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Actors: Jordan Chan, Simon Loui, Ken Wong, Mark Cheng, YoYo Mung
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Killer |
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KILLER (Dao shou) is a movie from Hong Kong directed by Billy Chung in 1999.
Po, Ho, Tung and Mantis are hitmen working for one of the local Triads. They'd like to retire but their boss Prince keeps on using their skills. They execute their victims by strictly using swords, never guns. Now, when Mantis is tortured by Fai, a member of a rival gang, his friend Po comes to help him and humiliates Fai in front of his own men. Prince tells the four hitmen then that the only way to prevent a bloody gang war now is to leave the country for a while or to promptly kill Fai. The four friends decide to stay in Hong Kong in order to settle this matter.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Killer |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- Asian crime gangs
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- very short/crewcut (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- use of artificial tools
- actual description of sex
Kind of violence:
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Chinese
Subtitles?
- Yes
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