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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Ko and Yu dies die together in the finale, before they can confess to each other]].
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* {{Fingore}}: Yu-feng lose her fingers to Cheung's blade near the end of the film.
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* HateSink: Cheung, who serves as the villainous {{Foil}} to Ko, who is ruthless, cold-blooded, sadistic and absolutely devoid of redeeming qualities. Scroll to the bottom where the list says "Would Hurt A..." for more details.
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* HateSink: Cheung, who serves as the villainous {{Foil}} to Ko, who is ruthless, cold-blooded, sadistic and absolutely devoid of redeeming qualities. Scroll to the bottom where the list says "Would Hurt A..." for more details.
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* KickTheDog: Cheung does this a lot, as mentioned in numerous tropes on this page.
* MeaningfulName: Ko-sau, whose name in Mandarin translates literally as "expert". Him being an elite hitmanthats that's normal.
* MeaningfulName: Ko-sau, whose name in Mandarin translates literally as "expert". Him being an elite hitman
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* WorkoutFanservice: Ice and Cheung working out in a gym, with her in tight yoga pants and him in a tight-fitting singlet that exposes much of his muscles. Although it quickly turns into Workout Fandisservice when Cheung reveals his intentions to kill Ice, and did exactly just that in a rather graphic manner.
* WouldHurtAChild: In his assignment to LeaveNoSurvivors, a little girl accidentally witnessed Cheung doing his work. So Cheung grabs the poor child and empties a bottle of soap detergent down her throat, choking her to death.
* WouldHurtAChild: In his assignment to LeaveNoSurvivors, a little girl accidentally witnessed Cheung doing his work. So Cheung grabs the poor child and empties a bottle of soap detergent down her throat, choking her to death.
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* WorkoutFanservice: Ice and Cheung working out in a gym, with her in tight yoga pants and him in a tight-fitting singlet that exposes much of his muscles. Although it quickly turns into Workout Fandisservice FanDisservice when Cheung reveals his intentions to kill Ice, and did does exactly just that in a rather graphic manner.
* WouldHurtAChild: In his assignment to LeaveNoSurvivors, a little girl accidentally witnessed Cheung doing his work. So Cheung grabs the poor child and empties a bottle of soap detergent down her throat, choking her to death.
* WouldHurtAChild: In his assignment to LeaveNoSurvivors, a little girl accidentally witnessed Cheung doing his work. So Cheung grabs the poor child and empties a bottle of soap detergent down her throat, choking her to death.
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Creator/WaiseLee plays a badass cop investigating Ko-sau's killings, and inevitably ends up being involved in the mob war.
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''A Taste Of Killing And Romance'' is a 1994 Hong Kong action/romance film starring Creator/AndyLau.
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''A Taste Of Killing And Romance'' is a 1994 Hong Kong action/romance film starring Creator/AndyLau.
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* WorkoutFanservice: Ice and Cheung working out in a gym, with her in tight yoga pants and him in a tight-fitting singlet that exposes much of his muscles. Although it quickly turns into Workout Fandisservice quickly when Cheung reveals his intentions to kill Ice, and did exactly just that in a rather graphic manner.
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* HateSink: Cheung, whi serves as the villainous {{Foil}} to Ko, who is ruthless, cold-blooded, sadistic and absolutely devoid of redeeming qualities. Scroll to the bottom where the list says "Would Hurt A..." for more details.
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* HateSink: Cheung, whi who serves as the villainous {{Foil}} to Ko, who is ruthless, cold-blooded, sadistic and absolutely devoid of redeeming qualities. Scroll to the bottom where the list says "Would Hurt A..." for more details.
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* HateSink: Cheung, whi serves as the villainous {{Foil}} to Ko, who is ruthless, cold-blooded, sadistic and absolutely devoid of redeeming qualities. Scroll to the bottom where the list says "Would Hurt A..." for more details.
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* ConcealmentEqualsCoverConcealmentEqualsCover: During the final shootout, Ko manage to hide from multiple mooks' rapid gunfire by hiding under an overturned boat. Including hits from a shotgun.
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* FauxActionGirlFauxActionGirl: Yu-feng, despite being promoted as the new elite hitwoman, doesn't hold a candle to the other assassins in the film. She can take on ordinary security guards and office workers in her first assassination assignment, but against Cheung she ends up on the receiving end of a pathetically short CurbStompBattle.
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*PrettyLittleHeadshotsPrettyLittleHeadshots: Some of Ko's targets, especially the suspect he shot in the courtroom.
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* ThatPoorCatThatPoorCat: Or dog, in this case. After killing a suspect's entire family, Cheung noticed the suspect's pet Pomeranian barking at him. He grabs said animal and shoves the animal into a washing machine before turning the spin cycle on.
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WouldHitAGirl: Cheung, who is willing to slice off Yu's fingers, shoot her in the shoulder, and steps on her injury making her scream in pain in order to lure Ko out of hiding.
