Oliver, it is quite obvious you swing for the fences every time you produce and release one of these retrospectives. I hope you make the breakthrough creatively and financially which you so richly deserve. Blessings to you.
I remember watching this movie as a child at my (late) grandmother's house during a fiesta with many other people. To laugh with the crowd is one of the best damn feelings ever. Those were good times.
I read that Jackie was going to film more in Japan but because of his popularity, the locations were rushed by fans and created real problems shooting on location.
Absolutely loved watching this on a bootleg VHS i got in the mall as an 11 year old in the 90s. I loved everything Jackie Chan because I just saw Mr Nice Guy in theaters and I was blown away by how weird this one was. Revisiting it for the first time in many years this evening and will be bringing it to my parents house, they're gonna be like WTF 😆
Yet another great video, Oliver. While I can't say you've really made me want to seek out this film I very much enjoyed the review. You've really gotten very, very good at long-form reviews. I used to prefer your short reviews but over the past few months these longer, in-depth videos have just been fantastic.
This is a movie that I didn't know what to make of at all when I first saw it. Then I watched it again. And again. And again. And I STILL don't know quite what to make of it but I love it anyway. It's one of those rare films that could only have been made at that time, in that place by those film makers. No way they could make this movie today (they would have to pay the rights to use the Street Fighter license for starters.)I think it is special. Great video as always.
Most excellent review Sir! Another good ol' staple on Bravo in the mid '90s. It's quite funny how many movies you've covered that were Bravo/Sci-fi channel movies shown pretty much every friday/saturday night in the mid 90s. Though you are missing some Troma films :D
jack man Oh yeah, late night anime and obscure hong kong and horror movies, but like you said when it turned to bloody Danny Dyer and police car chase videos, it all collapsed.
***** oh yea the medallion funny you mention that as the script was written by the hong kong movie expert bay logon oli mentioned in the video despite not being chans best i thought it was better than other made in in the US films he did like around the world in 80 days and battle creek brawl the the tuxedo and the rush hour sequels but yea chan in hollywood is always never as good as his hong kong stuff
I did enjoy that “Crime Story” film that gets a brief mention in this video. It showed to the nay-sayers that Jackie really could act, so much so that he justly won a Golden Horse Award (essentially the Taiwan equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Actor. He acquitted himself to the role very well even though his character only probably smiled once in the entire film, which is obviously very different to his usual fare at the time.
I think your summary at the end described it perfectly. This is one of those movies I avoided before because it was never on those lists of "must see" jackie chan movies. Seeing it the first time I laughed my ass off and I think the fight with Richard Norton is honestly one of his better end sequences in the 1990's(behind Drunken Master II, Operation Condor, and Who Am I of course). It's just so absurd and that you can't help but laugh.
I watched this film as a kid and loved it even though I never knew there was a manga or anime. It's hilarious and has enough action to keep me entertained. I love the goofiness!
I just saw this on Pluto TV's "Flicks Of Fury" channel, yesterday and I absolutely love it! I described it to my Dad as Jackie Chan meets The Three Stooges, meets Westside Story, meets Jackie Chan again.
My favorite scene was Jackie Chan dressing up as Chun Li and I love this movie for it's comedic moments so that's why when the South Korean tv series came out I wasn't very excited to watch it,but my girlfriend was a big Kpop fan and she got me in to watching it and to my surprise it was very good so I highly recommend it.Thanks the for the great review Oliver : )
Bey Logan also provided commentary tracks to the short-lived American boutique label Dragon Dynasty which released many special editions of Hong Kong action/ martial arts movies to American audiences. Always enjoy hearing him talk, since I learned quite a few things about the movie business was in Hong Kong during its time as a British colony.
Great review, Oliver, and I agree with you wholeheartedly about Bey Logan. His commentaries are always worth the time and he even manages to make some of the more uninteresting HKL titles interesting, when you hear the stories from behind the scenes. Keep up the good work.
