Vengeance

Vengeance 复仇 DVD Cover Country France Hong Kong Directed by Johnnie To Release Date 2009 Language English Cantonese French Studio ARP Sélection Milky Way Image Company Distributor IFC Midnight Main Cast Character Actor Costello Johnny Hallyday Irene Thompson Sylvie Testud Kwai Anthony Wong George Fung Simon Yam Chu Gordon Lam Ka-tung Fat Lok Lam Suet

Vengeance (Chinese title:復仇 / Fuk sau) is a 2009 film directed by Johnnie To about a French chef (Johnny Hallyday) who arrives in Macau to avenge the deaths of his daughter's family with the help of three hitmen. Along with The Mission (1999) and Exiled (2006), Vengeance forms an informal trilogy of films directed by Johnnie To which feature similar settings (Macau), themes (brotherhood and fatalism) and motifs (long, drawn out shootouts).

The following weapons were used in the film Vengeance:

Warning: Multiple spoilers Ahead!

Handguns

Colt Double Eagle

Costello (Johnny Hallyday) is given a Colt Double Eagle by Kwai (Anthony Wong) when he says he needs a gun himself. He uses this as his main sidearm throughout the film. Kwai writes the name of the man Costello seeking vengeance against on the slide: George Fung (Simon Yam), a powerful crime boss.

Colt Double Eagle .45 ACP

Costello practices firing the Colt Double Eagle.

Costello fires the Colt Double Eagle during the forest shootout.

Kwai uses the Double Eagle to shoot a wounded assassin.

Costello reloads the Double Eagle.

A close-up of the Colt Double Eagle with George Fung's name written on it. If you look closely, you can see a "made in Japan" inscription, indicating that the pistol being used for close-up shots is actually a Tokyo Marui airsoft gun.

SIG-Sauer P226

A SIG-Sauer P226 is by Kwai (Anthony Wong) throughout the film, most notably during the apartment escape and to kill the three assassins at an underground clinic.

SIG-Sauer P226 9mm

Kwai holds a P226 in the forest.

Kwai presses a door bell with his Sig P226.

Kwai fires the P226.

Heckler & Koch USP

Kwai (Anthony Wong) also appears to carry a Heckler & Koch USP along with his P226, as he uses the USP in some of the shootout scenes. Chu also practices with a USP, which turns into a Browning Hi-Power due to a continuity error.

Heckler & Koch USP .40 S&W

Chu practices with a USP.

Kwai fires a USP during the forest shootout.

Glock 17

Glock 17s are used by both Chu (Gordon Lam Ka-tung) and Fat Lok (Lam Suet) in several of the shootouts. Two of these are also used during the shootout in the landfill. Costello's daughter uses Glock 17 to briefly defend herself and her children from the assassins at the beginning of the film.

Generation 2 Glock 17 9x19mm.

Fat practices with a Glock 17.

Chu fires a Glock.

Fat uses his Glock to provide covering fire for Costello and Kwai.

A Glock 17 amongst an assortment of weapons.

Beretta 92FS

Kwai, Chu and Fat all use suppressed Beretta 92FS pistols during a hit at a hotel. Most of George Fung's men also use the Beretta, as does Fung himself in the finale.

Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm.

Fat holds a suppressed Beretta.

Fat unloads his Beretta before handing it to Costello.

One of the assassins fires a Beretta.

Fung's men fire Berettas during the landfill shootout.

Fung checks the chamber of his Beretta.

Colt M1911A1

During Costello's dinner with the three killers, Costello and Chu compete to see who can reassemble a M1911A1 pistol first while blindfolded. One of the assassins also uses a M1911A1 during the forest shootout.

Colt M1911A1 .45 ACP

Chu hands Costello a M1911A1.

The assassin hides with a M1911A1.

Desert Eagle

One of the three assassins who killed Costello's family uses a Desert Eagle during a shootout in the forest.

IMI Desert Eagle Mark I - .357 Magnum

The assassin points a Desert Eagle.

Smith & Wesson Model 686

Another one of the assassins uses a Smith & Wesson Model 686 during the forest shootout.

Smith & Wesson Model 686 4" Barrel - .357 Magnum.

The assassin fires his S&W Model 686.

The assassin attempts to retreat.

Browning Hi-Power

Chu fires a Browning Hi-Power during target practice at the landfill.

Browning Hi-Power "Type 73" - 9x19mm. These Hi-Powers feature elongated bushings different from Hi-Powers Made before 1973 and after the MK II Series.

Chu fires the Browning Hi-Power.

Shotguns

Remington 870

A Remington 870 shotgun with a folding stock is used by one of the assassins in the beginning of the film to kill Costello's daughter's family.

Remington 870 Folding Stock - 12 Gauge.

An assassin holds a Remington 870.

Rossi Overland Sawed Off Shotgun

One of the assassins uses a Rossi Overland Sawed Off Shotgun in the opening hit, mainly to shoot through the front door, killing Costello's son in law. Fat Lok refers to it as a "Mad Max gun."

A Rossi Overland sawed off shotgun used in the film

Rifles

Steyr AUG

A Steyr AUG is used by Kwai (Anthony Wong) in his final stand against George Fung's men during the landfill shootout.

Steyr AUG - 5.56x45mm.

Kwai cocks the Steyr AUG.

Kwai charges towards Fung's gunmen.

Kwai and his comrades go out in a blaze of glory and cigarette smoke.

Bushmaster M17S

A Bushmaster M17S is used by Chu as he and the others make their final stand against George Fung's men at the landfill.

Bushmaster M17S bullpup Assault Rifle - 5.56x45mm

Chu, Kwai and Fat prepare their weapons.

Chu ties a sling around his M17S.

Chu and Kwai charge towards the enemy.

Chu fires the M17S.

AK-47

A Polytech Legend AK-47 is used by Fat Lok during the landfill shootout.

Poly Technologies AK-47 - 7.62x39mm. This is the commercial clone of the original Type III AK-47 and is the most used in American films and shows when showing the milled receiver AK-47

Fat cocks the AK-47.

Fat and Chu fire their weapons.

Fat goes down while firing the AK-47.

Unidentified Sniper Rifle

George Fung (Simon Yam) uses a scoped bolt action rifle with a thumbhole stock to shoot at the protagonists during the landfill shootout.

Fung grabs the rifle.

Fung takes aim.

Fung fires.