Overview
A comedic twist on the life of contract killers who turn their profession into a bizarre consumer experience.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- irreverent
- darkly comic
- cult movie night
- hong kong cinema marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Contract killers repackage assassination as a consumer experience during a period of low demand.
The premise treats hitman professionalism and crime-film expectations as material for comic manipulation.
The killers market their services like ordinary businesspeople despite the lethal nature of their work.
Its Cantonese Hong Kong setting and hitman premise place broad comedy inside a local crime-film framework.
Films like You Shoot, I Shoot, and why
Expect the Unexpected
shares Hong Kong crime-comedy energy, irreverent genre parody, and professional criminals caught in absurd situations
The Mission
shares darkly comic criminal protagonists, brisk genre playfulness, and stylized Hong Kong underworld storytelling
A Hero Never Dies
shares satirical crime plotting, eccentric hitmen, and a balance of violence with absurd humor
The Player
shares meta-cinematic comedy, self-aware genre conventions, and inventive lowlife characters
Movie Details
- Director
- Edmond Pang Ho-Cheung
- Release Date
- 2001-08-16
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (52)
Cast
- Eric Kot Man-Fai
- Cheung Tat-Ming
- Chan Fai-Hung
- Michael Chan Wai-Man
- Jim Chim Sui-Man
- Audrey Fong Chi-Shuen
- Fei-lin Miao
- Asuka Higuchi
- Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu
- Ken Wong
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Brew
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is You Shoot, I Shoot about?
- A pair of contract killers reinvent assassination as a consumer service, turning Hong Kong underworld professionalism into gleeful workplace satire.
- What is You Shoot, I Shoot like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of You Shoot, I Shoot as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is You Shoot, I Shoot violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in You Shoot, I Shoot as moderate.
- Which films are like You Shoot, I Shoot?
- Films with a similar feel include Expect the Unexpected, The Mission, A Hero Never Dies, and The Player.
- How long is You Shoot, I Shoot?
- You Shoot, I Shoot runs 94 minutes.
- Where can I watch You Shoot, I Shoot?
- In United States, You Shoot, I Shoot streams on Brew.
