sequence to Handel's Messiah begins, and Chow and Danny are looking at each other, they're both looking the same direction. Danny's looking to his left, and Chow is too, but Danny is on Chow's right. They can't be looking at each other. It looks kinda funny when you consider that
Too bad that John Woo isn't making Heoric Bloodshed films anymore :(
The closest thing we have to Heroic Bloodshed John Woo is Zack Snyder.
However, there is still hope. Woo said that his next film is going to be about the Flying Tigers (Americans who flew for the Chinese during WWII) and it's going to be shot in IMAX. I hope Woo is as good at making dogfights as he is at filming shootouts.
just finished watching the boondock saints 2, I had to rewatch The Killer to clean my retarden mind. this is wat 2 guy bloodshed action film should be done, screw TBS1&2 and screw Troy Duffy.
NO ACTION MOVIE TODAY CAN MATCH UP TO THE KILLER! Movie directors should be watch this and taking notes, because all the movies that have came out in the passed mouths have being pretty sad. Please John Woo make more movies like this.
@TheEgotasticRipoff True you are right about Hard Boiled, that movie has a great 30 mint shootout. Its just sad to think that allot of people don't know about Hard Boiled or even The Killer, but shit everyone knows about Harry Potter and shit like that.
@RAE10182504 Fuck Harry Potter. I'll take a Better Tomorrow, Bullet in the head, The Killer and Hard boiled over that harry potter shit any day of the week. If Tequila Yuen was in Harry potter, that movie would be over in 5 minutes after Tequila plants one right in Voldemort's skull ;-)
This is one of my favourite movies ever, and yet, every time I come back to it I realise I've forgotten just how impossibly good the editing and choreography actually is. It's still mindblowing after the first few dozen times.
I love that for half the gunfight, Ah jong hides behind a single pew... which is not even solid. Apparently the 20 guys standing ten yards away can't shoot through the one foot gap. :P
Oh my gosh - I just found a T-Shirt for this movie on ebay! There's only one day left on the auction! Youtube won't let me post the link, but it's listed as "The Killer Film T-Shirt XL John Woo Chow Yun fat orig."
Im so glad the american morons who thought they can do a Cowboy Bebop movie in Live action are no longer doing it. If anyone was to do it, it would be John Woo..
Post Hollywood John woo was fantastic. He delivered here the pure wrenching emotions throught the action scenes beautifully shown with the slow motion
the only reason Chow Yun fat lived in the end of hard boiled is cuz all the crew and alot of other people asked woo not to kill this character(just a random woo fact)
john woo's the second most badass man. Max Payne is first, third is chuck norris. Chuck norris is third in the reasons that he hasnt been in action in long time... :(
Operatic miracle. You need 3 tissues (Sydney's death, Jeff and Jennie's last scene and Li's crying) because of Woo in a grandiouse action sequence. Bullets are emotional reactions against friendship and remorse-destroyers. And the Messiah from 4:15 rocks as well as the hit on the shoulder does. Number 1. movie.
@druha10304 Actually Chow Yun Fat dies gets his eyes shot out and his girlfriend does not get the cornea transplant, the irony. In fact, Chow is well known to be the hero that does not make it out of a lot of John Woo movies. Dies in A Better Tommorrow also.
@BF1 I never saw the third one. I know that the second one, Chow Yun Fat plays the twin brother of the character in the first. Did you see the third installment?
@BF1 Also I think Hard Boiled is the only movie in Woo's films that the Hero makes it out. I could be wrong. Unless you count Better Tomorrow 2. Does he die in the third one?
@mitrooper Yeah, but unlike Hollywood, John Woo has the uniqueness of knowing how to use it without it working your nerves. You've got to give credit where it is due. He's the reason that we have things like The Matrix, Max Payne, etc.
The end of this film is still about the best gun battle in movie history. By the way, that's Tsui Hark as the assassin who bloes up the Virgin statue.
Brilliant scene. Only John Woo can make a gunfight sequence this over the top and still make it work.
