Ken Sanzel

Police officer John Trace (Stephen Baldwin) is not in an enviable situation. As his third on-the-job shooting is being investigated, his fellow officers discover that the victim, a drug dealer, was not armed when he was shot down. A senior detective advises him how he can get out of this predicament: if Trace joins the Force's Select Unit Armed Response, the investigating officers will arrange to plant a gun on the drug dealer's body. Trace soon learns that the Select Unit is grueling, ruthless and almost always fatal. Trace takes the deal and finds himself fighting in an underworld that takes no prisoners. Tensions run high when the Select Unit believes that Trace is an underworld informant, and he soon finds himself fighting for his own survival.

International superstar Chow Yun-Fat (John Woo's Hard-Boiled) makes his Hollywood debut with Oscar® winner Mira Sorvino (1995 Best Supporting Actress, Mighty Aphrodite) in "The Replacement Killers," a fierce and explosive action thriller from director Antoine Fuqua (Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" video). After he betrays Mr. Wei, the ruthless crime boss who hired him to avenge his son's death, professional killer John Lee (Yun-Fat) goes on the run. Enlisting the aid of beautiful document forger Meg Coburn (Sorvino), Lee attempts to return to his family in China before they are victimized by his betrayal. But Wei's army of "replacement killers" is hot on his trail, and now both he and Meg are targets of their impressive firepower. With both sides fully armed and determined to fight to the death, an ultra-violent shootout breaks out when they finally face off against each other.

When hit man John Lee refuses to kill a police officer's young son, replacement killers are sent in to finish the job -- and to take care of Lee.

In exchange for his family's safety in Beijing, an assassin takes a job with a powerful underworld figure to settle a deadly vendetta against a police officer.