Résumé

Lee gradually uncovers the tender relationship between Jeff and Jenny, becoming strangely attracted to the exceptional assassin. Both are men out of time, opposite faces of a moral code with little place in Hong Kong´s venal criminal underworld. The Ruthless Johnny decides to have Jeff rubbed out rather than pay him, and cop and killer are drawn together for a final confrontation with an army off kill-crazy Triad gunmen. In an abandoned church, amidst flames, bullets and weeping Christian icons divided by law, united by a bond neither fully understands, they face their fate. In "The Killer", John Woo´s abiding themes of guilt, vengeance and redemption through violence find their ultimate explosive expression.