But I do wish someone would tell Chow and Danny that they don't have to waste an entire ammo clip on one guy (especially when there are eighty more guys behind him)! lol
@gaglir I completely agree! Chow is never satisfied a clean, one shot kill, he needs to make it as messy and wasteful as possible. It's still awesome, though, so who cares?
Cunt wat happens!
TheKongtutt 4 days ago
chow with a shotgun and two pistols is unkillable
symetricbody 3 weeks ago
All I can say is, those were some GOOD TIMES for HONG KONG !
GOLDEN ERA OF HONG KONG !
bigfatdick5000 1 month ago
Why the hell did that priest come out so late. Was he just annoyed enough by all the shooting so see what all the hullabaloo was all about?
GMoneyChuck89 1 month ago
@ 3:30 dude just wanted to paint
WongGeGe48 2 months ago in playlist Movie Clips
it's funny how people compare call of duty games to real war, when it's really more like John Woo movies.
merks91 2 months ago
@merks91 real war is like John Woo movies? I'm signing up tomorrow!!! Here i come Iran!
Sighphi 3 weeks ago
Note that at 4:17 when the dramatic sequence to Handel's Messiah begins, and Chow and Danny are looking at each other, they're both looking the same direction. Danny's looking to his left, and Chow is too, but Danny is on Chow's right. They can't be looking at each other. It looks kinda funny when you consider that
bretthauerseven 2 months ago
@bretthauerseven I actually wonder if the shot of Chow looking at Danny is reversed. I can't tell, anyone else?
bretthauerseven 2 months ago
Homie at the 3 minute mark.... Hot Damn!
JaySlay23 2 months ago
Troy Duffy is the closest thing to come to true heroic bloodshed movies like the killer and hard boiled.
TheEgotasticRipoff 3 months ago
Too bad that John Woo isn't making Heoric Bloodshed films anymore :(
The closest thing we have to Heroic Bloodshed John Woo is Zack Snyder.
However, there is still hope. Woo said that his next film is going to be about the Flying Tigers (Americans who flew for the Chinese during WWII) and it's going to be shot in IMAX. I hope Woo is as good at making dogfights as he is at filming shootouts.
Kersey475 4 months ago in playlist Heroic Bloodshed Firefights
just finished watching the boondock saints 2, I had to rewatch The Killer to clean my retarden mind. this is wat 2 guy bloodshed action film should be done, screw TBS1&2 and screw Troy Duffy.
joshchu 5 months ago
Very dramatic.. sorry i meant VERY DRAMATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arbejde2011 5 months ago
you can never have enough berettas in a duffel bag.
ScarletSnake 5 months ago
I Hate Cliff Hangers. Still a Great Pictures.
maureencora1 5 months ago
If Chuck Norris was asian....
davidmortiboy 6 months ago
kane and lynch the movie
Psfreakman300 6 months ago
@Psfreakman300 what?
jimbobhk2009 6 months ago
Why don't they make movies like this anymore? Nowdays directors (especially Western ones) waste too much time on talking and psychobabble bullshit.
hardcorehentai84 7 months ago
@hardcorehentai84 not to mention pointless cgi gunfights and slow mo shots of bullets spinning
Stiffman1 6 months ago
wheres all the blood? this sucks
derekowns25 7 months ago
Achievement unlocked
100G - Team Building
TheAnoma1y 8 months ago
@HongKongActionFilms, could you tell me if you know (and that is if you know) , if these subtitles are correct?
thegunclub123 8 months ago
NO ACTION MOVIE TODAY CAN MATCH UP TO THE KILLER! Movie directors should be watch this and taking notes, because all the movies that have came out in the passed mouths have being pretty sad. Please John Woo make more movies like this.
RAE10182504 8 months ago
@RAE10182504 I disagree. Hard boiled is a good equal.
TheEgotasticRipoff 6 months ago
@TheEgotasticRipoff True you are right about Hard Boiled, that movie has a great 30 mint shootout. Its just sad to think that allot of people don't know about Hard Boiled or even The Killer, but shit everyone knows about Harry Potter and shit like that.
