The Replacement Killers
Kill or be replaced.
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.
- Director
- Antoine Fuqua
- Worldwide
- $19M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Replacement Killers returned 0.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $19M
- Release date
- Feb 6, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Cantonese, English
- Country
- United States of America
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