History YMMV / TheKiller

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Hay Wong Hoi/Johnny Weng]] iis a cowardly, selfish and traitorous [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]] boss and the employer of professional hitman [[HitmanWithAHeart Jeffery/Ah Jong]]. Wong Hoi sends Ah Jong to assassinate his own uncle so he could take over and then double-crosses Ah Jong by sending a group of hitmen after him for being spotted by the police detective [[CowboyCop Li Ying]], gravely injuring an innocent child in the process. He starts to become increasingly more paranoid after Ah Jong tries to assassinate him in revenge and proceeds to mercilessly beat his best friend Sydney Fung/Fung Sei for information. Wong Hoi then unleashes a brutal assault on the church which serves as Ah Jong's hideout, killing the priest and Fung Sei, before taking Ah Jong's LoveInterest Jennie hostage and attempting to kill both Ah Jong and Li even after they surrender. During the final showdown, Wong Hoi successfully [[spoiler:lands two bullets in Ah Jong's eyes, murdering him and ensuring that his eyes cannot be used to fix Jennie's]], and subsequently surrenders himself to the cops in a final desperate act to save his own skin.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Hay Wong Hoi/Johnny Weng]] is a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]], [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder traitorous]] [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]] boss and the employer of professional hitman [[HitmanWithAHeart Jeffery/Ah Jong]]. Wong Hoi sends Ah Jong to assassinate his own uncle so he could take over and then double-crosses Ah Jong by sending a group of hitmen after him for being spotted by the police detective [[CowboyCop Li Ying]], gravely injuring an innocent child in the process. He starts to become increasingly more paranoid after Ah Jong tries to assassinate him in revenge and proceeds to mercilessly beat his best friend Sydney Fung/Fung Sei for information. Wong Hoi then unleashes a brutal assault on the church which serves as Ah Jong's hideout, killing the priest and Fung Sei, before taking Ah Jong's LoveInterest Jennie hostage and attempting to kill both Ah Jong and Li even after they surrender. During the final showdown, Wong Hoi successfully [[spoiler:lands two bullets in Ah Jong's eyes, murdering him and ensuring that his eyes cannot be used to fix Jennie's]], and subsequently surrenders himself to the cops in a final desperate act to save his own skin.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: By [[DownerEnding the end of the movie]], [[TheHeroDies Ah Jong is dead]], along with the BigBad, Li Ying is arrested for disobeying orders, and Jennie is blinded for the rest of her life. This movie is not for the faint of heart.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: By [[DownerEnding the end of the movie]], [[TheHeroDies Ah Jong is dead]], along with the BigBad, the Li Ying is arrested for disobeying orders, and Jennie is blinded for the rest of her life. This movie is not for the faint of heart.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: By the end of the movie, [[TheHeroDies Ah Jong is dead]], along with the BigBad, the Li Ying is arrested for disobeying orders, and Jennie is blinded for the rest of her life. This movie is not for the faint of heart.

* FunnyMoments:

-->'''Ah Jong:''' ''(looks outside)'' Aiya, there's a big rat!

* MoralEventHorizon: If you don't hate Wong Hoi already when he betrays Ah Jong, or when he [[spoiler:savagely beats Fung Sei]], you surely will when he [[spoiler:takes Jennie hostage after killing the priest trying to bring her out of the church]].
* NarmCharm: The MexicanStandoff at Jennie's apartment manages to be hilariously awkward yet nail bitingly tense.
* TearJerker: The ending. Everything about it.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Hay Wong Hoi/Johnny Weng]] is a cowardly, selfish and traitorous [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]] boss and the employer of professional hitman [[HitmanWithAHeart Jeffery/Ah Jong]]. Wong Hoi sends Ah Jong to assassinate his own uncle so he could take over and then double-crosses Ah Jong by sending a group of hitmen after him for being spotted by the police detective [[CowboyCop Li Ying]], gravely injuring an innocent child in the process. He starts to become increasingly more paranoid after Ah Jong tries to assassinate him in revenge and proceeds to mercilessly beat his best friend Sydney Fung/Fung Sei for information. Wong Hoi then unleashes a brutal assault on the church which serves as Ah Jong's hideout, killing the priest and Fung Sei, before taking Ah Jong's LoveInterest Jennie hostage and attempting to kill both Ah Jong and Li even after they surrender. During the final showdown, Wong Hoi successfully [[spoiler:lands two bullets in Ah Jong's eyes, murdering him and ensuring that his eyes cannot be used to fix Jennie's]], and subsequently surrenders himself to the cops in a final desperate act to save his own skin.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Wong Hoi/Johnny Weng]] especially counts towards the final act of the movie, where he delivers a savage NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Jeffery/Ah Jong's close friend Fung Sei/Sydney Fung (who had come on Ah Jong's behalf to get the money he needs to have Jenny's eyes fixed), kills the priest of Ah Jong's church so that he can take Jenny hostage, kills his own syndicate hitman after he is used to try to break the PutDownYourGunAndStepAway situation with poor Jenny, and, [[spoiler: worst of all, brutally murders Ah Jong, blinding him so that his eyes cannot be used to have Jenny's fixed, leaving her blind forever]]. There isn't even any victory in [[spoiler: his final death at the hands of Inspector Li Ying]] because [[spoiler: it happens right in front of the cops that he had just surrendered to, resulting in Li's arrest at the very end of the movie]].

