Contract Killer (1998)

disgusting, overrated, pointless

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

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I just finished watching the local DVD version of Sat sau ji wong (a.k.a. "The Contract Killer"). It was a spontaneous purchase, since I did not really know anything about the movie. This was actually a good thing, so I could watch it unprejudiced.Well, how to describe this flick. Somehow I find that rather difficult. It has action. It has lots of humour. It is a very strange mix, but somehow it works. At least if you like Hong Kong action movies in general. I was reminded of the "Police Story" series, although this is not a completely fitting analogy I admit.The story revolves around a newcomer hit-man (Jet Li) who is desperate for an assignment. He seems to be lucky, since just before a Japanese mafia boss has been killed, who had set up a "revenge fund" prior to his assassination. The reward for finding the murderer, the "king of hit men" is very handsome indeed: 100 million dollars.Our "hero" meets a luckless con-man (Eric Tsang), who helps him get the assignment, together with a bunch of competitors. Things get ugly when the brutal and power-hungry grandson of the deceased decides to participate in the game as well.By Hollywood standards, most Hong Kong productions would count as B-movies, but this is clearly an understatement here. Okay, maybe they did not have the biggest budget in the world. But they clearly made an effort to achieve the maximum possible, including the actors. Yes, the actors really live up to the word, *unlike* in many, many American B-movie productions. And since this film is not "just" an action flick, Jet Li actually has to do a bit of real acting as well, and this is a welcome change, too.

This is great fun all the way, with fantastic fight scenes, a cool story and a wonderful finale!. All the characters are great, and i thought Keiji Sato was quite menacing as the main villain, plus Jet Li is simply amazing in this!. The fight choreography is excellent, and the character development is quite good as well!, plus Jet Li and Eric Tsang had great chemistry together!. It also had some great humor and the dubbing wasn't all that bad, plus Simon Yang rocked in his role as the Det.!.It has some cool plot twists, and the main fight between Jet and Keiji Sato was especially good!, plus all the characters were very likable!. It's pretty well written and made, and the opening was simply awesome!, plus the identity of the King of the killers was quite a shock to me!. The plot is very well done, and i feel this is one of Jet's most underrated films!, plus i thought Jet's acting was fantastic!.You get to see a lot of Jet's natural ability here, and i think this movie should at least be around the 6.9, 7.0 range!, on this site, plus The ending was great. This is great fun all the way, with fantastic fight scenes, a cool story and a wonderful finale, i highly recommend this one!. The Direction is great!. Wei Tung does a great! job here with very good camera work, great angles and keeping the film at a very fast pace!. The Acting is excellent!. Jet Li is amazing as always, and is amazing here, he is extremely likable, looks damn cool in Black, is quite funny, intense, was fantastic in the acting department, had great chemistry with Eric Tsang, was focused and just did an amazing job! (Jet Rules!!!!). Eric Tsang is hilarious as Jet's agent, he had some cool lines and cracked me up throughout i loved him.Simon Yam absolutely rocked in his role,had that great look of intensity on his face at all times, and was especially awesome in the finale! (Yam Rules!!!). Keiji Sato is good as the main villain, he was quite menacing, and was perfect for the role!. Gigi Leung is very cute and did fine with what she had to do as the daughter i liked her lots. Paul Rapovski is wicked as the tall guy he rocked!.Rest of the cast are OK. Overall i highly recommend this one!. ***1/2 out of 5

Fast action and lots of laughs too!In The Contract Killer, Jet Li supplies the charisma and quick kicks as a lowly trainee hitman going for the big score in tracking down the King of All Hitmen.Li's character is in tandem with a sly, but bumbling conman, played by the great Hong Kong character actor Eric Tsang (Men Suddenly in Black, Accidental Spy), who excels at menace and comic relief. Tsang gives one of his typical 3D performance a la Bob Hoskins or Sydney Greenstreet. A rare directorial effort from actor/stuntman Wei Tung, who also directed Magic Cop.