THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS

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The John Woo school of the ballet-of-bullets gets a full dose of Sam Peckinpah under the steady hand of director Antoine Fuqua’s finely framed tale of revenge.

Stylized in rainy blues, greens, and reds Chow Yun-fat is understated as John Lee, a professional assassin who comes to grips with his humanity when he’s called on to kill the seven year-old son of a Los Angeles police officer.

The pace quickens when Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino), a document forger, is pulled into the fray.

The plot is secondary to the action, but oh what action–engraved bullets, sexy shoot-outs, and gallons of the glowing, glistening, hot blood of the evil assassins trying to knock off our seductive Asian and Caucasian duo.

Chow Yun-Fat dresses better than James Bond, and Mira Sorvino understands grace under pressure like a nouveau Emma Peel.

Did I mention how much the camera loves Mira Sorvino?

It does, and so do I.

Rated R. 88 mins.