Coburn surfaces moments later, driving a truck through the melee, incapacitating Michael, and later killing him. When Collins fires from a high perch on Lee and Coburn, Lee soon outflanks Collins, killing him from behind. Finally, Lee corners Wei on a fire escape platform. Though both men have emptied their guns, Lee is first to reload. Wei promises Lee that the boy and Lee's family will still die, but Lee replies, "Not in your lifetime," and kills him. Though Zedkov arrives before Lee and Coburn can get away, he lets them go, taking only their guns. Coburn reluctantly bids goodbye to Lee at the airport, presenting him with one last gift, passports for his mother and sister. Cast Chow Yun-fat as John Lee Mira Sorvino as Meg Coburn Michael Rooker as Det. Stan "Zeedo" Zedkov Kenneth Tsang as Terence Wei Jürgen Prochnow as Michael Kogan Til Schweiger as Ryker Danny Trejo as Collins Clifton Collins, Jr. as Loco Carlos Gomez as Det. Hunt Frank Medrano as Eddie Rawlins Carlos Leon as Romero Leo Lee as Lam Patrick Kilpatrick as Pryce Randall Duk Kim as Alan Chan Andrew J. Marton as Stevie Zedkov Sydney Coberly as Sara Zedkov Yau-Gene Chan as Peter Wei Nicki Micheaux as Nicole, Police Technician Max Daniels as Drug Smuggler Albert Wong as Old Chinese Man Production Filming Production for the film began on February 10, 1997 in downtown Los Angeles. The first shoot was set in the historic Mayan Theater, refurbished as a trendy nightclub and cast with hundreds of extras for the film's opening scene. The eight-story, nearly condemned Giant Penny building in the middle of LA served as the location for a police station interior, a hotel room, and Meg Coburn's office. A chaotic gunfight was filmed amid the spray, brushes, and hoses of Joe's Car Wash, also in LA. A Chinatown-like streetscape of damp, narrow alleys and blinking red neon lights was created for the night-time finale, where Yun-Fat shot off 546 rounds of two-fisted shooting; the repetitive action left his hands blistered and shaking. More gunplay took place in a video arcade replicated at the original Lawry's California Center (now the Los Angeles River Center and Gardens), just north of downtown LA. Lee's tranquil Buddhist temple was fashioned under this same roof. Director Fuqua stressed to his team that the aim was to design a "Taxi Driver for the 1990s". In addition