Oliver, I know what's up regarding the HK laser discs part 1 & 2. In the early 90's, laser disc rentals in Hong Kong became very popular. In order to squeeze more money out of us, most movies came out in 2 discs. Roughly 30 minutes on each side. The Part 1 disc would be 2/3's or the movie, and Part 2 usually only used one side of the disc. It was a cheap trick to earn more money. As with all rentals, usually one movie was one rental ticket. In these cases we needed to use 2 tickets to rent one movie. This was a cheap shameful practice in the early 90's for Hong Kong home media.
Stanlore Z haha Disc 1 would be in CLV and DIsc 2 in CAV? cheeky buggers! On the LaserDisc database some has listed part 1 at 99mins hence why I thought it was just alternative cover. But I think you're right I've never LDs being sold in two parts so it must be a rental scam lol www.lddb.com/laserdisc/46044/SEL0535H93/City-Hunter-(Sing-si-lip-yan):-Part-1-(1993)
At the outset of your review I was thinking about how I would love to see you review Naked Killer, which is one of my all-time favorite guilty pleasures. And then you actually make mention of the film later in your review, which delighted me.
Great review Oliver, this is definatley one of my favourite JC films, it's not perfect but its profoundly entertaining, the movie is almost a spoof of the city hunter franchise overall. And yes bey Logan's commentaries are always entertaining, and it was through this film that I became aware of the manga and anime, which has just had its 30th anniversary and there will be a new OVA coming soon, I just done a video about it on the details.
Great review, really cool choice of film. Endlessly fascinating. You could have mentioned the Jackie/Wong Jing fall out and the attack on Jackie that was the movie High Risk, but that may have taken you off track a bit.
Lantern Jaw Cheers man, yeah Bey Logan had mentioned it in his commentary but as you say it took the review off track but granted it would've added more to Jackie's frustration with the film and the director.
Oliver Harper Yeh, High Risk comes across as a poor man's City Hunter anyway. Kind of worth seeing if you wanted to know what caused the rift between Jackie and Jet Li, although it's Jackie Cheung's character that basically exists as a Jackie piss take.
+Dizzy Blu Im putting Jackie Chan films on hold for awhile. City Hunter didn't do as well with the views compared to my other retrospectives so i was a bit disheartened to continue with his films.
+Oliver Harper It's understandable since City Hunter is not very popular and kind of obscure. Don't let the views discourage you though since you have recieved alot of positive feedback. If you did a retrospective on Jackie Chan's more popular films though like Drunken Boxer you would get more views for sure.
This was Jackie at his wackiest. Imagine the conversations that took place when reading the script and pitching the idea of movie to Jackie and the studio.
Can i ask u where di u get the background score music from city hunter u play in tje background. I want also have this music. I have a lot music background from jackie movie but i dont have city hubter.
I bought the recently-released Blu-Ray release of _City Hunter_ last weekend, and it looks and sounds amazing! The joke about AIDS that was deliberately mistranslated for the Hong Kong Legends DVD release has been reinstated, and you can also watch it with the option of having the lyrics to the _Gala Gala Happy_ song translated.
Great review Olliver! I have to admit I've never watched this film although thanks to the internet I have seen most of the action/fight scenes. The Street Fighter 2 spoof is hilarious if yet bizarre. It's probably not one I would rush to see but I'll give it a watch if I ever come across it on tv as it seems like a fun yet silly movie.
you noticed Richard Nortons name on Mad Max fury Road too Ollie, NICE! Absolutely love that movie! I hope mad max leads to Richard getting more work, Thanks for the cool review! :)
I dunno, I don't have a problem with sex jokes. It's a part of life so why not have a laugh with it? If people want to be treat equally, then they should be prepared to have jokes made about them. Even if the jokes are good ones or poor ones, people take things way too hard.
Great way to start the day seeing this, remember renting it as a kid and loving it so much i actually bought the tape off the guy when it went ex rental (still have it to) interestingly the rental version completely removes the dance number so it was a shock when it showed up when I first watched the DVD copy.
Yeah, Wong Jing... He made lots of these kind of broad-slaptick schlock films. He was banging Chingmy Yau at the time, so that's why she appeared in all his movies back then. You need to check out Wong Jing's "High Risk" with Jet Li. It's two hours of character assassination of Jackie Chan, based on Wong and Jackie's feud while making City Hunter.
