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The Replacement Killers

( Catalog Number 21626 )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

One of the Best Versions on LaserDisc
Featurette
Trailer

The Replacement Killers
1998 - 86 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Versatile Hong Kong box office giant Chow Yun-Fat makes a Hollywood splash as a John Lee, Chinese hitman beholden to drug kingpin Mr. Wei (Hong Kong stalwart Ken Tsang, in an interesting reversal of his "crusty cop" persona). The good news is that Lee's free after one hit; the bad news is that Wei wants revenge on a cop who killed his son--by killing the cop's son. Lee decides to run rather than kill the boy, and Wei doesn't take kindly to the betrayal. Tough-talking passport forger Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) creates a new identity for Lee, but that's of little help when they must face Wei's army of "replacement killers." First-timer Fuqua provides eye-candy visuals and plenty of action set pieces. John Woo executive produced.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Music video and TV commercials director Antoine Fuqua made his feature directorial debut with this action thriller starring Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-Fat. Chinese immigrant John Lee (Yun-Fat) has a violent past as a professional killer. It brings him only remorse, but it makes him the ideal assassin. In exchange for his family's safety, Lee is forced to take a job with a powerful underworld figure, Asian crime kingpin Terence Wei (Kenneth Tsang), who wants Lee to settle a deadly vendetta against police detective Stan Zedlov (Michael Rooker) by killing Zedlov's seven-year-old son. At the last minute, with the boy in his sights, Lee chooses to face Wei's vengeance rather than go through with the killing. In addition to making Lee a target, the decision also endangers his mother and sister back in Shanghai. Planning a return to China, he visits document forger Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) to get a phony passport, but they are interrupted by Wei's army of killers, and a lengthy chase and gun battle is set in motion.

Director Fuqua stressed to his team that the aim was to design a "Taxi Driver for the 1990s," with production beginning February 10, 1997 in downtown Los Angeles, and the first shoot at the historic Mayan Theater, refurbished into the trendy nightclub for the film's stylish opening scene with hundreds of extras carousing while Lee guns down Romero (Carlos Leon) at close range. The eight-story, nearly condemned Giant Penny building in the heart of L.A. served as locations for a police station interior, a hotel room, and Meg Coburn's office, and a chaotic gunfight was filmed amid the spray, brushes, and hoses of Joe's Car Wash in LA. The art department transformed one area into a Chinatown-like streetscape of damp, narrow alleys, and blinking red neon lights, site of a night filming where Yun-Fat shot off 546 rounds with two guns, one in each hand, while the repetitive action left his hands blistered and shaking. More gunplay was at a video arcade replicated at the original Lawry's center just north of downtown L.A., and Lee's tranquil Buddhist temple was fashioned under this same roof. In addition to physical training, Mira Sorvino, who had never handled a gun prior to this film, took weapons training to prepare for her role. Sorvino majored in Asian studies at Harvard, speaks Mandarin, and lived for eight months (1988-89) in Beijing, where she studied Chinese, taught English, and saw Chinese films, including Hong Kong action films. She felt The Replacement Killers brought her a step closer to her goal of making a film in Mandarin and working with a Chinese director. --- Bhob Stewart

The American film debut of Asian superstar Chow Yun-Fat is this for-genre-fans-only affair that mimics the balletic violence and two-dimensionally flat characters of the Hong Kong school while adding comic book style visual panache. There's clearly an enormous effort being made to create a slick, compelling surface here and indeed director Antoine Fuqua, along with producer John Woo, has devised a kinetic, nonstop action flick that should score points with martial arts buffs. The significant drawback of action flicks in general, however, is a serious lack of believable, psychologically authentic characters. This artistic Achilles' heel is keenly pertinent here in a script that swaps sharp one-liners for growth or development. By the time the story punches through its climactic final battles, viewers who expect some steak with their sizzle may be notably disappointed, finding their energy for and interest in the story crushed flat under the weight of dashed expectations. For audiences that want nothing more than a dazzling thrill ride and don't give two shakes about suspension of disbe

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Cast for The Replacement Killers

Chow Yun-Fat - John Lee
Mira Sorvino - Meg Coburn
Michael Rooker - Stan (Zeedo) Zedkov
Jurgen Prochnow - Michael Kogan
Kenneth Tsang - Terence Wei
Til Schweiger - Ryker
Danny Trejo - Collins
Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez - Loco
Randall Duk Kim - Alan Chan

Crew for The Replacement Killers

Antoine Fuqua - Director
Bernie Brillstein - Producer
Brad Grey - Producer
Ken Sanzel - Screenwriter
Peter Lyons Collister - Cinematographer
Harry Gregson-Williams - Composer (Music Score)
Jay Cassidy - Editor
Naomi Shohan - Production Designer
David S. Lazan - Art Director
Michael McDonnell - Co-producer
Matthew Baer - Executive Producer
Terence Chang - Executive Producer
Christopher Godsick - Executive Producer
John Woo - Executive Producer
Evette Knight - Set Designer
Arianne Phillips - Costume Designer
Jeffrey Wetzel - First Assistant Director
Douglas B. Arnold - Sound/Sound Designer
Wendy Kurtzman - Casting
Allan Graf - Stunts Coordinator

Feature Details

Title: The Replacement Killers
Feature Release Date: 1998
Genre: Action
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 86 Minutes
Chapters: 41
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 30 Jun 1998
Catalog Number: 21626
UPC: 043396216266
ISBN: 0767811577
Manufacturer: DADC USA
Publisher: Columbia Tri-Star Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Sound Analog Right: Dolby Digital 5.1
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 21626
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie - Not on DVD!

