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The Killer
Opening on 27-12-2015
110 minutes
Cantonese(Chinese & English Subtitles)
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Synopsis
The definitive work in John Woo’s oeuvre of ‘hero films’ that established the director as a bona fide auteur, The Killer is a preeminent expression of the noble wuxia tradition of the chivalrous spirit reincarnated in the form of a contemporary action/gangster drama. Chow Yun-fat plays the assassin, John, who has one last hit to carry out when he gets caught in the crossfire of power tussle among gangsters and embarks on a path of no return. A victim of betrayal himself, John forms an unlikely and close bond with Detective ‘Eagle’ Lee (Danny Lee) working on the opposite side of the law. Spectacle-driven and allegorical, the film is transferred into the sphere of aesthetics distinctively Woo’s: the church is as much a place of religious salvation as it is of secular respite for a killer; the allusive presence of doves; emphatic and stylised slow motion that lends gun battles and deaths a sense of lyricism and poetry. Woo’s story telling techniques on ‘honour and friendship’ is a sample to spawn many heroic genre films to follow. Director
John Woo Cast |
Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Paul Chu, Kenneth Tsang Kong |
* = Special first show concession tickets available for senior citizens
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Audience without bringing RealD 3D glasses shall purchase a new pair of RealD 3D glasses at cinema box office/ kiosk for HK$10 each.
The Killer
Opening on 27-12-2015
110 minutes
Cantonese(Chinese & English Subtitles)
Synopsis
The definitive work in John Woo’s oeuvre of ‘hero films’ that established the director as a bona fide auteur, The Killer is a preeminent expression of the noble wuxia tradition of the chivalrous spirit reincarnated in the form of a contemporary action/gangster drama. Chow Yun-fat plays the assassin, John, who has one last hit to carry out when he gets caught in the crossfire of power tussle among gangsters and embarks on a path of no return. A victim of betrayal himself, John forms an unlikely and close bond with Detective ‘Eagle’ Lee (Danny Lee) working on the opposite side of the law. Spectacle-driven and allegorical, the film is transferred into the sphere of aesthetics distinctively Woo’s: the church is as much a place of religious salvation as it is of secular respite for a killer; the allusive presence of doves; emphatic and stylised slow motion that lends gun battles and deaths a sense of lyricism and poetry. Woo’s story telling techniques on ‘honour and friendship’ is a sample to spawn many heroic genre films to follow. Director
John Woo Cast
Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Paul Chu, Kenneth Tsang Kong
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* = Special first show concession tickets available for senior citizens
Please bring your own RealD 3D glasses to enjoy 3D Movies.
Audience without bringing RealD 3D glasses shall purchase a new pair of RealD 3D glasses at cinema box office/ kiosk for HK$10 each.