Character sheet for The Replacement Killers.
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The Protagonists
John Lee
Played by: Chow Yun-fat
John Lee, a professional hired hitman, is commissioned by chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. When Lee fails to complete the mission, he seeks out an expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain a passport he needs to get out of the country. Soon the duo get caught up in a series of life threatening events with a band of replacement killers on their trails.
- Anti-Villain: He is a hitman, which makes his actions morally questionable by default. But he ends up helping and saving a couple of people out of guilt.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: John, at the beginning of the movie.
- Child Soldier: John stated that he was born a soldier. And that he was trained by his father since he was a young child how to shoot a gun.
- Cool Shades: John, occasionally, at the beginning and at the end of the movie.
- Even Evil Has Standards: His two main issues that got him tailed by two assassins was that he couldn't complete the last assignment that was given to him due to his conflicting conscience. Which is revenge and killing a child.
- Hitman with a Heart: John. The man has no problem committing murder for hire, but killing an innocent kid is beyond him.
- His Name Really Is "Barkeep": When John first arrives to Meg's office looking for a counterfeit passport to go back to China, he says the name he wants for the passport is "John Lee", which Meg says is the fakest name she's ever heard for a false identity. Then she meets Alan, and he tells her that John's name is "John Lee".
- Honor Before Reason: Not only does Lee seek to ensure his family's safety, but also to keep the cop and his son from getting killed by Wei's replacement killers.
- Leap and Fire: Lee performs many different maneuvers while fighting to survive, including this one.
- Marked Bullet: John's calling card. If he sets one on the table in front of you, kiss your ass goodbye.
- One Last Job: What John's assignment to kill Zedkov's son was supposed to be.
- One Bullet Left: John's last bullet in the final fight is his Marked Bullet. He uses it on Wei with a nice Pre-Mortem One-Liner.
- Returning to the Scene: He comes back to Meg's office after the criminals and the police raided and riddled the place with holes. Just so he could get his passport.
- Suggestive Collision: He pins Meg down to his bed dominating over her with his gun pointed to her head. While she lays submissively out of fear.
- Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Leads to John's inability to complete his assignment.
Meg Coburn
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Played by: Mira Sorvino
Meg Coburn, a skilled forger, is first introduced with Lee seeking her out for some forged documents. She eventually gets caught up with John as they both flee their lives from hitmen gunning them down.
- Action Girl: Meg. Possibly a Dark Action Girl, given her career choice.
- Catchphrase: Meg's "I didn't think so."
- Cute Bruiser: Despite being small compared to the other Big Bruiser male hitmen around, she manage to put up a decent fight. Even injuring and killing some of them. She even sarcastically retorts to policeman Zedkov saying:Meg: "You really think a light-weight like me did all that damage?".
* Damsel out of Distress: John's hostage holds her own against the bad guys. - Fanservice: Meg is caught getting dressed early in the film and has to run away with John. She spends most of the movie with only one button, apparently not having the time to dress all the way.
- Forgiving the Accidental Pervert: Inverted. She throws an ashtray at John out of fright for herself after he almost suggestively tried to dominate her at bed.
- Please Get Off Me:
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: John is blue, Meg is red.
- Shameless Fanservice Girl: Meg shows signs of this in the film. She starts off wearing a thin black dress that’s unzipped in the back, showing her full back and bra. She changes out it for something slightly more modest but has her shirt unbuttoned showing her bra. By the end of the movie, she dresses up much more modest and looks cleaner.
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The Antagonists
[[folder:Terrance Wei]]
