Peacock has released the first trailer for director John Woo’s reimagining of his 1989 classic action-thriller The Killer. The movie stars Nathalie Emmanuel, who steps into the shoes of Chow Yun-Fat’s hitman.
Peacock describes the film as follows: “From the Oscar winning producer of Oppenheimer, the kinetic action thriller stars Emmy nominee Nathalie Emmanuel (The Fast Saga, Game of Thrones) as 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 (Avatar‘s Sam Worthington), Zee refuses to kill a blinded young woman (Diana Silvers; Ma, Booksmart) in a Paris nightclub, the decision will disintegrate Zee’s alliances, attract the attention of a savvy police investigator (Omar Sy; Jurassic World franchise, Lupin), and plunge her into a sinister criminal conspiracy that will set her on a collision course with her own past.”
When you watch the trailer, you’ll see that this is a very John Woo-style movie. It’s got all of those sweeping Woo-style action shots.
I loved the original movie, which is an awesome all-time classic, and I’m not sure why Woo wanted to reimagine it. This doesn’t look like a better film, but I’m sure it will bring the entertainment.
The film’s cast includes celebrated French actors Eric Cantona (The Fragile Colossus, Elizabeth), Saϊd Taghmaoui (Wonder Woman, The Kite Runner), Tchéky Karyo (Nikita, A Very Long Engagement) and Grégory Montel (Call My Agent!, Thirst for Life), Angeles Woo (Silent Night, Manhunt) and Aurélia Agel (Halo, Black Widow).
The Killer will be released on Peacock on August 23rd.
