The Replacement Killers - The Best Movie You Never Saw
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it’s time and/or has aged like a fine wine.
Based on the column created by Paul Shirey and currently written by Chris Bumbray for JoBlo.com, this video version of the column features narration by Bumbray and editing by Lance Vlcek. For our latest episode, we take a look at THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, directed by Antoine Fuqua, and starring Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino and Michael Rooker!
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#ChowYunFat #MiraSorvino #TheReplacementKillers
It is such a shame Mira Sorvino had her career damaged by the walking virus Weinstein. She was so beautiful in this era and she makes a believable action star.
Renee Lasswell for years I’ve been wondering why she disappeared... fuck Weinstein!
So many great 90’s actresses were victims of that, Ashley Judd also, She was in her prime, great actress....I always thought it was weird when she just disappeared from Hollywood....Everything’s coming out into the light now
The most important thing is, she is not like most Whamen nowadays.
@@jeremysiron9622 man that sucks
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Chow Yu Fat needs to be cast in John Wick 4. Keanu vs Yu Fat or a team up would be epic
I have the DVD awsome
I loved this movie... and have to admit that there being no love interest between the two was refreshing (as it seemingly always happened)
Visual Arts by JR was going to comment exactly the same thing 👍
Yes that actually tied the movie perfectly
Yes, I agree.
Love the film too and I agree with you 100%. JoBlo is so way off with the chemistry between characters section at 9:00 onwards, saying how Fat and Mira having no sex scenes is about how interracial relationships on screen back then weren't accepted and how them not having sex dates the movie. He is way off here. Chow Yun Fat's character has a family and all he is thinking about is saving them. He also shares his story with Mira Sorvino's character and the last thing they would be thinking about is f%*%ing each other, add the fact that they're constantly on the run from getting killed. Just because two actors are good looking, should they f*$K? Also Wesley Snipes sleeps with a white woman in the movie One Night Stand from the same year as Murder at 1600 (1997) a year before The Replacement Killers was released and he also sleeps with Jennifer Lopez is 1995's Money Train so that destroy's JoBlo's whole prohibited interracial sex on screen insight. However, I am still glad he covered this great underrated action film and more people need to see it! Great score by Harry Gregson-Williams too!
Because american audience dont like the idea of asian man having a relationship with a white woman on screen. Its just basic market research.
Chow Yun-Fat needs a big come back with a Hard Boiled type of film
He and John Woo both need that.
@@sunjoexys7251 i think theyre both in their 60s now
@@phaeton01 Chow is 65 and John Woo is 74. I've been a big fan of them for more than 20 years now. I really hope they have a proper comeback.
John Woo needs a huge comeback as well. Hong Kong cinema's influence in the 90's is very significant.
Days come and go, bro. Even Roger Moore as Bond was weak in the end.
Imagine this: Chow yun fat playing the main antagonist in the next John Wick film
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Shut up and take my money!!! 💰
God damn... I need to see that movie!!
Chow yun fat playing the main antagonist in the next Equalizer, Mission impossible, Die hard, Taken, Rambo, Jason Bourne, Bond, Justice League, Avengers, Star wars... I'll pay big money for any of those
VEry Great Idea
I worked on Replacement Killers. First I want to say, Chow Yun Fat is one of the only two actors who after their last shot went around to everyone present, thanking them and shaking their hand, in my 30 year career. The other actor was Ed Asner. One thing that struck me about Replacement Killers was it seemed that they were going out of their way to use the same locations as the original Blade Runner, which I also worked on. That was principally in Downtown Los Angeles, around the intersection of 3rd and Broadway, with some scenes in alleys between Broadway and Spring. As nice of a guy as Chow Yun Fat is, he wasn’t a good stunt driver, as demostrated at the getaway from the car wash - on 7th Street Skidrow - where he took out the light signal box before speeding away...
I do not believe you.
@@mattmarzula ...
Do you want a medal, or a chest to pin it on?
@@mattmarzula you are an asshole
dawie Benjamin why I don’t blame him what are we just supposed to believe everyone who goes around saying they worked on a movie seriously I don’t believe him either
Yeah he's known in Hong Kong as being the biggest star but also the most down to earth guy. People always say to the snobby a list b list stars in Hong Kong. You should be more like Chow Yun Fat now there's a movie star
I saw that movie on April 18th 1998... The day I got married, scaped from the wedding and went to the Movies... She was wearing her Wedding Gown and I was still on my Suit... ahahaha old ladies almost cried because we were so cute :) ahahahaha
Ivan Galaviz I really hope you two are still together.
