The Replacement Killers (1998)

HomeFilmThe Replacement Killers
Web TV guide too slow?
DigiGuide speeds through finding TV to watch and is always right where you need it.
Click here for 30 day trial
Need more from your TV Guide?
We provide details on EVERY channel no matter how small.
Click here for 30 day trial

Written by Ken Sanzel

Directed by Antoine Fuqua

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1998

Rating: 18 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

John Lee (Yun-Fat Chow) is an assassin with a very troubled conscience. He owes a debt to Terence Wei (Kenneth Tsang), L.A.'s Chinatown drug-lord. In order to ensure the continued safety of his mother and sister back in Beijing, he must do the bidding of Mr. Wei, who runs his U.S. criminal empire with an iron fist.

Wei's son, Peter (Yau-Gene Chan) manages to get himself into a wild shootout with the police and is killed by detective Stan "Zeedo" Zedkov (Michael Rooker), so Wei orders Lee to retaliate by shooting Zedkov's small son, making sure that the child dies in his father's arms.

Perfectly able to cope with killing drug dealers and gangsters, Lee can't bring himself to murder a child. So he tries to flee, turning to forger Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) for a fake passport.

However, Wei's men track Lee down, and he and Meg are forced into a reluctant partnership. Can they avoid Wei's hired guns, led by the heartless Kogan (Jurgen Prochnow), and stop the replacement killers (Danny Trejo and Til Schweiger).

This is Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-Fat's American debut.

Cast

Image for Yun-Fat ChowYun-Fat ChowJohn Lee
Image for Mira SorvinoMira SorvinoMeg Coburn
Michael RookerStan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
Kenneth TsangTerence Wei
Image for Jürgen ProchnowJürgen ProchnowMichael Kogan
Til SchweigerRyker
Image for Danny TrejoDanny TrejoCollins
Clifton Collins Jr.Loco
Image for Carlos GómezCarlos GómezHunt
Frank MedranoRawlins
Leo LeeLam
Patrick KilpatrickPryce
Randall Duk KimAlan Chan
Andrew J. MartonStevie
Sydney CoberlySara

Still looking for more?

 Click here to search the web for The Replacement Killers

Add a comment

(required)
(required but not displayed)
Your e-mail is also used for adding an Avatar image to your comment using the free and very cool Gravatar.com
 
(your personal web site)

Please note we can not guarantee that programme makers will read your comment as we have no direct relationship with them, so requests for application forms will almost certainly be ignored (try searching Google instead). This is merely an opportunity to register opinions, questions or comments about a programme's content.