The Killer 喋血雙雄
Opens on October 31
Director: John Woo Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 1989 Language: Cantonese w/ English subs, English
Starring: Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee Sau-Yin, Kenneth Tsang, Paul Chu Kong, Sally Yeh
A Hong Kong hitman accidentally blinds an innocent woman during a hit. He is determined to get her surgery to help her regain her sight but he needs to complete one more hit first. He completes the job but then is ambushed as he tries to escape: someone wants him dead. Meanwhile a resourceful, unorthodox police detective is hot on his trail.
Join us for a post-film discussion after the 3:15 p.m. screening on November 1st with Sam Shapiro. Sam teaches film studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.