The Replacement Killers
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The Replacement Killers is a 1998 American action film starring Chow Yun-fat as a hitman who rebels against his employers, marking his Hollywood debut and featuring stylized gunplay and noir-inspired visuals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Replacement Killers canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5157471 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Replacement Killers Context triple: [Patrick Kilpatrick, actedIn, The Replacement Killers]
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A.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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B.
Murder City
"Murder City" is a punk rock song by Green Day from their politically charged concept album *21st Century Breakdown*.
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C.
Killing Times
The Killing Times were a period of brutal persecution and summary executions of Scottish Covenanters in the late 17th century under the Stuart monarchy.
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D.
The Replacement
The Replacement is a British psychological thriller television drama that explores the tense relationship between a pregnant architect and the seemingly perfect woman hired to cover her maternity leave.
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E.
Killer Women
Killer Women is an American crime drama television series that follows a tough female Texas Ranger as she investigates cases involving women accused of murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Replacement Killers Target entity description: The Replacement Killers is a 1998 American action film starring Chow Yun-fat as a hitman who rebels against his employers, marking his Hollywood debut and featuring stylized gunplay and noir-inspired visuals.
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A.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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B.
Murder City
"Murder City" is a punk rock song by Green Day from their politically charged concept album *21st Century Breakdown*.
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C.
Killing Times
The Killing Times were a period of brutal persecution and summary executions of Scottish Covenanters in the late 17th century under the Stuart monarchy.
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D.
The Replacement
The Replacement is a British psychological thriller television drama that explores the tense relationship between a pregnant architect and the seemingly perfect woman hired to cover her maternity leave.
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E.
Killer Women
Killer Women is an American crime drama television series that follows a tough female Texas Ranger as she investigates cases involving women accused of murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action film
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film ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| character |
John Lee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meg Coburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Peter Lyons Collister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ |
| director | Antoine Fuqua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Michael Tronick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | gun-fu influenced action ⓘ |
| genre |
action
ⓘ
crime ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Chow Yun-fat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mira Sorvino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
action film
ⓘ
crime thriller ⓘ |
| mainFemaleLeadPortrayedBy | Mira Sorvino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist | John Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainProtagonistPortrayedBy | Chow Yun-fat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Harry Gregson-Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Hollywood debut of Chow Yun-fat
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stylized gunplay ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A professional hitman rebels against his criminal employers after refusing to carry out an assignment. ⓘ |
| producer |
Bernie Brillstein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brad Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1998-02-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ken Sanzel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Chow Yun-fat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jurgen Prochnow NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Tsang NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Rooker NERFINISHED ⓘ Mira Sorvino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualStyle | noir-inspired ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Replacement Killers Description of subject: The Replacement Killers is a 1998 American action film starring Chow Yun-fat as a hitman who rebels against his employers, marking his Hollywood debut and featuring stylized gunplay and noir-inspired visuals.
Referenced by (7)
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