RAE10182504 6 months ago
@RAE10182504 Fuck Harry Potter. I'll take a Better Tomorrow, Bullet in the head, The Killer and Hard boiled over that harry potter shit any day of the week. If Tequila Yuen was in Harry potter, that movie would be over in 5 minutes after Tequila plants one right in Voldemort's skull ;-)
TheEgotasticRipoff 6 months ago 10
The scene that starts at 6:06 is so fuckin badass !!
Ace00Frehley 9 months ago
fucking wow :P
montrealredsox 9 months ago
Criterion
TheEgotasticRipoff 9 months ago
This is one of my favourite movies ever, and yet, every time I come back to it I realise I've forgotten just how impossibly good the editing and choreography actually is. It's still mindblowing after the first few dozen times.
Zaothus 10 months ago
Danny Lee's score: 9000
Chow Yun Fat's score: 9001
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
jakfolisto 10 months ago
Which version is this from. The Criterion Collection? or some other version??
frivolousfieds 10 months ago
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@frivolousfieds what do you mean what version how many versions are they. and what is . The Criterion Collection. and how is every version differnt
megagangster321 7 months ago
I love that for half the gunfight, Ah jong hides behind a single pew... which is not even solid. Apparently the 20 guys standing ten yards away can't shoot through the one foot gap. :P
bretthauerseven 10 months ago
I guess badguys are meant to be terrible shooters.:)
riusu23 11 months ago
WAY BETTER than the Dragon Dynasty R1 print. Anyone agree?
zsrl04 11 months ago
5:05 second chance
Nightwalker895 1 year ago
they are such bosses
MARSHMELLOWBOOTY252 1 year ago
(this is the promotional video for the Hong Kong tourism agency)
WongGeGe48 1 year ago
5:38 THAT WAS NASTY!! HATS OFF TO THAT STUNTMAN!!
Don9413 1 year ago
THE GREATEST MODERN-DAY SHOOTOUT ACTION SEQUENCE IN CINEMATIC HISTORY! YOU CANNOT RECREATE A MASTERPIECE LIKE THIS!
kronos3636 1 year ago
Ah jong!
wookiewhat 1 year ago
1 why is everyone in white 2 how long does it take to run out of ammo 3 like forrest gump LET JANNY GO!
prigsby1 1 year ago
lol i now know how to tell the good guys from the bad guys.... the good guys are the ones covered in blood but alive and shooting
SaphiraPorter 1 year ago
Damn and it just cuts off....now I have to watch the movie to see what happens xD....
rur0un1x 1 year ago
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Oh my gosh - I just found a T-Shirt for this movie on ebay! There's only one day left on the auction! Youtube won't let me post the link, but it's listed as "The Killer Film T-Shirt XL John Woo Chow Yun fat orig."
kasnyder 1 year ago
Im so glad the american morons who thought they can do a Cowboy Bebop movie in Live action are no longer doing it. If anyone was to do it, it would be John Woo..
darkservantofheaven 1 year ago 5
No I can never go into a chuch without thinking about this scene.
3:09 is classic John Woo!!!
LukeMM95 1 year ago
-time extend-
-ACTION!-
gohdan 1 year ago
@gohdan
RELOAD
RELOAD
Scentless 1 year ago
sorry i mean pre hollywood john woo
Chuck6360 1 year ago
Post Hollywood John woo was fantastic. He delivered here the pure wrenching emotions throught the action scenes beautifully shown with the slow motion
Chuck6360 1 year ago
Tequila and "alan"(depending on translation) in Hardboiled were tough, but not this tough...
Braincleaner 1 year ago
3:19, when Danny takes one in his stomach, you can see the outlines of the blood back in slow-mo. Ahhhh... the cheepnis
ixat00 1 year ago
4.03 best moment
bodjack06 1 year ago
look how they ate the dogs
Acrydocsmusic 1 year ago
the only reason Chow Yun fat lived in the end of hard boiled is cuz all the crew and alot of other people asked woo not to kill this character(just a random woo fact)
MrKingK1 1 year ago
john woo's the second most badass man. Max Payne is first, third is chuck norris. Chuck norris is third in the reasons that he hasnt been in action in long time... :(
RanakaHai 1 year ago
Are there doves in literally everyone of his films? so far i've noticed it in Faceoff and Hard Target.
