''The Replacement Killers'' is a 1998 action movie directed by Antoine Fuqua in his directorial debut and co-produced by none other than JohnWoo.

The film follows HitmanWithAHeart John Lee, played by ChowYunFat in his first major Hollywood role, as he seeks to clear a debt with ruthless Triad crimelord Terence Wei (played by Kenneth Tsang) by killing his enemies. Unfortunately, the last contract is one that Lee cannot go through with -- killing a cop's young son in revenge for the death of Wei's own son, a Triad lieutenant, in a police shootout.

Wei is pissed that Lee could not complete the contract, and not only seeks to kill him, but hires replacement killers in order to finish the job that Lee could not. Worse, he also has his men in China start looking for Lee's family to take revenge upon them as well. Lee seeks to ensure his family's safety by having them moved to a secure location, and for this purpose enlists the help of skilled forger Meg Coburn (MiraSorvino) to create a new passport for him. The two soon have to deal with not only the assassins sent to kill Lee, but the replacement killers sent to kill the cop and his son, as well as finding a way to stop Wei from exacting horrible vengeance against Lee's family.

!!This film provides examples of:

* ActionGirl: Meg. Possibly a DarkActionGirl, given her career choice.
* ActionPrologue: John's hit at the nightclub, followed by Zedkov's attempted drug bust of Wei's son.
* BackToBackBadasses: Meg and John during the shootout at her office, sort of--they face opposite directions to take out each other's would-be shooter.
* BadassInANiceSuit: John, at the beginning.
* BadassLongcoat: Ryker, the big, German-looking replacement killer.
* BestServedCold: Wei wants to be sure [[spoiler: Zedkov's son dies in his arms]] so Zedkov will understand Wei's pain.
* BigBad: Terence Wei.
* BloodBrothers: Seemingly, Alan and John.
* BriefcaseBlaster: Ryker is equipped with this. (Since he and Collins carry out their assignment like proverbial bulls in a china shop, one wonders why he bothers disguising his weapon.)
* ButtMonkey: Loco.
* CarFu: Meg uses this in the final battle, although it's more Van Fu.
* CatchPhrase: Meg's "I didn't think so."
* ContractOnTheHitman
* CoolShades: John, occasionally, and a few of Wei's men.
* DamselOutOfDistress: John's hostage holds her own against the bad guys.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted. John isn't evil--he's being forced to do Wei's bidding.
* {{Fanservice}}: Meg is caught getting dressed early in the film and has to run away with John. She spends most of the movie with only one button, apparently not having the time to dress all the way.
* GunFu
* GunsAkimbo: Of course.
* HeroicBloodshed
* HitmanWithAHeart
* HonorBeforeReason: Not only does Lee seek to ensure his family's safety, but also to keep the cop and his son from getting killed by Wei's replacement killers.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Where the replacement killers evidently learned their trade.
* InformedAbility: See above entry. For professionals, the movie's title characters really suck at their job.
* ItsPersonal: For everybody except Meg, who's just sort of dragged into the situation.
** Although, before the final fight, she insists on coming along because she now cares what happens to John.
* KirkSummation: [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments "So you didn't want to shoot a kid; Welcome to the human race."]]
* LeapAndFire
* MarkedBullet: John's calling card. If he sets one on the table in front of you, kiss your ass goodbye.
* MexicanStandoff: Between John and Wei.
* OneLastJob: What John's assignment [[spoiler: to kill Zedkov's son]] was supposed to be.
* RedOniBlueOni: John is blue, Meg is red.
* RevengeByProxy: Not only does Wei want Zedkov's son to die in revenge for his own son's death, but when Lee proves unable to go through with it, he seeks to kill not only Lee, but his family as well. He's a bastard like that.
* SacrificialLamb: Wei's son winds up being this, kicking off the revenge plan.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: The major bad guys in this flick.
* ThrowAwayGuns
* WouldHurtAChild: Wei and the replacement killers, in direct contrast to Lee.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Leads to John's inability to complete his assignment.