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WouldHarmASenior: Really, '''every''' hurting trope can be traced back to Cheung. In the family massacre scene, he's willing to silence an old grandma by smothering her with saran wrap around her face.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Because there's always time for romance between killings.]]
''A Taste Of Killing And Romance'' is a 1994 Hong Kong action/romance film starring Creator/AndyLau.
Andy Lau stars as Ko-sau, a hitman, who develops feelings for his protege, newcomer Yu-feng (Anita Yuen). However, if there's anything hitmen movies have taught us, is that hitmen and assassins should not develop feelings, especially for each other, and sure enough their relationship is thrown into jeopardy when their superior, Ice, orders for them to kill each other. The arrival of another ruthless, cold-blooded, elite hitman named Cheung makes everything even more complicated.
This movie can be considered as Andy Lau's "warm-up" for ''Film/FulltimeKiller'', another assassin film released 7 years later.
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!!Tropes found in this Film include:
* AssassinOutclassin: More than once in this film. Between Sister Ice and the unlucky hitman sent after her, or between Ko and Cheung constantly trying to one-up each other, or between Ice and Cheung later on...
* TheCavalry: Inspector Tung and the Hong Kong marine police arriving in the climax to battle Cheung and his mooks.
* ConcealmentEqualsCover
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Cheung, after double-crossing Ice, chokes and hangs her in her own gym, using a set of counter-weights to hoist her into the air from her neck.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Ko and Yu dies together in the finale, before they can confess to each other]].
* FauxActionGirl
* {{Fingore}}: Yu-feng lose her fingers to Cheung's blade near the end of the film.
* FuroScene: Ice, the assassins' supervisor, had a bath scene when she received Ko's call for her. It was at this time when a rival hitman tries to get the drop on her while she's in the tub, but she expertly kills him quickly enough.
* GenreMashup: Its an action-rom-com film, just like [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what the title implies]].
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Inspector Fai’s assistant interrogates a suspect bound to a wheelchair like this, repeatedly shaking him and slapping his chin.
* MeaningfulName
* PrettyLittleHeadshots
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Cheung is shown fiddling with a chessboard at one point, to plan his next mission accordingly to how a chess master’s strategies would play it out.
* ThatPoorCat
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Ko and Yu in the ending]].
* WorkoutFanservice: Ice and Cheung working out in a gym, with her in tight yoga pants and him in a tight-fitting singlet that exposes much of his muscles. Although it quickly turns into Workout Fandisservice quickly when Cheung reveals his intentions to kill Ice, and did exactly just that in a rather graphic manner.
* WouldHurtAChild
* WouldHurtAGirl
* WouldHarmASenior
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[[caption-width-right:350:Because there's always time for romance between killings.]]
''A Taste Of Killing And Romance'' is a 1994 Hong Kong action/romance film starring Creator/AndyLau.
Andy Lau stars as Ko-sau, a hitman, who develops feelings for his protege, newcomer Yu-feng (Anita Yuen). However, if there's anything hitmen movies have taught us, is that hitmen and assassins should not develop feelings, especially for each other, and sure enough their relationship is thrown into jeopardy when their superior, Ice, orders for them to kill each other. The arrival of another ruthless, cold-blooded, elite hitman named Cheung makes everything even more complicated.
This movie can be considered as Andy Lau's "warm-up" for ''Film/FulltimeKiller'', another assassin film released 7 years later.
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!!Tropes found in this Film include:
* AssassinOutclassin: More than once in this film. Between Sister Ice and the unlucky hitman sent after her, or between Ko and Cheung constantly trying to one-up each other, or between Ice and Cheung later on...
* TheCavalry: Inspector Tung and the Hong Kong marine police arriving in the climax to battle Cheung and his mooks.
* ConcealmentEqualsCover
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Cheung, after double-crossing Ice, chokes and hangs her in her own gym, using a set of counter-weights to hoist her into the air from her neck.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Ko and Yu dies together in the finale, before they can confess to each other]].
* FauxActionGirl
* {{Fingore}}: Yu-feng lose her fingers to Cheung's blade near the end of the film.
* FuroScene: Ice, the assassins' supervisor, had a bath scene when she received Ko's call for her. It was at this time when a rival hitman tries to get the drop on her while she's in the tub, but she expertly kills him quickly enough.
* GenreMashup: Its an action-rom-com film, just like [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what the title implies]].
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Inspector Fai’s assistant interrogates a suspect bound to a wheelchair like this, repeatedly shaking him and slapping his chin.
* MeaningfulName
* PrettyLittleHeadshots
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Cheung is shown fiddling with a chessboard at one point, to plan his next mission accordingly to how a chess master’s strategies would play it out.
* ThatPoorCat
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Ko and Yu in the ending]].
* WorkoutFanservice: Ice and Cheung working out in a gym, with her in tight yoga pants and him in a tight-fitting singlet that exposes much of his muscles. Although it quickly turns into Workout Fandisservice quickly when Cheung reveals his intentions to kill Ice, and did exactly just that in a rather graphic manner.
* WouldHurtAChild
* WouldHurtAGirl
* WouldHarmASenior
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