This movie along with Strange Days and The Long Kiss Goodnight are some of the best underrated movies of the 90s.
You have great taste in movies. But you forgot True Romance.
Absolutely 👍.
Juliette Lewis and Angela Bassett are two of my 90s crushes together in one film. Strange Days had such an awesome story and plot and definitely deserved a bigger fanbase.
The Long Kiss Goodnight is also very underrated.
Luvie1980 loved The Long KISS Goodnight.
Mira's look & attitude in this movie was the peak of her sexiness. If the male lead was Denzel, the studio would definitely demand a kiss scene. Also, can't believe you didn't mention Ringo Lam's City on Fire (1987). It's only the inspiration for Reservoir Dogs.
I fell in love with Mira while watching this 😂
This is one of my favorite movies. Sorvino and Chow Yun-Fat were perfect. Sorvino was HOT and Chow Yun-Fat was pretty darn cool. It was NOT available on Nefflix. WTF?
Fuqua, the only director to ever get Denzel to reprise a role....
Also, 90’s Mira Sorvino....... swoon.....
She was gorgeous in this!
@@bacilluscereus1299 what second one?
@@bacilluscereus1299 I was quite disappointed with it also.
I LOVED The Replacement Killers, I took the no love interest between Mira's and Chow's characters as John being a professional Hitman and knowing that He must now look over his shoulder because he went against an Asian Mob boss because of his conscience made him realize that it basically meant that a LOT of people would be coming after him and he couldn't afford to be romantically involved (even IF his partner was able to handle herself, but that too is ALSO a cliche in movies like this where a male and female protagonist "have to" develop feelings for, and fall in love with one another) Especially with the knowledge that his mother and sister were targeted. So he made a VERY disciplined decision to focus on protecting them rather than having a romance. But you COULD tell that there was some chemistry between them.
Brian Wynn Z-Z-Z-Z-z-z-z-z
Agreed 💯
Peak Mira in undies firing a gun. Best movie ever
😂😂🔥🔥
This was a great film. I just watched it again last week!
Its a RELIEF to see a movie where the male and female leads DONT go at it.
Its a pleasant rarity.
I felt the "romance" in Jurassic World to be too forced. The story was FINE without it. LOVED how he'd managed to more-or-less train raptors to mind him! His work with them more than made up for the lackluster "romance" in it.
broken arrow 96
I grew up with this movie. Absolutely love it. Get a smile on my face every time I see Clifton Collins Jr pop up in a really big movie or show because I think, "Oh man he's that dorky gangster from The Replacement Killers."
Love this movie.
"He told me his name was, John Lee"
"His name is, John Lee"
Classic Line
Chow Yun-Fat and John Woo's collaborations are legendary. And Sorvino....goddamn.
I didn't even watch this yet, I liked this movie as a kid, and I recently found it for PSP, and will be watching it again soon. I agree most people never seen it.
Love this movie. All the characters are superb, plus Sorvino is beautiful.
Hell yeah she is
What happened to her? I don't see her anymore
One of my favorites. No idea how many times I've seen it!
There's no replacement for Chow-Yun, he's too cool for a killer.
Chow Yun Fat ruined his career by going to hellyweird, he was the chinese equivalent of Sean Connery, only to be some second role for 5min in pirate of the caribean ...
My mom took me to see this as a kid and. Till this day 20 plus years later it’s still a favorite.
The chemistry between Mira and Chow was definitely there though, even with the language barrier
"The Replacement Killers" was the very first DVD i ever bought, along with Mark Wahlberg's "The Big Hit" back in 1999.!
They are both packaged like a CD (a hard clear plastic CD style case) not the well known DVD case we all know.
Love The Big Hit!
This movie is forgotten and it was a shame.
This has some of the best action sequences I've ever seen on film. This movie and "Way of the Gun" are cult classics !!!!!!!!!!!
i still want chemistry with Mira Sorvino
Replacement Killers is better than John Wick.
Always loved this film still good today
One of the most forgotten 90's action films. Glad someone remembered it.
This should be called "all the things you didnt know about chow yun-fat"
"When the gun is in MY hand, we'll have this conversation again." So cool.
I love The Replacement Killers! It is terrific action, incredible photography, and conveys emotion without being sappy. When I saw this in the theater, I instantly became a fan of Director Antoine Fuqua! I will go see pretty much anything he puts out. Chow Yun Fat was spectacular in his role, and even Mira Sorvino was great. This is a film that all action movie fans really need to see!
