The Hitman (1998)
- Starring:
- Jet Li, Eric Tsang, (more)
- Director(s):
- Stephen Tung Wei
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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The narrative of The Hitman unfolds following the assassination of a sleazy Japanese businessman in Hong Kong. Various groups come together at a meeting held by the administrators of the dead man's Revenge Fund, which offers a $100 million reward to find the killer. Fu (Jet Li), a penniless mainlander, walks into the meeting by accident and is taken under the wing of Ngok Lo, a smooth-talking agent for professional hit men who proposes Fu help him track down the killer. Some of the funniest scenes are when Ngok Lo buys Fu new clothes and coaches him in Hong Kong ways. Ngok's daughter, a young lawyer who is unhappy with her father's background, seems to fancy Fu. Fu and Ngok are busy trying to stay one step ahead of the psychotic son of the murdered man, who is also after the assassin -- a reputed mythical Killing Angel. A genre film reflecting the current zeitgeist in Hong Kong following the Chinese take over, The Hitman was screened as part of the International Forum of New Cinema section of the 49th Berlin Film Festival, 1999. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast:
- Jet Li - Fu
- Simon Yam - Kwan
- Keiji Sato - Eiji
- Eric Tsang - Ngok Lo
- Gigi Leung - Kiki
- Director(s):
- Stephen Tung Wei
- Writer(s):
- Vincent Kok, Chan Hing-kai, Cheng Kam-Fu
- Producer(s):
- Charles Heung
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Violence)
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