Sat sau ji wong (1998)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Wei Tung

Writers:

Hing-Ka Chan (written by)
Kam Fu Cheng (written by)

Release Date:

3 April 1998 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

Financially troubled, a newbie hitman reluctantly takes the job of finding the plotted killer of a Japanese tycoon...

Plot Keywords:

Hitman | Yacht | Martial Arts | Sword | Elevator

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jet Li	...	Fu
Eric Tsang	...	Ngok Lo
Simon Yam	...	Officer Chan Kwan
Gigi Leung	...	Kiki (as GiGi Leung)
Keiji Sato	...	Eiji Tsukamoto (as Sato Keiji)
Paul Rapovski	...	Tall Guy - Eiji's Bodyguard
Kwong Kim Yip		(as Ip Kwong Kim)
Hideri Meiken		(as Hidari Meiken)
Timmy Ho
Chi Hung Ng	...	Father at Amusement Park (as Ng Chi Hung)
John Ching	...	Kau (as Chen Tung)
Kenji Sahara		(as Sahara Kenji)
Minori Ikarashi		(as Ikarashi Minori)
Mika Kawanabe		(as Kawanabe Mika)
Masako Enokimaru		(as Enokimaru Masako)

Also Known As:

Hitman (Hong Kong: English title) (DVD box title) (UK) (DVD title)
The Contract Killer (International: English title) (DVD title) (USA) (video title)
Contract Killer (USA) (DVD title)
King of Assassins (literal English title)
The Hitman (Hong Kong: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and some language.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Japanese | Cantonese | English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 (video rating) | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

China Star Entertainment

Trivia:

This is the only Hong Kong movie where you Jet Li dubbed his own voice

Quotes:

Kwan: [sipping some coffee] What's this?
[a secretary says it's decaf]
Kwan: Decaf? What the hell's the point of that?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Ying hung boon sik (1986)

A good movies makes it to America via Jet Li

This is a good movie that may have never made it to the American market if not for the success of Jet Li in the U.S. Eric Tsang is a very successful actor in the Hong Kong market, but has virtually no following here -- which is too bad. He may have even been listed as the star of the movie in the original Chinese version.

Eric is a Chinese blend of Danny DeVito and Joe Pesci. He can portray the wormy character of DeVito in the Romancing the Stone/Jewel of the Nile movies. And he also does a great blending of the Home Alone/Lethal Weapon Joe Pesci character. People should rent this movie to see him render his role.

As for the movie, itself, this is a little different than most Jet Li fare -- maybe because he is not the clear star. There is a little less of the martial artist and a little more of the actor. It is a pleasant change.