15-604: So Close may refer to: Movies [ edit ] So Close (film) , a Hong Kong action film Music [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] So Close (album) , a 1993 album by Dina Carroll Songs [ edit ] "So Close" (Hall & Oates song) "So Close" (Jennette McCurdy song) "So Close" ( Enchanted song) "So Close" (NOTD and Felix Jaehn song) "So Close" (Six by Seven song) "So Close" (Diana Ross song) "So Close", by Alice in Chains from
30-417: A kiss, and agree that if not due to the nature of their line of work (one a police and the other a criminal), they might have become closer. With that, they part ways. Sue visits Lynn's grave, thanking her for everything that her sister had done, and she can now take care of herself. She promises Lynn that she will tell Yen the whole ordeal, knowing that Yen is “the guy Lynn loves the most”. The film ends with
45-400: A scene where Yen is still waiting for Lynn at a restaurant which they had promised to meet. So Close holds an average rating of 6.7/10 based on 37 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 66/100 based on 18 reviews on Metacritic . Contract killer Note: Varies by jurisdiction Note: Varies by jurisdiction Contract killing (also known as murder-for-hire )
60-445: Is a 2002 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Shu Qi , Zhao Wei and Karen Mok . The film's English title is derived from The Carpenters ' song " Close to You ", which has a prominent role in the film. Lynn and her sister Sue are computer hackers , assassins and espionage specialists who use their late father's secret satellite technology to gain an advantage over their rivals and law enforcement agents. At
75-409: Is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or people. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of compensation, monetary or otherwise. Either party may be a person, group, or organization. Contract killing has been associated with organized crime , government conspiracies , dictatorships , and vendettas . For example, in
90-416: Is as good as her sister. Kong Yat-hung tracks down Sue in a bakery, where Sue is buying a birthday cake, and this leads to a frantic car chase. When Sue realises that she is being cornered by the police, she calls Lynn at home and asks her sister for help. At the same time, Chow Nung's assassins break into the house and kill Lynn and frame Kong Yat-hung for the murder. Sue escapes from the police and finds out
105-670: Is colloquially known as a hitman . A study by the Australian Institute of Criminology of 162 contract murders and attempted contract murders in Australia between 1989 and 2002 indicated that the most common reason for murder-for-hire was insurance policy payouts. The study also found that payments varied from $ 5,000 to $ 30,000 per killing, with an average of $ 15,000, and that the most commonly used weapons were firearms . Contract killings accounted for 2% of murders in Australia during that time period. Contract killings generally make up
120-472: The self-titled album "So Close", by Bethany Dillon from Stop & Listen "So Close", by Brandon Lake with Amanda Cook from Help! "So Close", by Evanescence from Evanescence EP "So Close", by Raven from Glow See also [ edit ] So Close, So Far , a 2005 Iranian film "So Close, So Far" (Hoobastank song) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
135-630: The United States, the Italian- and Jewish-American organized crime gang Murder, Inc. committed hundreds of murders on behalf of the National Crime Syndicate during the 1930s and 1940s. Contract killing provides the hiring party with the advantage of not having to carry out the actual killing, making it more difficult for law enforcement to connect the hirer with the murder. The likelihood that authorities will establish that party's guilt for
150-455: The beginning of the film, they infiltrate a high security building and assassinate Chow Lui, the chairman of a top company in China. After their successful mission, a police inspector named Kong Yat-hung is assigned to investigate the case and she manages to track down the assassins. In the meantime, Chow Lui's younger brother Chow Nung, who hired Lynn and Sue to kill his brother so that he can become
165-400: The chairman, wants to kill the assassins to silence them. The cat-and-mouse chase becomes more complicated as both the police and the thugs are out to get Lynn and Sue. Sue has always been playing the role of the assistant by staying on the computer and helping to disable the security systems and giving instructions on navigating the area, while Lynn, who is older and more experienced, does all
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#1732883777517180-485: The committed crime, especially due to lack of forensic evidence linked to the contracting party, makes the case more difficult to attribute to the hiring party. Contract killers may exhibit serial killer traits, but are generally not classified as such because of third-party killing objectives and detached financial and emotional incentives. Nevertheless, there are occasionally individuals that are labeled as both contract killers and serial killers. A contract killer
195-454: The field work. Sue is jealous and thinks that Lynn refuses to let her participate more actively because she is less adept, but actually Lynn is trying to protect her sister from danger. Their relationship becomes strained when Lynn falls in love with her friend's cousin Yen and wants to give up her job and marry Yen. Sue intends to continue her career as a contract killer so that she can prove that she
210-461: The title So Close . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=So_Close&oldid=1166881178 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages So Close (film) So Close
225-502: The true identities of her sister's killers from the CCTVs in the house. She rescues Kong Yat-hung from custody and offers to help her clear her name, but Kong must assist her in avenging her sister. Left with no choice, Kong Yat-hung agrees to team up with Sue to hunt down and kill Chow Nung and his henchmen. Over the course of planning the counter-attack, Sue and Kong Yat-hung bond. Sue and Kong Yat-hung succeed in defeating Chow Nung. They share
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