Line #18 Film/KillersRomance


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Simon Yam is about to shoot you]]. And he's not going to cry about it.]]
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4	''Killer's Romance'' is a 1990 Hong Kong HeroicBloodshed action film directed by Philip Ko Fei, starring Creator/SimonYam (who just finished filming ''Film/BulletInTheHead''). The movie is a loose adaptation of the manga, ''Manga/CryingFreeman'', and is in fact one of two Hong Kong movies based on ''Crying Freeman'' (the other being ''Film/DragonFromRussia'', released 3 months later) released in 1990.
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6	Jenny is a university student in London who witnessed the killings of a mobster. The killer is none other than Jeffrey, raised since birth by the Yakuza, whose identity was supposed to be untraceable until Jenny inadvertently took a picture of Jeffrey on her camera. Now the mob wants Jenny dead, but Jeffrey had feelings for her after saving her life...
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8	While Simon Yam would later become an icon in action cinema thanks to ''Film/BulletInTheHead'', ''Film/BulletForHire'' and this movie, however his success is short-lived for in a baffling career change, Yam would instead go on to making sleazy, Cat-III Hong Kong movies where he would play as villains, murderers, or serial rapists. For Yam's fans in Asia, this is one of his few Cult Movies that they can still enjoy watching him as an action star.
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13	* AnArmAndALeg: Jeffrey loses an arm in the final battle against Yoshikawa. Could be an ActorAllusion, Simon Yam's previous movie, ''Bullet in the Head'' also features him playing a badass who loses an arm in his final battle scene.
14	* ArchEnemy: Jeffrey and Charlie want each other dead equally.
15	* BloodstainedGlassWindows: Jeffrey’s first onscreen kill is a rival mob leader who’s being anointed in a church. The victim just had [[RuleOfSymbolism Holy Water]] rubbed on his forehead… then Jeffrey raises his gun. Cue BoomHeadshot.
16	* CoolShades: Jeffrey’s sunglasses, although he only wears these while outdoors.
17	* DestinationDefenestration: Happens a lot throughout the movie, but especially the finale with Jeffrey sending one Yakuza after another through wooden sliding doors. Jeffrey himself is on the receiving end once from a huge MookLieutenant.
18	* DiscOneFinalBoss: Charlie, the dangerous triad killer and direct rival to Jeffrey, who causes most of the problems in the first hour of the movie until Jeffrey guns him down in a direct confrontation.
19	* FacialHorror: Yoshikawa’s fate is by having his forehead and skull cleaved apart by Jeffrey in a katana battle. We get an absolutely loving and delightful shot of his head, clearly split apart with massive amounts of blood as well…
20	* FairPlayVillain: In the climax, Jeffrey’s final confrontation with Yoshikawa and the {{Yakuza}} had Yoshikawa with his gun on an unarmed Jeffrey. But then Yoshikawa discards his pistol, deciding that its best to settle this using the traditional code of bushido with katanas.
21	* FallingInLoveMontage: One happens late in the film, between Jeffrey and Jenny in London’s Regent Park.
22	* GiantMook: After killing almost all the Yakuza in the finale, one last Yakuza, a hulking giant of a man, is the last opponent standing between Jeffrey and Yoshikawa. Their swordfight had their weapons being knocked out of their hands, quickly turning into GoodOldFisticuffs before they manage to retrieve extra katanas, ending with Jeffrey slicing his [[SlashedThroat opponent’s jugular]].
23	* GunsAkimbo: Jeffrey in the final shootout against Charlie.
24	* HandCannon: In the last shootout between Jeffrey and Charlie thugs, Jeffrey, after exhausting his pistol’s ammunition, whips out a huge, black Magnum-style revolver. This is the same weapon that finally stops ImplacableMan Charlie, when Jeffrey blasts him repeatedly through the chest.
25	* IHaveYourWife: Jenny, who gets kidnapped by Yoshikawa and his men, forcing Jeffrey on a RoaringRampageOfRescue in the final action scene of the film.
26	* HitmanWithAHeart: Jeffrey.
27	* KatanasAreJustBetter: The final confrontation between Jeffrey and Yoshikawa’s mooks. Both sides have guns, but instead decide to settle their confrontation with katanas.
28	* {{Kneecapping}}: Jenny gets shot in both her kneecaps at the end of the film. By the credits she’s a couple with Jeffrey, with him pushing her on a wheelchair.
29	* LeapAndFire: Jeffrey does this a lot, sometimes even crashing through glass windows while firing away.
30	* AMinorKidroduction: Early on in the movie, there is a lengthy flashback showing Jeffrey as a child training under the Yakuza.
31	* ScarfOfAsskicking: Jeffrey wears a scarf in several scenes.
32	* SingleStrokeBattle: Most of the Yakuza mooks against Jeffrey in the final battle.
33	* StarCrossedLovers: Between Jeffrey and Jenny, respectively a hitman and a university student. Surprisingly for a HeroicBloodshed film, they DO end up together, albeit with both of them being crippled by the end of the film, Jeffrey losing an arm and Jenny being confined to a wheelchair permanently.
34	* WouldHitAGirl: Charlie, in probably the most disturbing scene in the movie, had his mooks tie a lady to a chair to interrogate her, and after failing to get the information he wants, simply kicks her to the floor and repeatedly stomps on her until she dies.
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