... result of the upcoming takeover of Hong Kong by China. The campiness and the relationship between males is what sets the film apart from Western action films. Ann claims that the meaning is distorted to Western audiences, but I think that Western audiences recognize The Killer as a ... which "implies a gap or lag in motivation" as "counter-narrative" and "counter-unity". The violence creates a distancing effect that calls attention to the genre. It suspends the narrative, and usually represents an issue that calls for meditation, but Ann claims that Woo uses excess to make "exhibitionist...

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