** After confronting Li inside Jenny's apartment, Ah Jong "leaves" to use the bathroom.

* MoralEventHorizon: If you don't hate Wong Hoi already when he betrays Ah Jong, or when he [[spoiler:savagely beats Fung Sei]], you surely will when he [[spoiler:takes Jenny hostage after killing the priest trying to bring her out of the church]].
* NarmCharm: The MexicanStandoff at Jenny's apartment manages to be hilariously awkward yet nail bitingly tense.

--> Li: He looks determined without being ruthless. There's something heroic about him. He doesn't look like a killer. He comes across so calm... acts like he has a dream... eyes full of passion.

* HoYay: So very much with Ah Jong and just about every male member of the cast. But with Li in particular, who gets absolutely rhapsodic when describing Ah Jong to the other policemen. And then when they're sitting together by the riverside, Li says "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Sometimes I really want to do something, but can't."

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Wong Hoi/Johnny Weng]] especially counts towards the final act of the movie, where he delivers a savage NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Jeffery/Ah Jong's close friend Fung Sei/Sydney Fung (who had come on Ah Jong's behalf to get the money he needs to have Jenny's eyes fixed), kills the priest of Ah Jong's church so that he can take Jenny hostage, kills his own syndicate hitman after he is used to try to break the PutDownYourGunAndStepAway situation with poor Jenny, and, [[spoiler: worst of all, brutally murders Ah Jong, blinding him so that his eyes cannot be used to have Jenny's fixed, leaving her blind forever]]. There isn't even any victory in [[spoiler: his final death at the hands of Inspector Li Ying]] because [[spoiler: it happens right in front of the cops that he had just surrendered to, resulting in Li's arrest at the very end of the movie]].

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Chang's death, Fung Sei's beatdown and subsequent death, and the death of the title character at the end]].

* CompleteMonster: Wong Hoi/Johnny Weng definitely qualifies as a monster towards the final act of the movie, where he delivers a savage NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Jeffery/Ah Jong's close friend Fung Sei/Sydney Fung (who had come on Ah Jong's behalf to get the money he needs to have Jenny's eyes fixed), kills the priest of Ah Jong's church so that he can take Jenny hostage, kills his own syndicate hitman after he is used to try to break the PutDownYourGunAndStepAway situation with poor Jenny, and, [[spoiler: worst of all, brutally kills Ah Jong, blinding him so that his eyes cannot be used to have Jenny's fixed, leaving her blind forever]]. There isn't even any victory in [[spoiler: his final death at the hands of Inspector Li Ying]] because [[spoiler: it happens right in front of the cops that he had just surrendered to, resulting in Li's arrest at the very end of the movie]].

* CompleteMonster: Wong Hoi, who goes from cold and ruthless triad leader at the start of the film to truly despicable bastard toward the end.

* CompleteMonster: Wong Hoi/Johnny Weng, particularly towards the end of the movie where his true evil is revealed.
* MoralEventHorizon: If you don't hate Wong Hoi already when he betrays Ah Jong, or when he [[spoiler:beats up Fung Sei]], you surely will when he [[spoiler:took Jenny hostage after killing the priest trying to bring her out of the church]].

* MoralEventHorizon: If you don't hate Wong Hoi already when he betrays Ah Jong, or when he [[spoiler:beats up Fung Sei]], you surely will when he [[spoiler:kills the priest trying to bring Jenny out of the church]].

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Chang's death, Fung Sei's beatdown and subsequent death, and the death of the title character at the end]].

* {{Complete Monster}} - Wong Hoi/Johnny Weng, particularly towards the end of the movie where his true evil is revealed.
* {{Tear Jerker}} - [[spoiler:Chang's death, Fung Sei's beatdown and subsequent death, and the death of the title character]].

* {{Tear Jerker}} - [[spoiler:Chang's death, Sidney's beatdown and subsequent death, and the death of the title character]].