The Killer (2024)
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A professional hitwoman must navigate a web of betrayal and deadly consequences after choosing to spare a blind woman during a high-stakes job.
The story
Zee is a professional hitwoman in Paris known as the Queen of the Dead. When she is tasked by her handler, Finn, to eliminate a group of drug traffickers in a nightclub, she encounters a complication: a singer named Jenn Clark is injured and blinded during the chaos. Despite orders to finish the job, Zee spares the woman. This decision sets off a chain of events as Zee must navigate the suspicions of a determined police inspector, Sey, while dealing with the escalating tensions of the local drug trade and the looming threat of her own organization's retaliation.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Zee, a professional hitwoman in Paris, is tasked by her handler Finn to eliminate a drug gang. During the operation, a singer named Jenn becomes blinded. Zee spares her, leading to a tense standoff with a police inspector, Sey. As the plot thickens, it is revealed that Finn is manipulating the drug market and that Jenn and her boyfriend were involved in a major theft. After Zee is briefly detained by Sey, she learns that Finn has betrayed her and is targeting both her and Jenn. The conflict culminates in a tense standoff at an abandoned church where Finn attempts to kill them both. In a final confrontation, Zee manages to defeat Finn's men and ultimately takes down Finn, allowing Jenn to recover her sight and both women to seek a new life away from the violence.
- First release year
- 2024
- Runtime (minutes)
- 126
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- John Woo
- Writers
- Brian Helgeland · screenplay; Josh Campbell · screenplay; Matt Stuecken · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Nathalie Emmanuel · Zee; Omar Sy · cop character; Sam Worthington; Diana Silvers; Eric Cantona; Saïd Taghmaoui
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- loyalty; moral ambiguity; consequences of choice
- Tone and mood
- action-packed; tense
- Premise and plot tags
- remake; hitwoman; police investigation
- Source material / true-story basis
- The Killer (1989)
- Content notes
- violence
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews, with critics praising the action sequences and John Woo's direction while some noted it did not fully live up to the original's standard.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 60 · scale: 100 · review count: 18
- Production trivia
- The film was in development since the 1990s.; The lead character was originally intended to be played by Lupita Nyong'o.; The script was originally written for actors Richard Gere and Denzel Washington in 1992.
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