Will137 1 year ago
No way that dude survives that many shot shellls to the chest even if he IS wearing armor.
brooksdanielgary 1 year ago
Hong Kong: Home of the God Shotgun.
Born2Hula1219 1 year ago
Kick-ass had some features of woo's movies. Over the top violence. Lots and lots of enemies.
shockwave68516 1 year ago
its like a video game
FiswaT 1 year ago
where can i see this movie online or where can i buy it?
cptromero5595 1 year ago
Operatic miracle. You need 3 tissues (Sydney's death, Jeff and Jennie's last scene and Li's crying) because of Woo in a grandiouse action sequence. Bullets are emotional reactions against friendship and remorse-destroyers. And the Messiah from 4:15 rocks as well as the hit on the shoulder does. Number 1. movie.
Ironbee07 1 year ago
its funny how chow was like O YEAH lets have some fun when the cop was shooting at the them in the beginning of the video
alrightlol 1 year ago
awesome movie! only thing I didn't like was the fact that everyone has a magical number of bullets in their magazines :)
DonUzaki 1 year ago
This, Hard Boiled, A Better Tomorrow and Bullet In The Head...all gun crazy action flicks! Good shit. Proper balls out gunfest!
Edd731 1 year ago
no doubt about whos gonna be left standing
druha10304 1 year ago
@druha10304 Actually Chow Yun Fat dies gets his eyes shot out and his girlfriend does not get the cornea transplant, the irony. In fact, Chow is well known to be the hero that does not make it out of a lot of John Woo movies. Dies in A Better Tommorrow also.
BF1 1 year ago
@BF1 I never saw the third one. I know that the second one, Chow Yun Fat plays the twin brother of the character in the first. Did you see the third installment?
TheEgotasticRipoff 1 year ago
@BF1 Also I think Hard Boiled is the only movie in Woo's films that the Hero makes it out. I could be wrong. Unless you count Better Tomorrow 2. Does he die in the third one?
TheEgotasticRipoff 1 year ago
My favorite part is at 2:18 when he shoots the guy and falls and gets another hail of gun fire. Those people use way too many bullets....
boxcarracer8122 1 year ago
This is so awesome! It would have been a perfect masterpiece if there was more blood.
Marco007Marco007 1 year ago
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There's nothing worse than stupid cheesy slow motion scenes and John Woo movies are full of that crap. yuck.
mitrooper 1 year ago
@mitrooper Yeah, but unlike Hollywood, John Woo has the uniqueness of knowing how to use it without it working your nerves. You've got to give credit where it is due. He's the reason that we have things like The Matrix, Max Payne, etc.
TheQuantum09 1 year ago
The end of this film is still about the best gun battle in movie history. By the way, that's Tsui Hark as the assassin who bloes up the Virgin statue.
disconnected22 1 year ago
at 1:98 is just awesome...
The only time a real man smiles, is when his best friend joins the shoot out.
wutevaidowutiwant 1 year ago
I love how there's henchmen on every conceivable surface, even places they probably could never get to.
mutehero7 1 year ago
out on Blu-Ray March 30th 2010
somejackball 1 year ago 2
@somejackball Picked it up recently. Great movie. I just wish Hard boiled was also released on Blu Ray.
TheEgotasticRipoff 1 year ago
Such a shame that John Woo is doing historical dramas instead of Heroic Bloodshed films.
However, he is confirmed to be directing the "Rainbow Six" film adaption so maybe there's hope...
Kersey475 1 year ago 2
@Kersey475
Errrrr... Update folks, turns out that John Woo has dropped out of the "Rainbow Six" film project and Zack Snyder will direct instead.
Kersey475 1 year ago
chow yun fat looks like the guy from 2 and a Half Men
Gunbarrelguru 2 years ago
is this movie worth 2 buy?
matthewinnj08 2 years ago
oh yes sir indeed. One of the best in cinema.
