The Replacement Killers [Special Edition]

Director: Antoine Fuqua Antoine Fuqua

Overview

"Antoine Fuqua's The Replacement Killers gets the deluxe treatment on this Columbia/TriStar release. The disc offers a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while French, Spanish, and Portuguese soundtracks have been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. Subtitles are available in all four of those languages as well as Chinese, Korean, and Thai. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Fuqua, a featurette on star Chow Yun-Fat, a making-of featurette, an alternate ending, deleted scenes, trailers, and filmographies. No matter what one thinks of the film, this is an excellent disc."

Product Details

Release Date:	03/05/2002
UPC:	0043396077539
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:28:00
Sales rank:	61,817

Special Features

Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video; Widescreen presentation; Audio: English 5.1 (Dolby Digital), Spanish, French, Portuguese; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; Director's commentary; HBO Making-of: "Where the Action Is"; Deleted scenes; Alternate ending; Exclusive featurette: "Chow Yun-Fat Goes Hollywood"; Theatrical trailers; Filmographies; Animated menus; Scene selections with motion images

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Chow Yun-Fat	John Lee
Mira Sorvino	Meg Coburn
Michael Rooker	Stan (Zeedo) Zedkov
Kenneth Tsang	Terence Wei
Til Schweiger	Ryker
Danny Trejo	Collins
Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez	Loco
Randall Duk Kim	Alan Chan
Carlos Gomez	Actor
Frank Medrano	Actor
Patrick Kilpatrick	Actor
Leo Lee	Lam
Carlos Leon	Actor
Andrew J. Marton	Actor
Clifton Collins Jr.	Actor
Yau-Gene Chan	Actor
Sydney Coberly	Actor
Nicki Micheaux	Actor
Max Daniels	Actor
James Wing Woo	Actor
Albert Wong	Actor
Chris Doyle	Actor
Joey Bucaro III	Actor
Bob Apisa	Actor
Norm F. Compton	Actor
Cle Shaheed Sloan	Actor
Paul Higgins	Actor
James Lew	Actor
Thomas Rosales Jr.	Actor
Eddie Perez	Actor
Mario Roberts	Gangster
Jimmy Ortega	Actor
Richard Duran	Actor
David Gene Gibbs	Actor
Rodger LaRue	Actor
Jürgen Prochnow	Michael Kogan
Steven Garcia	Actor
Harry Gregson-Williams	Composer

Technical Credits

Ken Sanzel

Antoine Fuqua	Director
Ken Sanzel	Screenwriter
Matthew Baer	Executive Producer
Bernie Brillstein	Producer
Terence Chang	Executive Producer
Christopher Godsick	Executive Producer
Allan Graf	Stunts
Brad Grey	Producer
Wendy Kurtzman	Casting
Joe Ramsey	Special Effects
Kelley Ray	Special Effects
John Woo	Executive Producer
Douglas B. Arnold	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The American film debut of Asian superstar Chow Yun-Fat is this for-genre-fans-only affair that mimics the balletic violence and two-dimensionally flat characters of the Hong Kong school while adding comic book style visual panache. There's clearly an enormous effort being made to create a slick, compelling surface here and indeed director Antoine Fuqua, along with producer John Woo, has devised a kinetic, nonstop action flick that should score points with martial arts buffs. The significant drawback of action flicks in general, however, is a serious lack of believable, psychologically authentic characters. This artistic Achilles' heel is keenly pertinent here in a script that swaps sharp one-liners for growth or development. By the time the story punches through its climactic final battles, viewers who expect some steak with their sizzle may be notably disappointed, finding their energy for and interest in the story crushed flat under the weight of dashed expectations. For audiences that want nothing more than a dazzling thrill ride and don't give two shakes about suspension of disbelief or identifying with somebody onscreen, The Replacement Killers (1998) will be a welcome experience.