HKL was SO missed when they went down. I hoped they were doing well with the addition of Film Asia which had titles like Bang Rajan, Itchi the Killer (COUGH!!) etc. But it seemed there just wasn't enough demand for it. I managed to get a half of 70% of their releases before they went bust but was extremely lost without them for quality conversions. I like this review. You make some valid points & your editing is of workaholic showmanship as usual! What's your favourite JC film may I ask? Mine is Druken Master without a doubt. Not the second one which is like the Mario is Missing of fighting films, but the original. "I thought you were meant to be a teacher? You'd break a GORILA in half"! Ha Ha! Such a classic!
if you seen it. the protector(1985) would be fascinating considering all the set drama and different versions of that movie. And it has jackie cussing. I also have a soft spot for battle creek brawl. The fights are really slow but if the movie was done a lil better(like giving chan more control with the action) it could have been a good early display of Chans ability. But that did not happen. And I love operation condor. When there is a big budget Hong Kong film. It's all on the screen.
Come 2018, there's a French adaptation of City Hunter-a cocktail of the manga, the original anime, and the French version (rechristened as Nicky Larson)
Like Under Seige but good. Yeah I love this one. It's so crazy and over-the-top but so entertaining. I can understand Jackie's disappointment in it but I think it holds up a lot better than many let on. The action alone makes it worth checking out and I never minded the use of gunplay or even Jackie killing people. It's kind of like a Jackie Chan film, crossed with the violence of a John Woo film and the over-the-top humour of an anime. And it's awesome.
Fantastic as always, I have this movie on a $5.00 "Jackie Chan 8-Pack", which also includes "Crime Story" and the first 2 "Police Story" movies. I haven't watched it yet, but I'm gonna sometime, this movie looks like a blast. I've first heard of this movie through, of course, the "Street Fighter 2" spoof, it was awesome.
The US needs more Jackie Chan movies on Bluray. I’m hoping Criterion does a full-blown set of his best movies, considering they put Police Story 1 and 2 on a set, but the original uncut HK releases are few and far between.
God, I forgot all about that one henchman that looked like Bill Bailey. I had the UK VHS release, with the Wong Jing interview and extra outtakes, and I don't recall it having the dance number. Good research into Jing. He's made some right shoddy stuff. Have you seen Naked Weapon, with Maggie Q?
LiamTheGreat That video version did not have that dance number; it had been cut out beforehand (not by the BBFC, so presumably the version the UK distributor got had it cut out on receipt - according to some other Bey Logan commentaries sometimes Hong Kong films did have bits removed in preparation for international releases before being sent to the countries in question, presumably because of the likelihood of those scenes either not going down too well or because they did not think that people in those countries would be able to understand the scene. I recall Bey saying that in some earlier international prints of “Project A” the Mah Jongg scene was completely cut before being sent to the West because Hong Kong did not think that people in that part of the world would be familiar enough with the game).
LiamTheGreat haha Bill Bailey! Yeah it does look like him, the best scene with him is a the pool and he is standing there with Gary Daniels looking totally confused.
Interesting pick for a retrospective, Oliver. The film certainly looks bonkers I eagerly await the day you look back on Aliens and maybe even Drop Dead Fred
I don't think I ever realized Rocky was supposed to be Kaori's cousin until I re-watched this in English. Now I'm uncomfortable watching the scenes where he's trying to sleep with her.
I never understood why they would dub over jakie chans dialogue but they would use his music with out messing with it. They did that to him a few times.
City Hunter '' the anime '' is really cool, funny and full of action, one of the best animes ever,,,, that's why they made movies out of it ^__- enjoy it
Not a fan of this movie. I love Jackie Chan but I love the City Hunter franchise even more. This film was nothing like the source material and left out some great supporting characters like Umibozo
trustobey1016 This was standard in Asia, especially if they were marrying a rich man. They were expected to give up their careers and start making babies. I remember Michelle Yeoh retired when she married and after she divorced the dude she subsequently un-retired. I think things are starting to change though.
trustobey1016 social climbing is a big part of it all until they don’t have to care about finances anymore. They aren’t into acting for the passion of the art (or else they would keep at it after marriage.)
