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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-Glass Windows|apocalyptic church shootout]] that ended the movie. {{spoiler|It also has one of the most tragic endings that Woo has ever done, in keeping with the tendency of Hong Kong and Asian cinema in general to end their more dramatic movies on a downer note.}}
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* [[Almost-Lethal Weapons]] - Both heroes and villains in Heroic Bloodshed movies in general can take a lot of punishment.
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] - Ah Jong and Inspector Li during the church shootout.
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