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The Replacement Killers (1998) 6.1
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6.1/10 from 22,610 users
Metascore: 42/100
Reviews: 162 user | 102 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com Failing to kill anymore because of his conscience, a troubled hit-man seeks aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug-lord has hired replacements to finish the job and kill the hit-man. Director:Antoine FuquaWriter:Ken Sanzel |
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| Yun-Fat Chow | ... |
John Lee
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| Jürgen Prochnow | ... |
Michael Kogan
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Loco
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Hunt
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Rawlins
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| Leo Lee | ... |
Lam
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| Patrick Kilpatrick | ... | ||
| Randall Duk Kim | ... |
Alan Chan
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Andrew J. Marton | ... |
Stevie
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Sydney Coberly | ... |
Sara
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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." Written by Anonymous
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Conscience has no place in the heart of an assassin. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
6 February 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Asesinos sustitutos See more »Filming Locations:
Union Station - 800 N. Alameda Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$2,200,000 (Non-US) (23 January 1998)Gross:
£359,183 (UK) (19 June 1998)Company Credits
Production Co:
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, WCG Entertainment Productions See more »
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Written by Adrian Thaws, Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) and 'Rakim (I)' (as William Griffin)
Performed by Tricky
Courtesy of Island Records Ltd.
By Arrangement with Polygram Film & TV Licensing
Contains "To The Listeners"
Performed by Eric B. & Rakim
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets
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Initially set up at Columbia as a starring vehicle for Chazz Palminteri. The Chinese mafia element in the original script was actually the more conventional Italian mafia. See more »Goofs
The photo negatives hanging in Meg Coburn's darkroom are actually strips of 35mm movie film. See more »Soundtracks
Makes Me Wanna DieWritten by Adrian Thaws, Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) and 'Rakim (I)' (as William Griffin)
Performed by Tricky
Courtesy of Island Records Ltd.
By Arrangement with Polygram Film & TV Licensing
Contains "To The Listeners"
Performed by Eric B. & Rakim
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets
See more »
i think this movie rocks -- it is the best place to watch Mira Sorvino be entertaining and hot.
i just bought the DVD in a bargain bin and i can't stop watching it. OK it's a bit of a TV movie script. but it's a year ahead of the matrix, and i dare you to watch it without making production comparisons. in fact, i can't watch the matrix any more. so much for movies with great scripts.
so much of the goodness of this movie relies on Mira Sorvino's screen presence that it plays a bit like a bit music video -- it's just plain fun to see her on screen. Chow Yun Fat is good, and this American Chinese boy (me) likes seeing a hybrid movie like this... well, it's fun to see the Chinese guy wear nice suits and kick some a$$ too. i can't watch any of the crappy hong kong stuff that the other users seem to think is superior to this. i can see how HK martial arts lovers wouldn't like this -- it's a very different, very American movie. personally, i'd rather see more clones of this movie than more jackie chan.
hey, did i mention Mira Sorvino is hot? i even like the relationship chemistry that develops here -- sort of like the David Carradine character wandering the desert in the Kung Fu TV shows -- he never even gets to kiss the pretty girl who falls for his decency, but the mutual respect is better that way. more movies need to take this route.
i'm not a Mira watcher -- i've only seen her aphrodite and some awful film school $hit i'm sure she wishes she never made, and her happy day on the Oscar alumni stage. as a Harvard guy, i'm not sure i want to see her in romy and michelle. this was simply a great role for a very underutilized actress at the right time in her life during the era of east-west action fusion. if i were producing movies, i'd kick myself for not watching this movie sooner and taking advantage of Mira Sorvino in her prime. it's not too late -- check our her recent IMDb pics. papa sorvino was right -- his daughter is great, and anyone who says otherwise should get a cap in his knee. this movie is the proof.