The Killer (2024)
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Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.
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cast
... Zee
... Sey
... Finn
... Jenn
... Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
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This movie is laughably bad. Oh my goodness.
It's nice to see Nathalie Emmanuel outside of the Furiously Fast series and it's nice seeing Omar Sy and Sam Worthington again but this movie just steadily gets more campy and more cringe and more stupid as it progresses. The best scene is probably the club hit early on, and it gives you a false sense that the movie is going to be better than the poster - it isn't. In that respect, The Killer (2024) reminds me of Smile (2022). Folks went crazy for Smile. Smile went downhill after the opening scene and never recovered.
I watched Silent Night (2023). It wasn't horrible, but maybe John Woo should've stopped with that.
I don't care that the story isn't original, I care that the script is poorly written and the direction is lackluster. Zee is poorly written, Sey is poorly written, Jenn is poorly written, and Finn says "Kushala Daora" one-two many times. Jax is probably the best written character and he's on-screen for like 5 minutes total.
I got the impression early on that they were going for a Killing Eve (2018-2022) vibe, but yeah, no. It's just sad.
Can someone competent take this cast, this concept - this "Queen of the Dead" idea, and do it properly?
If you're looking for some female-led assassin action, check out The Protégé (2021) which wasn't a masterpiece but it was more entertaining than this, Anna (2019), Salt (2010), Red Sparrow (2018), or Atomic Blonde (2017).
Director:
Writer:
Brian Helgeland (Screenplay)
Josh Campbell (Screenplay)
Matthew Stuecken (Screenplay)
John Woo (Original Film Writer)
Release Date:
2024-08-22
Run Time:
126 min
MMPA Rating:
R
Reviews of
The Killer
This movie is laughably bad. Oh my goodness.
It's nice to see Nathalie Emmanuel outside of the Furiously Fast series and it's nice seeing Omar Sy and Sam Worthington again but this movie just steadily gets more campy and more cringe and more stupid as it progresses. The best scene is probably the club hit early on, and it gives you a false sense that the movie is going to be better than the poster - it isn't. In that respect, The Killer (2024) reminds me of Smile (2022). Folks went crazy for Smile. Smile went downhill after the opening scene and never recovered.
I watched Silent Night (2023). It wasn't horrible, but maybe John Woo should've stopped with that.
I don't care that the story isn't original, I care that the script is poorly written and the direction is lackluster. Zee is poorly written, Sey is poorly written, Jenn is poorly written, and Finn says "Kushala Daora" one-two many times. Jax is probably the best written character and he's on-screen for like 5 minutes total.
I got the impression early on that they were going for a Killing Eve (2018-2022) vibe, but yeah, no. It's just sad.
Can someone competent take this cast, this concept - this "Queen of the Dead" idea, and do it properly?
If you're looking for some female-led assassin action, check out The Protégé (2021) which wasn't a masterpiece but it was more entertaining than this, Anna (2019), Salt (2010), Red Sparrow (2018), or Atomic Blonde (2017).
Yes, we all needed another "girl boss" flick to spark our inner woke, didn't we?
What's that you say, "hell no", well then, read on. The Killer starts off with a main character, an assassin no less, who comes across as being about as tough and intimidating, as a bowl of warm mashed potato. But hey, she has a punch bag in her bohemian bedsit. Not to mention a handler who looks like he can, in fact, handle himself.
Indeed, the underlying strategy seems to be to use visually gritty characters and cues, to drown out the entirely non-threatening nature of the lead character. Its a bit like sitting a potted rose down with pots of cacti, in the hope people will inexplicably mistake one, for the other.
As you might expect, the results another absurdly unconvincing, predominantly exposition driven, affair, that would, I feel have only worked if re-imagined as a satirical comedy.
That's not to say this is the fault of the actors. Its a decent cast, who have found themselves mis-cast, no doubt, I'm guessing, so the script can play gender politics. Suffice to say, the quality acting, is one of the limited upsides, of this flick.
In summary, no amount of suspension of disbelief, will make this work.I personally wonder why they persist, when everything I see, seems to suggest the viewing public have thoroughly rejected, the DEI agenda, in favour of a return to traditional, sensible, entertainment.
Cast & Crew of
The Killer
Cast
... Zee
... Sey
... Finn
... Jenn
... Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
... Chi Mai
... Gobert
... Tessier
... Jax
... Coco
... Serge
... Juliet
... Alves
... Inspector General
... The Breton
... Avi
... Jenn's Mother
... Hallway Policeman
... Magistrate
... Russian Mobster "L'orange"
... Hostage Boy
... Hostage Boy
... Private Room Dj
... Carl Staley
... Sidney
... Givenchy Model
... IA Cop
... IA Cop
... Young Zee
... Zee's Sister
... Alain
... Belmont
... JM
... Guy
... Private Room Bartender
... Belanger
... Civil Court Man
... Men's Room Gangster
... Thug Seedy Bar
... Gobert Bodyguard
... Riverbank Pedestrian
... Heavy
... Heavy
... Hallway Policeman
... Minder
... Minder
... Henchman
... Henchman
... Romeo
... Male Café Patron
... Female Café Patron
... Hostage Woman
... Nurse
... Nurse
... Security Guard
... Detective Dropping Papers
... Detective Zee Escape
... Detective Zee Escape
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
... Longcoat
Crew
... Director
... Producer
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Production Executive
... Editor
... Assistant Set Decoration
... Second Assistant Director
... Third Assistant Director
... Assistant Director
... Third Assistant Director
... Second Assistant Director
... First Assistant Director
... Second Assistant Director
... Second Unit Director
... Property Master
... Assistant Art Director
... Storyboard Artist
... Graphic Designer
... Props
... Boom Operator
... Boom Operator
... Sound Mixer
... Boom Operator
... Visual Effects Production Manager
... Data Wrangler
... Stunts
... Stunt Coordinator
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunt Double
... Utility Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunt Double
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunt Coordinator
... Stunts
... Stunts
... "B" Camera Operator
... Digital Imaging Technician
... Gaffer
... Second Assistant "B" Camera
... Camera Operator
... Key Grip
... Focus Puller
... Camera Trainee
... Second Assistant "C" Camera
... Video Assist Operator
... Still Photographer
... Focus Puller
... Casting Assistant
... Casting Assistant
... Costumer
... Costumer
... Weapons Master
... Producer
... Producer
... Assistant Director
... Makeup Artist
... Hair Department Head
... Assistant Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Additional Hairstylist
... Key Hair Stylist
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Additional Hairstylist
... Hairstylist
... Makeup Artist
... Hairstylist
... Production Manager
... Production Supervisor
... Unit Production Manager
... Executive In Charge Of Production
... Location Production Assistant
... Assistant Location Manager
... Assistant Location Manager
... Location Production Assistant
... Location Production Assistant
... Assistant Location Manager
... Location Manager
... Location Production Assistant
... Location Production Assistant
... Assistant Location Manager
... Location Production Assistant
... Sound Editor
... Dialogue Editor
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Stunts
... Screenplay
... Screenplay
... Screenplay
... Original Film Writer
... Storyboard Artist
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Associate Producer
... Music
... Director of Photography
... Production Design
