City Hunter (1993)

• Year: 1993
• Released: 14 Jan 1993
• Country: Hong Kong, Japan
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103950/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/city_hunter
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: Cantonese
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
• Runtime: 105 min
• Writer: Tsukasa Hôjô, Jing Wong
• Director: Jing Wong
• Cast: Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Joey Wang
• Keywords: martial arts, hostage, terrorist, based on manga, spoof,

	6.3/10
	50% – Critics
	61% – Audience

City Hunter Storyline

Follows the antics of private eye Ryu Saeba. While searching for the runaway daughter of a publishing tycoon, Ryu by coincidence ends up on a cruise ship hijacked by ruthless American criminals to take the passengers hostage. Assisted by his jealous female assistant, the runaway, two female undercover cops, and a male gambler, Ryu must foil the nefarious plot. Combines broad humor focusing on Ryu’s lechery and hunger with action sequences.

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Wow, what a stinker

Has to be one of Jackie Chan’s worst movies. Intended as a campy satire– the only time I laughed during the whole movie was during the blooper scenes at the end.

Honestly, Chan has made some funny films and we’ve enjoyed some amazing acrobatics, but the choreography in this was horrible, the schtick not funny. This had all the feeling of martial arts by Jerry Lewis.

I figure there will be a wide range of mixed reviews on this. But halfway through I seriously considered hitting the off switch; the only reason I kept watching was because it was Jackie Chan. But even he couldn’t save this unfunny schlock. Some people might find this hilarious. I found it to be bad directing, horrible English voice-overs (the actor they chose to play Chan could not have been a worse voice decision), and the choreography some of the worst I’ve seen in any martial arts film, schlock or not.

Only positive thing I can say for it is that they had many lovely actresses playing various parts. Beyond that, wow, what a stinker.

A bit too madcap, but it has lots of great moments

A very atypical kind of movie for Jackie, this ups the dumb Chinese humour level tenfold and the result is an amazingly stupid and inane movie with many annoying moments… and yet, it is saved thanks to some expert choreography and half a dozen genuinely funny action sequences which raise the bar for similar fare. Chan’s character is based on an anime hero, but the simple plot seems to be a comic reprise of UNDER SIEGE, with plenty of cheeky nods to other Hollywood fare like DIE HARD (for instance, when the hostage is negotiating and starts laughing). The humour comes thick and fast but is very lowbrow and of the slapstick variety, with the typical clichéd Hong Kong supports: the cowardly guy with the thick hair; the screaming, clumsy damsels-in-distress; the extremely annoying sidekick who fancies Chan and, of course, the big, bulky foreign bad guys.

My advice is to ignore the plot and inane scripting and concentrate on the great scenes intermingled with the bull. The opening skateboard chase is a little too cheesy for my liking, but once Chan gets onto the ship the action starts to roll – especially when he fights villainous henchmen and ship guards alike. There are plenty of great moments to choose from, but his first battle with British villain Gary Daniels is a must-see and the second, literally eye-popping. This involves the pair battling in a video arcade and turning into various characters from ‘Streetfighter 2’; this is a perfect combination of cheese, costumes and amazing special effects and camera tricks that really makes you feel like you’re watching the game. It’s insanely funny, as is the bit where he fights two huge henchmen using Bruce Lee’s GAME OF DEATH for inspiration.

There are other good bits in the film – the gambler character with his deadly cards is great, as is Jackie’s escape from the exploding corridor – but the final martial arts battle between Chan and Richard Norton is really phenomenal. It goes on for ages and never lets up, using props to their full extent, and one of the most painful fights I’ve watched! Chan goes over the top as the script requires and is pretty annoying in some places, but redeems himself with some of the most acrobatic moves I’ve seen him display. The female support is large, but only the backside-kicking policewoman, played by Chingamy Yau being much cop (no pun intended) – not forgetting her accomplice, whose breasts are always getting her into trouble!

Bad guys include a brief appearance from Jackie’s bodyguard Ken Lo and the aforementioned Gary Daniels. This is really Daniels’ breakthrough role and what better way to introduce the formidable actor than in an intense training sequence with an incredible splits manoeuvre! Norton is a treat as the charismatic villain, and his performance here makes me determined to track down more of his movies. A very weird film, easy to dislike and hard to get into for the first half, which evens out to offer some classic action moments.

Cheesy, Silly and Dull

The private investigator City Hunter (Jackie Chan), who can not resist to the charm of beautiful women, is hired to find Shizuko, the runaway daughter of a powerful owner of a newspaper. His gorgeous and jealous assistant Kaori decides to leave City Hunter and travel in a cruise, coincidently in the same passenger vessel as Shizuko has embarked with City Hunter on her tail. The vessel is attacked by terrorists, and City Hunter protects Shizuko and Kaori.

“City Hunter” is one of the silliest and dullest movies I have ever seen. I do not know the target public of this cheesy production, since it seems to be too much violent for children, and too much stupid for grown-ups, but it is amazing the number of favorable reviews and the User Rating in IMDb. The comedy is not funny, and the imbecile action scenes are very boring and uninteresting. I like Jackie Chan, but I was completely disappointed with this crap. Further, I saw a VHS horribly dubbed in English with subtitles in Portuguese released by the Brazilian distributor “Abril Vídeo”, and I noted that the name of the characters are completely different from those indicated in IMDb. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): “City Hunter – O Caçador de Encrencas” (“City Hunter – The Trouble Hunter”)