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The Replacement Killers

Action John Lee is the best hitman money can buy. But when John refuses to kill because of the seven year-old son of his target, John's bosses send someone after John to kill him and then take his place in the ring of hitmen. John then teams up with Meg Coburn to help him escape these "Replacement Killers."
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United StatesUnited States
The New York Times
The New York Times
"Pure junk" NEG
United StatesUnited States
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"It's a high-gloss version of a Hong Kong action picture, made in America but observing the exuberance of a genre where surfaces are everything" POS
United StatesUnited States
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"Forgettable the instant it strafes your retinas."  NEG
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Empire
Empire
"It's just like a spectacularly excessive and melodramatically daft Cantonese crime opus, but in English" NEU
United StatesUnited States The New Yorker "In the more anonymous American setting, and without the mad conviction of a director like John Woo, all the choreographed murder feels dull, poorly paced, and, come to think of it, pretty demented." NEG
United StatesUnited States
Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
"Despite the practical nature of the costars' bond, I spent most of the lukewarm actioner wondering when the hell they were going to start kissing" NEU
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