Oscar winner Quan Ke Huy plays an assassin in an action comedy

The 53-year-old actor shed his gentle appearance to play the main role in the new film "Love is Pain," which was welcomed by the audience and commented as a return worth looking forward to after more than 20 years.

Quan Ke Huy is supple at 50 in new action comedy. (Photo from film)

Quan Ke Huy will play a retired assassin in a new film. “Love is pain” (Love Hurts). The production company is 87North Productions, the name behind notable action films such as “John Wick,” “Nobody” and Bullet Train” (Vietnamese title: Assassins vs. Assassins)

Playing the role of a middle-aged real estate agent, Marvin (Quan Ke Huy) is always exemplary and enthusiastic about his work. However, behind his gentle and small appearance, he is a killer with a violent past, who has been "well-known" in the underworld .

The trailer shows that after receiving a card with the words “Love Hurts” and “Hiding ain’t living,” Marvin is forced to return to his old role. Accompanying him is his beautiful and charismatic former partner Rose (Ariana DeBose). Confronting Marvin is his younger brother who betrayed him to follow the path of evil, played by Hong Kong (Chinese) actor Daniel Wu.

“Love is pain” belongs to the comedy, action, martial arts genre typical of 87North Production. The film's style and Asian male lead give the audience the feeling of watching a Jackie Chan film in modern times.

In his fifties, Quan Ke Huy shows his flexibility with eye-catching martial arts moves. The film marks his return to a central role in a movie. Viewers commented under the trailer video showing support for the actor, calling the main role a worthy recognition and a much-anticipated comeback.

Quan Ke Huy's first film comeback was a supporting but prominent role in "Everything everywhere all at once." (Photo from the film)

Quan Ke Huy (Ke Huy Quan or Jonathan Ke Quan) was born in 1971 in Saigon ( Ho Chi Minh City) to a family of Chinese descent. After settling in the US with his family, he began his career in the film capital of Hollywood. Quan Ke Huy was once a prominent Asian child star, loved in films such as “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (1984) and “The Goonies” (1985).

Following his initial successes, he gradually disappeared from the screen due to fewer acting opportunities, then switched to jobs such as assistant director and action director.

From 2021, after nearly 20 years away from the spotlight, Quan Ke Huy reappeared in a supporting role in the film “Multiverse War” (Everything everywhere all at once, won 7/11 Oscar nominations). The role brought him an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best supporting actor.

After this success, the 53-year-old actor also took on another supporting role in the series. Loki season 2 (2023), voiceover “Kung Fu Panda 4,” take the lead role in the TV series "American born Chinese" Disney's Chinese American.

“Love is pain” Expected to be released in Vietnam on February 7, 2025.

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