The Replacement Killers

6/2/1998 1h 27m 6.2/10

Overview

Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.

Director

Jeffrey Wetzel

Top Billed Cast

Michael Rooker

Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov

Mira Sorvino

Meg Coburn

Chow Yun-Fat

John Lee

Til Schweiger

Ryker

Jürgen Prochnow

Michael Kogan

Kenneth Tsang

Terence Wei

Reviews

JPV852

2/20/2022

7/10

Not a great action-thriller (one of many of the East meets West team-up pictures of the late 90s/early aughts) but has its moments and liked the pairing of Chow Yun-fat and Bridget Fonda. Still relatively entertaining though apparently highly edited by the studio removing much of the romance between Yun-Fat and Fonda, with only little bits of dialogue left over. **3.25/5**