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with heavy shelf-wear

Chow Yun-Fat and Mia Sorvino in...

The Replacement Killers

( Catalog Number 21626 )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

One of the Best Versions on LaserDisc
Featurette
Trailer

The Replacement Killers
1998 - 86 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Versatile Hong Kong box office giant Chow Yun-Fat makes a Hollywood splash as a John Lee, Chinese hitman beholden to drug kingpin Mr. Wei (Hong Kong stalwart Ken Tsang, in an interesting reversal of his "crusty cop" persona). The good news is that Lee's free after one hit; the bad news is that Wei wants revenge on a cop who killed his son--by killing the cop's son. Lee decides to run rather than kill the boy, and Wei doesn't take kindly to the betrayal. Tough-talking passport forger Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) creates a new identity for Lee, but that's of little help when they must face Wei's army of "replacement killers." First-timer Fuqua provides eye-candy visuals and plenty of action set pieces. John Woo executive produced.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Music video and TV commercials director Antoine Fuqua made his feature directorial debut with this action thriller starring Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-Fat. Chinese immigrant John Lee (Yun-Fat) has a violent past as a professional killer. It brings him only remorse, but it makes him the ideal assassin. In exchange for his family's safety, Lee is forced to take a job with a powerful underworld figure, Asian crime kingpin Terence Wei (Kenneth Tsang), who wants Lee to settle a deadly vendetta against police detective Stan Zedlov (Michael Rooker) by killing Zedlov's seven-year-old son. At the last minute, with the boy in his sights, Lee chooses to face Wei's vengeance rather than go through with the killing. In addition to making Lee a target, the decision also endangers his mother and sister back in Shanghai. Planning a return to China, he visits document forger Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) to get a phony passport, but they are interrupted by Wei's army of killers, and a lengthy chase and gun battle is set in motion.

Director Fuqua stressed to his team that the aim was to design a "Taxi Driver for the 1990s," with production beginning February 10, 1997 in downtown Los Angeles, and the first shoot at the historic Mayan Theater, refurbished into the trendy nightclub for the film's stylish opening scene with hundreds of extras carousing while Lee guns down Romero (Carlos Leon) at close range. The eight-story, nearly condemned Giant Penny building in the heart of L.A. served as locations for a police station interior, a hotel room, and Meg Coburn's office, and a chaotic gunfight was filmed amid the spray, brushes, and hoses of Joe's Car Wash in LA. The art department transformed one area into a Chinatown-like streetscape of damp, narrow alleys, and blinking red neon lights, site of a night filming where Yun-Fat shot off 546 rounds with two guns, one in each hand, while the repetitive action left his hands blistered and shaking. More gunplay was at a video arcade replicated at the original Lawry's center just north of downtown L.A., and Lee's tranquil Buddhist temple was fashioned under this same roof. In addition to physical training, Mira Sorvino, who had never handled a gun prior to this film, took weapons training to prepare for her role. Sorvino majored in Asian studies at Harvard, speaks Mandarin, and lived for eight months (1988-89) in Beijing, where she studied Chinese, taught English, and saw Chinese films, including Hong Kong action films. She felt The Replacement Killers brought her a step closer to her goal of making a film in Mandarin and working with a Chinese director. --- Bhob Stewart

The American film debut of Asian superstar Chow Yun-Fat is this for-genre-fans-only affair that mimics the balletic violence and two-dimensionally flat characters of the Hong Kong school while adding comic book style visual panache. There's clearly an enormous effort being made to create a slick, compelling surface here and indeed director Antoine Fuqua, along with producer John Woo, has devised a kinetic, nonstop action flick that should score points with martial arts buffs. The significant drawback of action flicks in general, however, is a serious lack of believable, psychologically authentic characters. This artistic Achilles' heel is keenly pertinent here in a script that swaps sharp one-liners for growth or development. By the time the story punches through its climactic final battles, viewers who expect some steak with their sizzle may be notably disappointed, finding their energy for and interest in the story crushed flat under the weight of dashed expectations. For audiences that want nothing more than a dazzling thrill ride and don't give two shakes about suspension of disbe

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Cast for The Replacement Killers

Chow Yun-Fat - John Lee
Mira Sorvino - Meg Coburn
Michael Rooker - Stan (Zeedo) Zedkov
Jurgen Prochnow - Michael Kogan
Kenneth Tsang - Terence Wei
Til Schweiger - Ryker
Danny Trejo - Collins
Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez - Loco
Randall Duk Kim - Alan Chan

Crew for The Replacement Killers

Antoine Fuqua - Director
Bernie Brillstein - Producer
Brad Grey - Producer
Ken Sanzel - Screenwriter
Peter Lyons Collister - Cinematographer
Harry Gregson-Williams - Composer (Music Score)
Jay Cassidy - Editor
Naomi Shohan - Production Designer
David S. Lazan - Art Director
Michael McDonnell - Co-producer
Matthew Baer - Executive Producer
Terence Chang - Executive Producer
Christopher Godsick - Executive Producer
John Woo - Executive Producer
Evette Knight - Set Designer
Arianne Phillips - Costume Designer
Jeffrey Wetzel - First Assistant Director
Douglas B. Arnold - Sound/Sound Designer
Wendy Kurtzman - Casting
Allan Graf - Stunts Coordinator

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