Cary On Under Siege is how my brother always described it. The sexism and homophobia is dumb as hell, but I have a soft spot for this film. It's the one Hong Kong film that works better with the origin English dubb, because it heightens the stupidity of the film and somehow it makes more sense
Jack Park It is very amusing in places. When I first saw that Street Fighter II scene I just howled with laughter so much that I was crying! It was just brilliant!
I think this movie is better tan The Legend of the drunken Master and I dont undestand why The Legend of the Drunken Master is so loved, but the original Drunken Master beats up both movies.
Juan Luis Vargas Pareja I don't know if I'd call Legend of Drunken Master loved. Drunken Master II is loved, but Legend of Drunken Master is an terrible version of it.
Really, you had an issue the way the women were portrayed in the film? You do know women can be portrayed as sexy and still be strong characters, correct? I don't get the need to desexualize women in order to make them strong characters. In fact all the women in the movie are shown to be strong as the men, at least in their martial arts skill and their ability to use firearms. The subbing about gay people I will give to you. I've only seen this movie dubbed though.
i have city hunter in a jackie chan collection that comes with rumble in the bronx, mr nice guy, first strike and others but city hunter sucked all the others are good but city hunter i hated terrible i found it goofy
I love 90s/80s Jackie chan but city hunter sucked. It has nothing to do with the comic outside the characters names and was way, way too silly. Chan balancing reality with comedy made the stunts more impressive and fun as well. This was just...Chans Ace ventura? The redeeming quality was the awesome street fighter scene (closest to a good live action film adaptation) though
Asian women stop acting after they get married because they have more morals and values to not be put in the compromising positions that the occupation of actress puts them in. Duh. Not everywhere is as decadent and hedonistic as hellish America.
Stupid father hand over lai brothers. JC is better in Ed Honda down to t. No probes late and 15 30 45 75 and next ... Project. a.c. Still working business card
Oliver, it is quite obvious you swing for the fences every time you produce and release one of these retrospectives. I hope you make the breakthrough creatively and financially which you so richly deserve. Blessings to you.
I remember watching this movie as a child at my (late) grandmother's house during a fiesta with many other people. To laugh with the crowd is one of the best damn feelings ever. Those were good times.
I've rarely laughed so much in my life as I did the first time I saw this movie as a child.
I read that Jackie was going to film more in Japan but because of his popularity, the locations were rushed by fans and created real problems shooting on location.
One of my favourite Jackie Chan movies. I love it!!
Absolutely loved watching this on a bootleg VHS i got in the mall as an 11 year old in the 90s. I loved everything Jackie Chan because I just saw Mr Nice Guy in theaters and I was blown away by how weird this one was. Revisiting it for the first time in many years this evening and will be bringing it to my parents house, they're gonna be like WTF 😆
that street fighter scene.... I never stop laughing at that. thanks for doing this Oliver!
Yet another great video, Oliver. While I can't say you've really made me want to seek out this film I very much enjoyed the review. You've really gotten very, very good at long-form reviews. I used to prefer your short reviews but over the past few months these longer, in-depth videos have just been fantastic.
This is a movie that I didn't know what to make of at all when I first saw it. Then I watched it again. And again. And again. And I STILL don't know quite what to make of it but I love it anyway. It's one of those rare films that could only have been made at that time, in that place by those film makers. No way they could make this movie today (they would have to pay the rights to use the Street Fighter license for starters.)I think it is special. Great video as always.
Most excellent review Sir! Another good ol' staple on Bravo in the mid '90s.
It's quite funny how many movies you've covered that were Bravo/Sci-fi channel movies shown pretty much every friday/saturday night in the mid 90s. Though you are missing some Troma films :D
***** lol bravo ust to be awesome in the 90s before it became the Danny Dire channel
*****
Did you see that one with Lee Evans? eugh.
jack man
Oh yeah, late night anime and obscure hong kong and horror movies, but like you said when it turned to bloody Danny Dyer and police car chase videos, it all collapsed.
