The plot of the movie King of Killers

The movie tells the story of an assassin who goes to kill the King of Killers for a commission, and eventually he becomes the new generation of King of Killers.

The movie King of Killers is a drama film directed by Dong Wei and starring Jet Li, Eric Tsang, Simon Yam, and Gigi Leung, released on April 3, 1998 in Hong Kong, China.

The movie tells the story of an old man whose entire family is killed by a Japanese plutocrat during wartime, so he hires the world's number one assassin to assassinate the plutocrat. After the plutocrat is killed, a revenge fund set up during his lifetime is launched, and the person who finds out and kills the mastermind can get the fund. Killers all over the world are eyeing the fund, even the grandson of the plutocrat has asked the world's No. 2 killer, Graywolf, to find the real culprit.

Crocodile and Fu are a pair of partners in a group of killers. Fu wants to make money to go back to his hometown, but the crook Crocodile takes advantage of his skills and the two of them work together to get a high amount of money from the fund.

Review

KING OF KILLERS is still not free of the traditional commercial movie genre, and it fails to balance its action scenes with character development, to the detriment of its dramatic effect. However, the original concept is actually the most creative compared to other Hong Kong films of the same period, and it has a far-reaching vision, which should have given it a chance to break through in the downturn of the Hong Kong film industry.

In addition to creating a large-scale and three-dimensional world of killers, which broadens the dimension of the traditional killer story, the movie also uses technology and history to run through time and space. What's more, it gives each character an independent development line, not only writing the conflict and communication between people in the main line, but also writing the individual growth of each character in the branch line at the same time.

Director Tung Wei's humanistic approach to the actors' performances, including the use of live sound and unadorned camera effects, also allowed Jet Li to reprise his grassroots role, giving him a rare sense of realism on the screen.