The Killer - Budget Unknown - 2 hours and 6 minutes
Zee lights candles in a deconsecrated church when her handler, Finn, presents her with a job. She. has to go to a nightclub and kill everyone in the back room. Zee asks if everyone in the room deserves their deaths. Finn knows she has a moral code and doesn't kill innocence. He assures her that everyone is guilty. Zee gets the information and takes it to her tailor, Tessier, for a custom dress and coat to hide her Samurai sword.
Inspectors Sey and Jax track Philippe Hugo, a.k.a Coco, through Paris. Sey found evidence that Coco stole pure heroin with a street value of $350 million. They arrest Coco, but he escapes in his car after shooting Jax in the leg. Jax tells Sey to get Coco, and Sey is in hot pursuit. Sey kills Coco after Coco holds a kid at gunpoint.
Zee arrives at the nightclub, and the leader searches Zee for weapons while Coco's friend, Jenn, sings. Zee warns their leader to return what he stole, apologize, leave Paris, and never return. The leader says no, and Zee kills the mobsters. She turns to murder Jenn but realizes Jenn lost her eyesight after hitting her head. Zee takes pity on Jenn as Jenn begs for help. Zee calmly exits the nightclub, leaving Jenn alive with the dead goons.
Sey's superiors question him about shooting Coco, and he explains it was justifiable and walks to his desk. Then, two INTERPOL officers stopped him. They find a gruesome scene where a contract killer eliminated several men but left a young woman alive. They searched her phone and found text messages to Coco. Coco was supposed to be a victim at the nightclub. Sey goes to the hospital to interview Jenn.
Finn enters the church and sees Zee lighting candles for her victims. However, she didn't complete the mission. He wants her to finish the job and kill Jenn. Zee creates a fake French consulate ID and enters Jenn's hospital room. Zee tells Jenn that the consulate wants to protect her, and Jenn gives Zee her prognosis. Jenn doesn't know when or if she will regain her sight. Zee takes out a syringe and puts poison in Jenn's IV drip. She turns to the door, and Sey walks into the room. Zee introduces herself as Officer Noone and stays for Sey's interview with Jenn. Zee realizes that Jenn doesn't remember her face and regrets poisoning her. So, Zee knocks the IV down, causing it to snatch out of Jenn's hand before the poison reaches her system.
Zee and Sey leave together, and Sey admits that Jenn withheld information. They depart when Sey gets a call from the French Consulate. They don't have an officer named Noone working for them. Sey tries to find Zee, but she's vanished. He looks at her name and realizes that Noone means 'No one.' Sey reports to headquarters, and the two INTERPOL officers tell him about the legendary Queen of the Dead. She is a contract killer, and they believe the nightclub hit was her. Sey laughs because he thinks it's a ghost story. However, he wants to find Zee and see what she has to do with his missing drugs, the murders, and Jenn's accident. Zee suspects Jenn is innocent with a price on her head. She wants to save Jenn before another killer finds her. Can Zee and Sey save Jenn and find the drugs without killing each other?
This remake has some interesting fighting scenes but teeters on becoming a superhero movie during some action sequences (FTC Affiliate Disclaimer). The dialog is funny, but the backing track drowns out the actors periodically. The plot attempts to be mysterious but gives itself away in the first 30 minutes. This film adds nothing new to the genre and does everything you expect. It entertains after momentary lulls. This film isn't great, but it's a decent 2-hour distraction from boredom with zero nudity and some blood.
I give it 3 out of 5 stars
Being alone is a power if you can handle it - Zee
I can't see - Jennifer
I don't want to antagonize you - Finn
It's okay. Accidents happen - Sey
I can still teach you how to make beautiful things - Tessier
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