The Killer (literal translation: The killer) is a 2024 American action thriller film directed by John Woo from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, Josh Campbell, and Matt Stueken. The film premiered on the movie platform Peacock is on August 23, 2024.
John Woo's long-awaited remake of the revered 1989 heroic bloodbath masterpiece The Hitman. The original film follows professional assassin Ah Jong (Chow Yun Fat), who tries to atone for his guilt by paying for a cornea transplant to restore the sight of a beautiful young singer, Jenny (Sally Yeh), who is blinded in a shootout during one of his missions.
Wracked with guilt, Ah Jong begins to follow Jenny and take care of her. She doesn't know his true identity, and they become good friends. To pay for the operation, Ah Jong takes one last high-risk hit. When he is pursued by the gang boss who hired him, he finds himself being hunted by a Triad hit squad and forms an unlikely alliance with police detective Li Yin (Danny Lee) who has been on his trail – someone who can show understanding despite what he does for a living, that Ah Jong is a man of principles and morals, willing to put his life on the line to do the right thing and redeem himself.