Always enjoy your videos and this one continues in quality. But a quick correction: Sorvino doesn't speak Cantonese (9:41), she speaks Mandarin and Chow Yun Fat spoke only Cantonese (back then anyway; he struggled but may have learned Mandarin with "Crouching Tiger..."). I remember that being in a paper when this flick came out.
90s action movies are the best.
A few shots remind me of John Wick and Black Rain.
Where do you think John Wick along with this here,The Matrix and a shitload of other action movies got inspiration from?
All the Hong Kong "Heroic Bloodshed" movies by John Woo and Ringo Lam,of course.
Even Tarantino has ripped them off eh... I mean "got inspiration from them".
No seriously,Tarantino ripped off entire scenes (including camera angles and even dialogue) from "City on Fire" by Ringo Lam,starring Chow Yun-fat for "Reservoir Dogs" and acted like he never heard of the movie.
At least,the John Wick creators are acknowledging all the asian movies,they take ideas from,like for example the motorbike scene in part 3,that´s straight out of the korean movie "The Villainess".
2:37, Hard Boiled is a pretty good full fledged action cop film!
Awesome flick
Love tht film
Definitely need to rewatch this, haven't seen it since I was a kid.
The restrained relationship between the two leads is deeper and more meaningful because they did not just hook up.
I still remember watching this as a kid on VCD! it was a great film. Did you know the Mr Chow likes to go hiking in Hong Kong (there are lots of hiking trails) and fellow hikers will take selfies with him, he is so humble that often people will see him catching the bus as well!
I absolutely loved this movie! Had it on DVD for as long as I can remember
You keep mentioning movies that i actually saw when i was growing up. Damn it im getting old
Man I got a whole list of movies I gotta watch now.
I love when people recommend movies when all they were doing were talking about them.
You won't go far wrong with any of the movies I saw recommended. I own most of them and love them.
Opening. Damn. Great story...just to save kid.. Go home. Action. Sweet.
Great in depth look at a flick I must now revisit. Hopefully, Netflix' Cowboy Bebop is excellent and leads to more action roles for John Cho. You also mentioned an actor I've long enjoyed and want to see get his due recognition, Clifton Collins Jr. That man is woefully unknown to the average moviegoer. Thanks for giving him a shout out.
I’ve always love(d) this movie! My favorite Chow Yun Fat film by far! The On-Screen Chemistry between the two main characters was off the charts!
Seen it,own the DVD; it kicks all kinds of ass!
I would love to see a REPLACEMENT KILLERS 2 in some way shape or form with Mira Sorvino and Michael Rouker returning with Chow. I think it would be a runaway hit if you left out the Identity politics and returned to the 90s style.
Also the LACK of romance between them made the movie awesome. I don't want all the shipping between characters. I want a good story which it delivered on. They worked well as what they were a man needing her skills and and a badass real strong WOMAN who could handle her business. No sex was just fine with me in the co text of the story
Always liked the movie. Sort of John Wick before John Wick.
I saw this a few months ago on the HD movie network. It's a a pretty good action thriller film from director Antoine Fuqua, who would later direct the Oscar Winning Training Day.
I saw The Replacement Killers in the 90s on VCD, From Vegas to Macau were really Chinese New Year movies so they werent really serious films
It really sucks what happened to Mira Sorvino being black listed.
The funny thing i always thought about chow yun fat.
is that he's not actually fat!!😂😂😂 god! I remember as a kid laughing my ass off about that. Im 😂😂😂ing my ass off now thinking about it.
I love listening to you describe these movies. Your love for them comes across as completely genuine and natural. Most UA-camrs are either yelling at us, trying desperately to be funny, or sound as though they are reading from a script, verbatim.
If romance should be involved in the replacement killers movie then ,the whole movie would be turned into a senseless soap opera movie. The beauties of this movie was that all the time the movie essence was focused into the killer revenge s drama.
Director Anthony is a very talented person.
Could be nice a review about:
Tears of the Sun . Another Director Anthony very good films
Your review of this movie was great except for one thing I have to take issue with. There's no way that I can agree that the lack of a romance between Chows character and Mira Sorvino's character is a detriment. Just because Mira Sorvino is attractive it is pretty short-sighted and superficial to expect his character to have sex with Sorvino's character. The restraint between the two actually makes the characters bond much better. Their restraint makes the relationship even more special and you can sense that at the end of the film. That restraint is what leaves you hoping at the end that Chow can make it back to his family and keep them safe and that sorvino's character can find love. Remember, this movie is not about chasing ones selfish desires but rather giving up oneself for a greater good. It's about sacrifice. To expect the characters of chow and sorvina to hook up just to fill some kind of interracial relationship quota or happen out of pure physical attraction limits what this movie is all about.
