The Killer
Peacock | Release Date (Streaming): August 23, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 23, 2024
Thanks to a legendary director at the top of his game, this is easily one of the best action movies of the year. Read full review
80
The New York TimesGlenn KennyAug 23, 2024
The direction is energetic, incorporating frantic flashbacks and resourceful split-screen perspectives, and the plot adds several new twists not found in the first movie. Rest assured, this may be a remake, but it’s not a retread. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 23, 2024
The movie works so well — and remains so light on its feet — because it eschews the life-or-death weight of Woo’s original in favor of focusing on the unbridled joys of resurrection. Read full review
70
Screen RantBen GibbonsAug 23, 2024
Fortunately, the acting, action, and pacing of the story override the film's issues to make The Killer an extremely fun and engaging assassin movie. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAug 23, 2024
[Woo] may have tamped down some of his more sentimental and tragic impulses, but he definitely flexes for the climactic melee in a deconsecrated church, which is beautifully bananas, but also, in a funny way, a personal statement on the intimacy that quality action filmmaking should create. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriAug 23, 2024
It skips the florid romanticism, the thick atmosphere, the grand mythmaking, opting instead for a breezy, silly modesty. It’s fun, ridiculous, and deliriously violent in its own right. Read full review
70
ScreenCrushMatt SingerAug 23, 2024
It’s as if remaking a John Woo movie finally gave John Woo permission to make a true John Woo movie again. Read full review
70
SlashfilmBJ ColangeloAug 23, 2024
The Killer is a pretty cool made-for-streaming action film with solid performances, fun set pieces, plenty of melodrama to go around, and Woo's signature wordplay that may inspire eye-rolls from some but a sensible chuckle from those of us with good taste. Read full review
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