***** oh yea the medallion funny you mention that as the script was written by the hong kong movie expert bay logon oli mentioned in the video despite not being chans best i thought it was better than other made in in the US films he did like around the world in 80 days and battle creek brawl the the tuxedo and the rush hour sequels but yea chan in hollywood is always never as good as his hong kong stuff
jack man
That's the one, Its on syfy all the bloody time.
Update: Just watched it, and one word, "Awesome"!!! It was pure fun from beginning to end.
Mr. Oliver. Have you ever considered a retrospective/review on John Woos early work The Killer and Hardboiled?
+TheYorkMan Yes! I haven't seen earlier than The Killer and I'm curious to see more old school Woo
I did enjoy that “Crime Story” film that gets a brief mention in this video. It showed to the nay-sayers that Jackie really could act, so much so that he justly won a Golden Horse Award (essentially the Taiwan equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Actor. He acquitted himself to the role very well even though his character only probably smiled once in the entire film, which is obviously very different to his usual fare at the time.
I think your summary at the end described it perfectly. This is one of those movies I avoided before because it was never on those lists of "must see" jackie chan movies. Seeing it the first time I laughed my ass off and I think the fight with Richard Norton is honestly one of his better end sequences in the 1990's(behind Drunken Master II, Operation Condor, and Who Am I of course). It's just so absurd and that you can't help but laugh.
I watched this film as a kid and loved it even though I never knew there was a manga or anime. It's hilarious and has enough action to keep me entertained. I love the goofiness!
I just saw this on Pluto TV's "Flicks Of Fury" channel, yesterday and I absolutely love it! I described it to my Dad as Jackie Chan meets The Three Stooges, meets Westside Story, meets Jackie Chan again.
I can confirm that the anime was, and still is, very popular in France, thanks to a very silly dubbing (under the title "Nicky Larson").
Gotta admit somehow I really like FR dub version despite not being able to understand a single word.
The French dub is particularly hilarious 🤣😂
My favorite scene was Jackie Chan dressing up as Chun Li and I love this movie for it's comedic moments so that's why when the South Korean tv series came out I wasn't very excited to watch it,but my girlfriend was a big Kpop fan and she got me in to watching it and to my surprise it was very good so I highly recommend it.Thanks the for the great review Oliver : )
Nice to see Bey Logan get a mention. His commentary tracks were always a highlight of the Hong Kong Legends dvds.
Bey Logan also provided commentary tracks to the short-lived American boutique label Dragon Dynasty which released many special editions of Hong Kong action/ martial arts movies to American audiences. Always enjoy hearing him talk, since I learned quite a few things about the movie business was in Hong Kong during its time as a British colony.
7:48. wait is that RoboCop's Gun? how the hell did they get that?
Yup. It's noted in the IMDB page.
"I'm one of them!" Dramatic music.
The way he says that line.
Great review, Oliver, and I agree with you wholeheartedly about Bey Logan. His commentaries are always worth the time and he even manages to make some of the more uninteresting HKL titles interesting, when you hear the stories from behind the scenes. Keep up the good work.
Oliver, I know what's up regarding the HK laser discs part 1 & 2. In the early 90's, laser disc rentals in Hong Kong became very popular. In order to squeeze more money out of us, most movies came out in 2 discs. Roughly 30 minutes on each side. The Part 1 disc would be 2/3's or the movie, and Part 2 usually only used one side of the disc.
It was a cheap trick to earn more money. As with all rentals, usually one movie was one rental ticket. In these cases we needed to use 2 tickets to rent one movie. This was a cheap shameful practice in the early 90's for Hong Kong home media.
Stanlore Z Yeah, I remember they did this with VHS too. Split one movie in half so that they could charge twice the price. So dumb.
Stanlore Z Yeah, I remember they did this with VHS too. Split one movie in half so that they could charge twice the price. So dumb.
Stanlore Z haha Disc 1 would be in CLV and DIsc 2 in CAV? cheeky buggers! On the LaserDisc database some has listed part 1 at 99mins hence why I thought it was just alternative cover. But I think you're right I've never LDs being sold in two parts so it must be a rental scam lol www.lddb.com/laserdisc/46044/SEL0535H93/City-Hunter-(Sing-si-lip-yan):-Part-1-(1993)
Stanlore Z Glad you pointed that out! such memories. the thought of owning a alternate cover is pretty cool though.