Everyone say Martin Riggs sold more Berettas but Chow duel wielding 92fs’s was far cooler.
Love this movie; Chow Yun Fat is my favourite actor; and this was great American debut for his career. Never understood why it got so much hate.
David:
Chow also did another decent Hollywood crime flick called The Corruptor (1999) in which he co-stars with Mark Walburg----he plays a burnt-out detective on the case of a missing girl. His English has improved by then, but that's another Hollywood flick he did that barely gets much mention, either. That might be worth a review too. It does seem like Hollywood, unfortunately, didn't really know what to do with him at the time----which explain why he never had the full-time Hollywood career that he should have had. He still gets mad love in HK, though. Let The Bullets Fly is like a really good and funny Chinese Western spoof in which he plays the bad guy----that's worth checking out, too.
One of my fav movies as a kid but omfg I did not realize Michael Rooker!
Next Movie to REVIEW:
The Long kiss goodnight..
When I watched this in theatre my girlfriend who was Japanese grabbed my arm as Chow Yun-Fat slammed the bullet down on the table in the Mayan CLub and breathed "Oh my God" in my ear. Afterwards, she told me that it was because the bullet was engraved with the Chinese character for death. Thanks for the review.
Damn details...
@@jasonpowell4975 Even though the penmanship was a bit rubbish.
It's shame that Hollywood has damaged the asian men. They didn't want an Asian man having a romantic relationship with white woman.
@@MrALenCar321
Well....most Asian men are depicted as Villains in Western movies.
If they are not depicted as evil, then they will surely die for the Western characters to keep moving.
I don't know what happened in Hollyweed, but clearly Hollyweed has been poisoned
I saw this film when it was released. View Yun Fat and Mira Sorvino had such fantastic chemistry and their partnership in the film was simply astounding. That's what made this movie far above most every directors first film.
The music choices were superb. The opening sequence set the tone so well for the entire movie. It was so memorable that I described it to coworkers until the movie was released onto hone media. At that point, we'd play that opening sequence in the office on our computers. It was that incredible. We all just loved it. I lived it so much that I went out and bought Chow's sunglasses! LOL!
Honestly, this is a wonderful action film. Every aspect of it was so well done, it's perfection, simply perfection.
I swear, Chad Stahelski must have studied this film, at least a little when creating the John Wick film series.
Maaaaaaaaaaan, Mira Sorvino......in her prime!
Mira lost her career but kept her dignity. Good for her.
Awesome movie , doesn’t get enough credit . Has it been polished more and had been a little longer it would have been a bigger hit .
I was very disappointed when Chow Yun-fat's career didn't take off in America the way it should have. The man had terrific charisma and screen presence. He could do drama, action, and comedy with equal adeptness. I'd compare him to Cary Grant as having it all. His career has been great, but I really thought he would be huge in the US as well. Come bad casting and a failure on the part of US producers to recognize his potential are no doubt to blame.
Love this movie, watched on released probably on video or something.
Ah, Mira Sorvino, my future wife-to-be (and she doesn't even know it yet)
Chris F Her husband might have something to say about that, mate. And she’s 52 years old ... so good luck with that!
@@Hiznogood Her being 52 doesn't matter. Her being married however is.
I loved this movie. They very much reused the elements with Jet Li’s kiss of the dragon.
I remember seeing this in the cinema, had a sick soundtrack. This and The Corruptor!
I've literally seen every "Best Movies You Never Saw" that you've posted. lol
Same here.
I did see The Replacement Killers thank you 😆
At 15:28 funny you should mention Leslie Cheung (as in "archer" rather than "chapter"): he started out as a singer and was the first runner-up in a major singing competition in Hong Kong, then started a successful recording career, along with an acting career, mostly on television. He did make some very good movies such as "Farewell my Concubine", the best known one released internationally. Even after his death by his own hand he still enjoys an enthusiastic following.
Saw it at the time-the editing was really good, his lack of martial arts credentials-speaking as a martial artist-didn't detract from the film. I liked it.
@Kurapika Giovanna The Blade films are not martial arts films. The Bourne films are not. The John Wick films are not. They are action films. All of them have martial arts. One-the first, in case you don't know-has a qualified martial artist as lead character..
Now what was that about duh?
Wow! This was one of my favorite movies! I can't count how many times I watched the VHS. I had the biggest crush on Mira Sorvino. Too bad she got done wrong by Hollywood. Such a great stylized movies.
