{"id":207633,"date":"2025-12-28T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/207633\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:56:08","slug":"john-woos-most-disappointing-remake-finds-redemption-on-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/207633\/","title":{"rendered":"John Woo’s Most Disappointing Remake Finds Redemption on Streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director John Woo<\/a> has given us some of the most action-packed movies<\/a>, like Hard Target, Mission: Impossible 2, Face\/Off, just to name a few. One of his most iconic movies<\/a>, The Killer, received worldwide praise and was remade with Game of Thrones<\/a> star Nathalie Emmanuel<\/a> in 2024. The remake, directed by Woo himself, had amazing action and performances, but did not do well at the box office. Nonetheless, the film is now getting its due on streaming.<\/p>\n

The Killer<\/a> rose to seventh spot on Amazon Prime\u2019s Global top 10 charts, as per FlixPatrol, in the past few weeks. It has since dropped to the number 33 spot, which is still impressive considering the streamer’s expansive library. It stands tall amid titles like Red One<\/a>, She Rides Shotgun, and holiday favorites<\/a> like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and more. Upon its limited theatrical release, it grossed just over $318,618 on a $30 million budget. As for its rating, critics awarded a 59 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating, while the audience score sits even lower at 49 percent.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s \u2018The Killer\u2019 About?<\/p>\n

With a gender-swapped lead, The Killer follows a professional and infamous hit woman, Zee<\/a>, living in Paris. She\u2019s well known and feared in the city\u2019s underbelly as the so-called Queen of the Dead. Things take a turn when, during an assignment from her shadowy mentor and handler, Zee refuses to kill a blinded young woman in a nightclub. This decision breaks Zee’s alliances and draws the attention of a police investigator. She is then plunged into a sinister criminal conspiracy that sets her on a collision course with her own past.<\/p>\n

The action thriller has some compelling performances from Emmanuel and Omar Sy<\/a> as Sey. It has amazing action choreography, all of which is very well performed by Emmanuel and Sy, making it a compelling watch. The screenplay by Brian Helgeland, Josh Campbell, and Matt Stuecken keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the runtime. No wonder the movie is getting its due on streaming, as it keeps popping up on streaming charts<\/a>. Along with the aforementioned cast, the feature also features a mix of Hollywood and French talent, including Sam Worthington<\/a> as Zee\u2019s handler Finn, Diana Silvers<\/a> as Jenn, Sa\u00efd Taghmaoui as Prince Majeb, and Angeles Woo as Chi. Further rounding off the cast are \u00c9ric Cantona, Tch\u00e9ky Karyo, Gr\u00e9gory Montel, Hugo Diego Garcia, Elie Haddad, Jaz Singh Deol, Micha\u00ebl Erpelding, and Aur\u00e9lia Agel, among others.<\/p>\n

The Killer is streaming on Amazon Prime. Check out the trailer above and stay tuned to Collider for more such updates.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 22, 2024<\/p>\n

Runtime<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t126 minutes<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Helgeland, Josh Campbell<\/p>\n

Producers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Gartner, Charles Roven, Lori Tilkin, Luc Etienne, Mark Gordon<\/a>, Terence Chang<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Director John Woo has given us some of the most action-packed movies, like Hard Target, Mission: Impossible 2,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-207633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}