

The Replacement Killers
Kill or be replaced.
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $19.2M
- Language
- Cantonese
- drug dealer
- sniper
- martial arts
- china
- police
- hitman
- funeral
- assault rifle
- chinatown
- conscientious objector
- revenge
- organized crime
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR6 Feb 1998
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical185 Jun 1998
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+4 Jul 1998
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+14 May 1998
FranceFR
- Theatrical27 May 1998
- Physical12DVD2 Feb 1999
- PhysicalVHS7 Oct 1999
- Physical12UMD23 May 2006
- Physical12Blu-Ray5 Sept 2007
- Digital / OTTVOD17 Apr 2014
- Digital / OTT16Netflix15 Oct 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1828 May 1998
HungaryHU
- Theatrical184 Jun 1998
IrelandIE
- Theatrical185 Jun 1998
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The Replacement Killers was released on 6 February 1998.
Audience reviews
2- J7/10
JPV852
2/20/2022
Not a great action-thriller (one of many of the East meets West team-up pictures of the late 90s/early aughts) but has its moments and liked the pairing of Chow Yun-fat and Bridget Fonda. Still relatively entertaining though apparently highly edited by the studio removing much of the romance between Yun-Fat and Fonda, with only little bits of dialogue left over. **3.25/5**
- D7/10
Dr Nostromo
6/5/2026
66/100 For his directorial debut, Antoine Fuqua ("The Equalizer", "Training Day", "Shooter") gives us a shoot 'em up, action piece straight out of the John Woo instruction manual. A hit man refuses to fulfill his last assignment putting his own family in peril. Providing just enough of a story for us to follow, this film is really nothing more that one gunfight after another ...but that's OK. The action choreograp…
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