THE KILLER Trailer: John Woo Tests The Waters With A Western Revamp Of His Hit Hong Kong Classic!

John Woo is back again.

I enjoyed his most recent entry with Silent Night, and while I’m certain opinions will stir today as the official trailer for Woo’s The Killer makes the rounds, I’m optimistic.

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 (Golden Globe nominee 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.

No, the remake hasn’t r***d my childhood. No, the remake hasn’t r***d my film fandom. No, the remake hasn’t r***d my will to live. Because I’m a film critic, and an adult with an eye to reserve my opinions of the film in whole until I’ve actually seen it. It’s also okay to like both versions if that’s your slice of cake.

August 23 is the date of arrival if you sub to Peacock, in which case, check out the trailer and have at it!