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''[[Hitman
''The Killer'' is considered one of [[John Woo]]'s all time greatest films, drawing from such influences as Jean-Pierre Melville's hitman drama ''Le Samourai'' and Chang Cheh's bloody masterpiece ''Vengeance''. Chow Yun-Fat plays [[Hitman
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]].
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* [[Bash Brothers]] - Ah Jong and Inspector Li from the beach house shootout onwards.
* [[Big Bad]] - Wong Hoi/Johnny Weng.
* [[Blind and
* [[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-Glass Windows]] - The final showdown at the church.
* [[Church Shootout]] - ''The'' definitive example.
* [[Contract
* [[Cowboy Cop]] - Inspector Li.
* [[Crucified Hero Shot]] - Ah Jong at one point during the church shootout.
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* [[Gun Fu]] - A John Woo trademark.
* [[Heroic Bloodshed]] - One of the quintessential examples of the genre.
* [[Hitman
* [[Honor Before Reason]] - Happens a lot in this movie.
* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]] - {{spoiler|Ah Jong has to put a bullet to Fung Sei after he fails to save a final bullet to finish himself off}}.
* [[It Works Better
* [[Kill'Em All]] - {{spoiler|By the end of the movie, the only major characters still alive are Jenny and Inspector Li, and both are in a very bad way, what with Jenny being all but blind forever and Li being arrested by his fellow cops and possibly sent to prison after the movie.}}
* [[Love At First Note]] - Ah Jong falls in love with Jenny upon hearing her sing at the nightclub where he is to kill his first target. Then the plot happens.
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* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]}}
* [[Sinister Shades]] - Paul Yau sports a set of these.
* [[Sympathy for
* [[The Triads and
* [[Turn in Your Badge]] - Li is taken off the case after getting the wrong guy at the airport, since the superintendent thinks the man is siding with the guy he's supposed to take in.
* [[Two Shots From Behind the Bar]]: The opening shootout featured a bartender with a shotgun. Needless to say, it didn't end well for him.
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