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Cheap Killers

1998 · 100 min

A slick, moody Hong Kong crime thriller that keeps you tense with stylish shootouts and a brooding sense of doomed loyalty.

Overview: Sam Cool and Yat-Tiu are top hitmen for the triads, until Yat-Tiu seduces a mob boss Ma's woman Ling. After his murder Sam Cool and Yat-tiu go on the run, not just from underworld enemies, but from the cops as well, and they are reduced to low-ranking thugs

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
loyalty
crime
violence
survival
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	7
Horror	3
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: action
Directed by: Clarence Ford
Written by: Wong Jing
Starring: Sunny Chan Kam-Hung, Alex Fong Chung-sun, Stephen Fung, Kathy Chow Hoi-Mei, Henry Fong Ping, Bert Mok, Lillian Ho Ga-Lai, Ku Feng
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese

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