- HD 1080
- Runtime: 110m.
- Status: Released
- 1
- Languages: cn
- Country: Hong Kong
- Director: John Woo
- Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee Sau-Yin, Sally Yeh, Shing Fui-On, Paul Chu Kong
- keywords: blindness and impaired vision, police, hitman, hong kong, heroic bloodshed
- Production_studio: Film Workshop, Golden Princess Film Productions, Magnum Films Limited
- Slogan: One Vicious Hitman. One Fierce Cop. Ten Thousand Bullets.
- The The Killer is featured in the top rankings of 1989
- #7 in Top Drama Movies of 1989
- #5 in Top Action Movies of 1989
- #1 in Top Crime Movies of 1989
- #1 in Top Thriller Movies of 1989
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.