Bloody Heroic Bloodshed - Featuring: beginning hit when he blinds woman, assassination hit in the oceans, shootout on the beach, standoff in hospital, standoff in woman apt, shootout in killer apartment, shootout(s) in parking garages, shootout in ocean shore hideout, and finale in the church
A Hit-man takes a job offer from his boss to take out a drug kingpin. He successes at the price of getting double-crossed and now he has a try-hard cop riding his tail. He's on a mission to track down his employers and get his money - all for sake of eye surgery for a woman he blinded in a hit 6 months prior.
The first half of this movie pays homage to Melville's "Le Samouraï": the entire premise of a hit-man falling in love with a singer to a point of risking his life due to his identity exposure, his employers double-crossing him, his relentless pursuit to get his money regardless of any escape options, and the police detectives getting close with the woman the hit-man admires because they know she'll lead him to them. Practically the entire story of "Le Samouraï" John Woo pays tribute to in this film.
A Hit-man takes a job offer from his boss to take out a drug kingpin. He successes at the price of getting double-crossed and now he has a try-hard cop riding his tail. He's on a mission to track down his employers and get his money - all for sake of eye surgery for a woman he blinded in a hit 6 months prior.
The first half of this movie pays homage to Melville's "Le Samouraï": the entire premise of a hit-man falling in love with a singer to a point of risking his life due to his identity exposure, his employers double-crossing him, his relentless pursuit to get his money regardless of any escape options, and the police detectives getting close with the woman the hit-man admires because they know she'll lead him to them. Practically the entire story of "Le Samouraï" John Woo pays tribute to in this film.