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(1990) A Killer's Romance (In Chinese with English subtitles) ACTION

The sole idea taken from the "R" rated Japanese manga comic book series called "The Crying Freeman" except that upon watching it, doesn't seem like a comic book at all. To describe the plot is forgettable since it's just another revenge type of movie co-written and directed by Philip Ko involving double crosses and backstabbers, and in my opinion serves no purpose but to showcase some amazing action and violence and that Simon Yam is the star with . My rating is solely because of it's well choreographed impressive action set pieces that includes gun fights and sword fights and nothing else.

This is a really good looking flick by the standards of Philip Ko (in opposite to an earlier reviewer, I own a RC2 disc in widescreen format), many scenes have been shot on location in London including passers-by and police men happily smiling in the camera for the Asian "tourists". Anyway, not much reason to smile, "Killer's Romance" is a merciless, violent revenge picture. Simon Yam plays a young man who wants revenge for the death of his father, but it is not easy to find out who the actual killers were. He runs into a beautiful lady (Joey Wong from "Chinese Ghost Story") who sees him donate a lot of money for the orphans the first time, and shoot a man in a wheelchair like a professional killer the second time. Her curiosity about this contradiction leads to a love story which will of course put her in deadly danger... Recommended.

Check this out if you love HK gangster flicks. This one has it all: evil Japanese, swordfighting, acrobatic gunplay, love, honor, betrayal, kneecap shooting, and ancestor disrespecting, all topped off with a bittersweet finale! Basically plays like a low-rent version of "The Killer". The action is slow to build, coming mainly in the film's second half, but once it starts, it doesn't let up. Somewhat imitative of John Woo's stylings during the gunfights, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Certainly not in the same class as Woo, Lam, or Hark's best work, but a lot more satisfying and exciting than "The Replacement Killers". The DVD from Tai Seng is cheap, but it's also dubbed, fullscreen, and a poor transfer to boot. Still, I consider it 6 bucks well spent on a film I'll definitely watch again.

A Killer's Romance is a pretty poorly made action movie from Hong Kong that is based off of Crying Freeman(Japanese Manga). This also film tries pretty hard to emulate John Woo, but fails miserably with poor direction, bad editing, poor characterization and mostly lackluster action scenes. The romantic scenes between Simon Yam and Joey Wang are horrible and they seem awkward towards each other and possess zero chemistry. Speaking of which, check out the incredibly cheesy sequence where the couple go horseback riding, Yikes! I am not insulting the talents of Simon Yam and Joey Wang as they both are excellent in a whole lot of other HK movies, many of which are classics.(plus I always thought Joey Wang was one of the prettiest actresses in HK cinema) To put it mildly, A Killer's Romance is less than killer and far from the quality and class of The Killer which this movie attempts to rip off left and right. It should also be noted leading man Simon Yam was cast in John Woo's Bullet In The Head the same year. He had a supporting role in that film, but tears it up in that film with a memorable performance that nearly steals the show from the 3 leading actors. Overall, A Killer's Romance is a fairly poorly made heroic bloodshed movie that is barely watchable besides a few decent gory action scenes that rip off A Better Tomorrow, The Killer and every other movie like that. Nothing new to see here and surely not done well and not very exciting.

i remember my friend Barry telling me about this movie and i watched it and fell in love with it. i think Simon yam, who is not really an action star,(but made a couple of them)really surprised me with his performance in this film. the film killers romance is just that, an action film, with a romantic twist, that doesn't make the romance all sweet and corny like American films do.Simon Yam plays Jeffrey an adopted son of a Japanese yakuza boss, when his dad is killed he comes back home from school, and decides to get his revenge after he is told that the Chinese's gang, killed his dad, and on his journey he falls in love with this girl who actually is a witness to one of he's hits, but it all twist's and turns, when you see this film. GREAT ACTION FLICK