Fulltime Killer

Fulltime Killer
Fulltime Killer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	全職殺手
Simplified Chinese	全职杀手
Literal meaning	full-time assassin
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	quánzhí shāshǒu
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	cyun4 zik1 saat3 sau2
Directed by	Johnnie To; Wai Ka-fai
Written by	Joey O'Bryan; Wai Ka-fai
Based on	Fulltime Killer; by Edmond Pang
Produced by	Johnnie To; Wai Ka-fai; Andy Lau
Starring	Andy Lau; Takashi Sorimachi; Simon Yam; Kelly Lin
Cinematography	Cheng Siu-Keung
Edited by	David M. Richardson
Music by	Alex Khaskin; Guy Zerafa
Production; companies	Teamwork Motion Pictures; Milkyway Image
Distributed by	Teamwork Motion Pictures
Release date	3 August 2001;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese; Mandarin; English; Japanese
Box office	HK$28,682,414 ; (Hong Kong); US$23,124 (USA)

Fulltime Killer (Chinese: 全職殺手) is a 2001 Hong Kong action film produced and directed by Johnnie To, and also written, produced and directed by Wai Ka-fai, and also produced by and starring Andy Lau. The film was released on 3 August 2001.

The film is based on Pang Ho-cheung's novel of the same name.

Plot

Based on a book by Hong Kong filmmaker Pang Ho-cheung, Fulltime Killer protagonist O is a hitman being challenged by new hotshot Lok Tok-wah. O has lived a life of seclusion as the number one hitman in Asia. The woman living at his contact address is captured after O foils a set-up by his boss. He then goes on the run while trying to fend off his adversary. The last part of the movie focuses on an Interpol detective's attempt to write the story of Tok and O.

Alternate ending

The film has two endings. The normal one that appeared in theaters and the special ending for Malaysia where O and Chin end up being caught by police. This was supposedly done as per special request to show that "Crime doesn't pay".^{[citation needed]}^[3]

Cast

Andy Lau as Lok Tok-wah
Takashi Sorimachi as O
Simon Yam as Albert Lee
Kelly Lin as Ms. Chin
Cherrie Ying as Gigi
Lam Suet as Fat Ice
Rocky Lai as Bald thug
Liu Chun-hung as Man in Bangkok Jail
Teddy Li as C7
Ernest Mauser as Priest
Wong Chi-wai as Policeman in Singapore
Lam Chung-kei as Cop

Home media

On 29 March 2004, DVD was released by Tartan Asia Extreme at the United Kingdom in Region 2.

Reception

Fulltime Killer has a rating of 56% on Rotten Tomatoes.

References

^ Fulltime Killer at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
^ "Fulltime Killer".
^ "Fulltime Killer (2001)". www.lovehkfilm.com. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

External links

[1] Fulltime Killer at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

[2] "Fulltime Killer".

[3] "Fulltime Killer (2001)". www.lovehkfilm.com. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

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v t e Andy Lau
Filmography Discography
Films directed	Love Under the Sun (2003)
Films produced	Days of Tomorrow (1993) Tian Di (1994) Made in Hong Kong (1997) A Fighter's Blues (2000) Fulltime Killer (2001) Dance of a Dream (2001) Jiang Hu (2004) My Mother Is a Belly Dancer (2006) Firestorm (2013) The Bodyguard (2016) Mission Milano (2016) Shock Wave (2017) The Adventurers (2017) Chasing the Dragon (2017) The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019) Find Your Voice (2020) Shock Wave 2 (2020) Endgame (2021) The Movie Emperor (2023) I Did It My Way (2023) Crisis Negotiators (2024) High Forces (2024) Cesium Fallout (2024) Raging Havoc (TBD)
Television produced	The Trading Floor (2018)
Books written	My 30 Work Days (2012)
Related	Carol Chu (wife) Focus Group Holdings Limited Teamwork Motion Pictures Five Tiger Generals of TVB

v t e Milkyway Image
Films	Beyond Hypothermia (1996) Intruder (1997) The Odd One Dies (1997) Final Justice (1996) Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997) The Longest Nite (1998) Expect the Unexpected (1998) A Hero Never Dies (1998) Where a Good Man Goes (1999) Running Out of Time (1999) The Mission (1999) Sealed with a Kiss (1999) Help!!! (2000) Needing You... (2000) Comeuppance (2000) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Gimme Gimme (2001) Wu yen (2001) Let's Sing Along Second Time Around (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) PTU (2003) Looking for Mister Perfect (2003) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Love for All Seasons (2003) Breaking News (2004) Throw Down (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Election (2005) 2 Become 1 (2006) Election 2 (2006) Exiled (2006) Eye in the Sky (2007) Triangle (2007) Hooked on You (2007) Mad Detective (2007) Linger (2008) Sparrow (2008) Tactical Unit - The Code (2008) Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008) Tactical Unit - Human Nature (2008) Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009) Tactical Unit - Partners (2009) Accident (2009) Vengeance (2009) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Punished (2011) Life Without Principle (2011) Drug War (2012) Blind Detective (2013) A Complicated Story (2014) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014) Office (2015) Trivisa (2016) Three (2016) Chasing Dream (2019) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) Mad Fate (2023)
Filmmakers	Johnnie To Wai Ka-fai Law Wing-cheung Patrick Yau Matt Chow Soi Cheang Lawrence Ah Mon Ringo Lam Tsui Hark Jeffrey Lau
Screenwriters	Yau Nai-hoi Au Kin-yee Yip Tin-shing Szeto Kam-Yuen Ivy Ho
Crew	Dennis Law Cheng Siu-Keung Martin Chappell May Mok Patrick Tam Lai Yiu-fai
See also	Tactical Unit series

v t e Films directed by Johnnie To
Films	Happy Ghost III (1986) The Eighth Happiness (1988) All About Ah-Long (1989) The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (1990) Casino Raiders II (1991) Justice, My Foot! (1992) The Bare-Footed Kid (1993) The Heroic Trio (1993) The Mad Monk (1993) A Moment of Romance III (1996) Lifeline (1997) A Hero Never Dies (1998) Running Out of Time (1999) The Mission (1999) PTU (2003) Breaking News (2004) Throw Down (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Election (2005) Election 2 (2006) Exiled (2006) Linger (2008) Sparrow (2008) Vengeance (2009) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Life Without Principle (2011) Romancing in Thin Air (2012) Drug War (2012) Blind Detective (2013) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014) Office (2015) Three (2016) Chasing Dream (2019)
Films with Wai Ka-fai	Needing You... (2000) Wu yen (2001) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) Love for All Seasons (2003) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Mad Detective (2007)
Co-director	The Big Heat (1988) The Royal Scoundrel (1991) Executioners (1993) Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Triangle (2007) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020)
See also	Milkyway Image Filmography Awards and honors Tactical Unit series

v t e Films directed by Wai Ka-fai
Directed alone	Peace Hotel (1995) Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997) Fantasia (2004) Himalaya Singh (2005) The Shopaholics (2006) Written By (2009) Detective vs Sleuths (2022)
Directed with Johnnie To	Needing You... (2000) Help!!! (2000) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) Love for All Seasons (2003) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Mad Detective (2007) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011)