Verd1m5 2 years ago 3
John Woo, one of the few directors who can actually coreograph violence!
Tito1701 2 years ago 3
0:16 My Uncle!!
dragonfire782 2 years ago
absolute overkill on half those guys filled them up with 20 bullets when 2 would have done it haha i love movie guns
conan656 2 years ago
3:12
Asian Ron Jeremy lol!
McNugget06 2 years ago
le film k je cherhé depui pertet
le meileur film de tt les temps
bledarr72 2 years ago
5:46 ...that was crazy!!
BossMoney91 2 years ago
The final battle in the movie Face/Off, also directed by John Woo, references this scene, since it took place in a church.
Ebb1993returns 2 years ago 2
lol all have elegant outfits
camperdark 2 years ago
I'm not too familiar with John woo's work. I've only seen hard boiled. What is with doves in his movies? Are they there for symbolic reasons?
kzundiverus 2 years ago
@kzundiverus Yes. It's a trademark in his films.
BF1 1 year ago
Brilliant scene. Only John Woo can make a gunfight sequence this over the top and still make it work.
But I do wish someone would tell Chow and Danny that they don't have to waste an entire ammo clip on one guy (especially when there are eighty more guys behind him)! lol
gaglir 2 years ago 32
@gaglir I completely agree! Chow is never satisfied a clean, one shot kill, he needs to make it as messy and wasteful as possible. It's still awesome, though, so who cares?
depillow 1 year ago
5:24 multiple nut shots
gnaynek 2 years ago
Ron Jeremy at 3:11
zombie0dan 2 years ago 5
One of the greatest shoot-outs ever filmed! John Woo's masterpiece. He will never be able to top this film.
QuatermassMan 2 years ago
Look at how these guys keep coming out of nowhere, it's like a video game!
Ebb1993returns 2 years ago 23
so true, so true
TheChannelOfDestiny 2 years ago
Now that you mention it... Why isn't there The Killer Arcade Shooter game? That would be awesome.
I happen to have John Woo DVD box that includes all of his classic hk movies. All of them are pure gold
Assiman 2 years ago
Yeah, and this could be the final boss battle!
Ebb1993returns 2 years ago
All we need is the score. *inserts 1UP score, 2UP score, and High Score, much like the AVGN's top 10 shoot 'em up movies*
Ebb1993returns 2 years ago
You have "Stranglehold" for all platforms. Is a sequel to the "Hard-Boiled" movie...Brutal!
ElHuevoDuro 2 years ago
@Ebb1993returns That and hard boiled...two awsome movies.
TheEgotasticRipoff 1 year ago
@Ebb1993returns That's what it's actually like in china
fartmuffin1 6 months ago
in Germany all classic John Woo movies are on the index...
drag54on 2 years ago
it was all cool and serious until 6:08... i had to laugh... lols...
17DAlien 2 years ago 2
too bad no pigeons fly by...
gnot0928 2 years ago
PWNED :D
HL2PWNAGE 2 years ago
THE KILLER FTW BEST MOVIE
94henry94 2 years ago 4
who did he shoot at the begining
94henry94 2 years ago
his old friend. He was shot by the bad guys, but he didn't want to get killed by them. So Ah-Jang did a favor and killed him
Assiman 2 years ago 4
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!
epicness x infinity!
risameanslaughter 2 years ago 4
these subtitles are so much better than the ones on my copy
oncassette 2 years ago
mr. & mrs Chow!
lol. so old school. love it
djfung 2 years ago
luv it
kirbydane 3 years ago
show the ending
moejbara1 3 years ago
why didnt you show what happend at the end
lileezyejr 3 years ago
who's dat who died at first
lileezyejr 3 years ago
Go to ChinaTown
007texan 3 years ago
Where Did U Get This. Is It On DVD? I Cant Find It Anywhere!!! Not Even Best Buy!!!!!
SonofSatan18 3 years ago
try buying it online
lileezyejr 3 years ago