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The Replacement Killers
MEANRANK
53/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 35, highest is Kinopoisk on 68. Critics average 40, everyone else 57.
See the most agreed on films →Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
Details
- Director
- Antoine Fuqua
- Writer
- Ken Sanzel
- Released
- 6 February 1998
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $19.2M
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