Chow Yun-Fat is such a badass in this
I loved The Replacement Killers because of that one scene where Lee pulls the hammer on his H&K USP 9mm cementing my love for the HK USP. It just looked so pure and cool.
This is one of the baddest movies I own. Great action movie.
Fuqua's King Arthur is still one of my favorite versions of the story. Has this channel done video of that? A WTF or BMYNS?
The picture of Chow on the dvd cover/movie poster was also used on a PlayStation 2 game called True Crime: Streets of L.A
I wonder what he would be like. If he made Kiss of the Dragon 2. Starring Chow♉Yun Fat,
Co'z my guess is Jet ♉ Li Feng Wei Water 💦 Rabbit. Probably won't be making Melt Down 2 ether:Lethal Deeds:, I remember him in :Bulletproof Monk: Crouching White Tiger 2001: I have both movies & shit loads more like Sony🤦🏿♂️⚰️Chiba from japan🙍🏿♂️... He would make a great movie with Jeeja ♈ Yanin the actor that does movies with Tony jaa🐲🥊tai boxer♒Aquarius the protector & Ong Bak 1, 2, 3, &✌🏿.
Saw my dad watching this movie when I was a kid. It's been stuck with me ever since.
CYF and Sorvino are completely wasted in a bunch of boring and unimaginative actions sequences.
Shame... this could’ve been epic.
I've only seen Sorvino in this and that REALLY GRIM Human Trafficking Movie she did with Donald Sutherland.
I love that most of the movies in this series i saw opening night. It says something about my taste in movies I guess.
Chow Yun Fat needs a big U.S. film comeback after *ahem* Dragon Ball Evolution. Been a huge fan of him since A better Tomorrow which defined Hong Kong cinema. A sad case for his recent films, which you alluded to, was that most blockbuster Mainland Chinese films are all flare but severely lacking in... soul.
Chow yun fat has also a part in Pirates of Caribbean
Love, love, love this movie
Are you kidding? I've seen this a dozen times! I LOVE this movie. Damn, now I have to findmy damn DVD's and watch it again.
Actually, Sorvino spoke fluent Mandarin. Not Cantonese. Chow at the time was not that fluent at Mandarin. 😂😂😂
Fuqua waited for the Arthur movie with Clive Owen...and it was a bit of a dogs lunch...some cool elements tho. and Sorvino competed with bridget Fonda for hottest Actress in the 90s...followed by Amy Smart in the early 2000s
This was the first film that I watched in a movie theatre.
I remember growing up to this movie, it was and still is amazing in my opinion. And yes I wish both Antoine and Chow make another collaboration. Great vid by the way.
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out because three to four years before it came out, when staying up late on a Saturday night
at around 1:00 am our local Fox affiliate showed Hard Boiled on TV.
Every Saturday night to Early sunday morning our fox affiliate would show martial art movies, it's how i got into Chow Yun-Fat, Jet Li, and Donnie Yen movies.
For the longest time Chow Yun-fat was known as box office poison in Hong Kong until he worked with John Woo.
Big fans of Chow, Sorvino, Kennith and had the poster too. But lets be honest, it was a very ordinary movie that tried to mold the action genres of HK and Hollywood equally together, almost forced and despite being pretty balanced its not what people wanted so for people like myself (2nd gen Chinese) although lovely to see a multi racial cast made very little impact. You either go full HK style (Hard boiled, A better tomorrow, Casino raiders, Young and Dangerous, etc) or go full Hollywood style (Rush hour, Die hard, Terminator, point break, face off, etc) Thats why directors like John Woo will be remembered, the guy was a freaking genius. He successfully transitioned from HK to Hollywood (and back) which apart from Face off he did Broken arrow, mission impossible 2 among others. Woo was already in Hollywood at the time, I honestly think that he would have made a far better movie with the plot, budget and quality of actors to work with that Antoine Fuqua had.
This was also Fuqua's directorial debut so much can be forgiven, he went on to direct many good films.
Loved your montage to Chow btw, its great to see other HK actors get the recognition they deserve.
Another gem of a movie. Another movie JoBlo should look into is 1995 Strange Days with Ralph Finnes.
Just watched it. Really enjoyed it. Was a fun ride and I didn't mind the ending at all. He was a family man after all. He said he had a family back home in China and also refused to kill the cop due to his son.
John didn’t have a kid. AFAIK, his family back in China was his mother and sister. He never spoke of any other family other than his father (who was already dead). He only wanted passports for his mom and sister. If he had a wife and kid, then he would have wanted to get them out of China too.
From what I read on IMDB, in the trivia, they originally were supposed to have a romance but all the scenes got cut because interracial relationships was not popular back then.