John Woo’s Rebooted ‘The Killer’ Gets Digital, VOD Release Feb. 25
When a feared contract killer known as “the Queen of the Dead” refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.
Directed by: John Woo
Starring: Nathalie Emmanuel, Sam Worthington, Omar Sy, Diana Silvers, Saïd Taghmaoui, Tchéky Karyo, Eric Cantona, Grégory Montel
Written by: John Woo, Brian Helgeland, Josh Campbell
Rating: R
Running time: 126 minutes
Genre: Thriller
Theatrical Release: August 23, 2024
Worldwide: $318,618
Country: US
Studio: Peacock
Website: https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-movies/the-killer
The kinetic action thriller follows Zee, a mysterious and infamous assassin known, and feared, in the Parisian underworld as the Queen of the Dead. But when, during an assignment from her shadowy mentor and handler, Zee refuses to kill a blinded young woman in a Paris nightclub, the decision will disintegrate Zee’s alliances, attract the attention of a savvy police investigator and plunge her into a sinister criminal conspiracy that will set her on a collision course with her own past. Remake of John Woo’s 1989 action classic starring Chow Yun-Fat. Originally began streaming on Peacock in August.
