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Fulltime Killer (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 33

Fresh: 19

Rotten:14

Average Rating: 6.3/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Mar 21, 2003 Limited

Synopsis: For many years O resides in an isolated world of killing and loneliness. He closes himself up even more after the death of his love NANCY. O owns a spotless apartment, but actually lives in a safe... For many years O resides in an isolated world of killing and loneliness. He closes himself up even more after the death of his love NANCY. O owns a spotless apartment, but actually lives in a safe shelter across the street. His life begins to change as his feelings for the innocent CHIN intensifies. Chin, hired to clean an apartment, has never met her mysterious employer. In fact she doesn't even know that she resembles the previous housekeeper. Chin begins to learn more about her secret employer when TOK shows up. TOK, flamboyant and reckless, fancies the thrill of killing and is driven to become the No. 1 killer. He creates doubt in Chin's mind and her loyalty towards her employer. Little does Chin know that Tok's intention is to reveal the true identity of her employer... O. Lee, an experienced International Police Chief Inspector, has been on the tail of O for more than 5 years. It is Lee who unveils the devastating past of the sharpshooters. LOK GAN WAH, and his younger brother LOK TAI WAH, who both suffer from brain disease. The two sharpshooters disappeared mysteriously after losing the gold medal. O, provoked by Tok and pursued by Lee, goes to his manager C7 for help. Unbeknownst to O, his manager is actually Lok Gan Wah... the older brother of Tok. Tok's insistence in challenging O into duel forces him to rescue O out of the arresting hands of Officer Lee. The two barely escape the pursuing police, and vanish together. Which killer will come out alive? -- © 2001 Teamwork Motion Pictures [More]

Starring: Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Simon Yam, Cherrie Ying

Starring: Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Simon Yam, Cherrie Ying, Kelly Lin

Director: Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai

Director: Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai
Screenwriter: Joey O'Bryan, Wai Ka-Fai
Producer: Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai, Andy Lau
Studio: Palm Pictures

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09/15/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Full of visual and verbal references to action and noir favorites, but burdened by a knotty story line and existential dialogue about fateful coincidences, it has trouble locating its own emotional core.

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02/09/07
Ted Shen
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12/06/05
Film Threat

Strangely dull.

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10/08/03
Jurgen Fauth
About.com

Two Guys, a Girl, and a Hail of Bullets: Fulltime Killer

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08/17/03
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken's Horror Films

The movie should be building to a stunning conclusion, but somehow it loses momentum.

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07/27/03
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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07/17/03
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06/24/03
Jamie Russell
BBC

There's very little sense to what's going on here, but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash.

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06/20/03
Frank Swietek
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So what is the point? Lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland, basically.

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06/06/03
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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The dreamy flow back and forth through time and memory and the shifting point of view across four narrators casts the sleek stylistics of 21st-century Hong Kong cinema between tortured existential heroics and tall tale.

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06/06/03
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Manages to be original, even though it rips off many of its ideas.

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06/05/03
Gary Dowell
Dallas Morning News
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Fans of the modern day Hong Kong action film finally have the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow and The Killer which they have been patiently waiting for.

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05/21/03
Edward Havens
FilmJerk.com

Killer has killer style, but it ain't worth killing two hours of your life on it.

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04/04/03
E! Online

There's a fine chemistry of contrasts between Lau's exuberance and the quiet, slow-burning intensity Takashi Sorimachi brings to his role.

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04/02/03
Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter
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The movie’s something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving, well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan, thinly sketched story. Killing time, that’s all that’s going on here.

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03/31/03
Brent Simon
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