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Unfortunately for Jong, things do not turn out as planned. The boss of the triad, Wong Hoi, who is the nephew of the guy he sent Jong out to kill, would rather kill Jong than hand over the money that Jong's handler Fung Sei promised to him, as he wants to clear the table for his ruthless ambitions. Meanwhile, a cop by the name of Inspector Li Ying (played by Danny Lee, who is good at playing [[Cowboy Cop|Cowboy Cops]] in general) has picked up Ah Jong's case, and as he gets to know both the assassin and the woman that he's going through hell for, the two heroes on opposite sides of the law develop a respect for each other that soon turns into a bond of friendship akin to [[Blood Brothers|blood brotherhood]]. As Fung Sei goes through hell to try to get the money for his friend, Wong Hoi has hired a replacement killer by the name of Paul Yau and a virtual army of assassins to get rid of Jong, and as everything goes straight to hell, Li becomes Jong's only ally against his double-crossing boss in a blazing final showdown that has come to define [[Heroic Bloodshed]].
This movie built on the genre that was started with ''A Better Tomorrow'' and ''Heroes Shed No Tears'' and expanded upon it. In addition to the [[Heroic Bloodshed]] favorites of [[Guns Akimbo]], slow-mo and themes of loyalty and betrayal. ''The Killer'' also popularized the use of the point-blank [[Mexican Standoff]] and introduced the [[Disturbed Doves]], a motif that would show up in [[John Woo]]'s later movies and made their first appearance during the [[Bloodstained
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=== This film provides examples of the following tropes: ===
* [[Almost
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] - Ah Jong and Inspector Li during the church shootout.
* [[Badass]] - Ah Jong and Inspector Li both.
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* [[Blind and The Beast]]: Jenny and Ah Jong. Played with in that's it not Jong's ''appearance'' that could be considered unpleasant, rather his [[Professional Killer|profession]] and the fact that it was him who blinded her, which she's initially unaware of.
* [[Blood Brothers]] - Two sets of these, Fung Sei being one on Ah Jong's side and Chang being one for Li. The two protagonists develop a bond like this toward the end of the movie.
* [[Bloodstained
* [[Church Shootout]] - ''The'' definitive example.
* [[Contract On the Hitman]] - The primary plot of the movie.
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* [[Mexican Standoff]] - Ah Jong and Inspector Li get into these a lot, including a quite iconic point-blank standoff at Jenny's apartment.
* [[Must Make Amends]]: The title character's attempt to fix a tragic mistake that he made, which resulted in a beautiful singer being blinded by the muzzle-flash of his gun. The last hit that he goes on is an attempt to raise the money to have her eyes fixed, but unfortunately for him, {{spoiler|his boss has other ideas. It does not end well for him.}}
* [[No
* [[One Last Job]] - Ah Jong has to do one of these to pay to have Jenny's eyes fixed.
* [[Put Down Your Gun and Step Away]] - {{spoiler|Wong Hoi takes Jenny hostage in the movie's final standoff}}.
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