I hope you get to review more Jackie Chan movies :)
indeed
At the outset of your review I was thinking about how I would love to see you review Naked Killer, which is one of my all-time favorite guilty pleasures. And then you actually make mention of the film later in your review, which delighted me.
Great review Oliver, this is definatley one of my favourite JC films, it's not perfect but its profoundly entertaining, the movie is almost a spoof of the city hunter franchise overall.
And yes bey Logan's commentaries are always entertaining, and it was through this film that I became aware of the manga and anime, which has just had its 30th anniversary and there will be a new OVA coming soon, I just done a video about it on the details.
Great review, really cool choice of film. Endlessly fascinating. You could have mentioned the Jackie/Wong Jing fall out and the attack on Jackie that was the movie High Risk, but that may have taken you off track a bit.
Lantern Jaw Cheers man, yeah Bey Logan had mentioned it in his commentary but as you say it took the review off track but granted it would've added more to Jackie's frustration with the film and the director.
Oliver Harper Yeh, High Risk comes across as a poor man's City Hunter anyway. Kind of worth seeing if you wanted to know what caused the rift between Jackie and Jet Li, although it's Jackie Cheung's character that basically exists as a Jackie piss take.
Review Police Story, that movie is a fucking masterpeice.
+Dizzy Blu Im putting Jackie Chan films on hold for awhile. City Hunter didn't do as well with the views compared to my other retrospectives so i was a bit disheartened to continue with his films.
+Oliver Harper yh but dude probs cause city hunter isnt tht good or popular a movie
+Oliver Harper It's understandable since City Hunter is not very popular and kind of obscure. Don't let the views discourage you though since you have recieved alot of positive feedback. If you did a retrospective on Jackie Chan's more popular films though like Drunken Boxer you would get more views for sure.
+Oliver Harper I would be absolutely thrilled if you reviewed Drunken Master, Armour of God or Police Story.
+Dizzy Blu Pretty cheap looking & sounding for a "masterpeice".
The stunts are impressive but the rest is corny and dated, like most Chan films.
This was Jackie at his wackiest. Imagine the conversations that took place when reading the script and pitching the idea of movie to Jackie and the studio.
The Hong Laserdisc came in 2 parts, films usually play over 3 sides on some of the HK releases. Crafty move on their part!
Can i ask u where di u get the background score music from city hunter u play in tje background. I want also have this music. I have a lot music background from jackie movie but i dont have city hubter.
I bought the recently-released Blu-Ray release of _City Hunter_ last weekend, and it looks and sounds amazing! The joke about AIDS that was deliberately mistranslated for the Hong Kong Legends DVD release has been reinstated, and you can also watch it with the option of having the lyrics to the _Gala Gala Happy_ song translated.
By far my favourite Jackie film ever ...brilliant film 👏🏼
Great review Olliver! I have to admit I've never watched this film although thanks to the internet I have seen most of the action/fight scenes. The Street Fighter 2 spoof is hilarious if yet bizarre. It's probably not one I would rush to see but I'll give it a watch if I ever come across it on tv as it seems like a fun yet silly movie.
It's a good thing that Jackie was still only 60 when he shot this film. Nowadays he's 80 and just can't keep up.
lol he was 40 around the time of this film. He is now 64 years old.
you noticed Richard Nortons name on Mad Max fury Road too Ollie, NICE!
Absolutely love that movie! I hope mad max leads to Richard getting more work, Thanks for the cool review! :)
I dunno, I don't have a problem with sex jokes. It's a part of life so why not have a laugh with it? If people want to be treat equally, then they should be prepared to have jokes made about them. Even if the jokes are good ones or poor ones, people take things way too hard.
Probably one of the funnest movies I’ve ever seen.
10:40 - I NEVER reach for the remote. This is a HIGHLIGHT bro!
Great way to start the day seeing this, remember renting it as a kid and loving it so much i actually bought the tape off the guy when it went ex rental (still have it to) interestingly the rental version completely removes the dance number so it was a shock when it showed up when I first watched the DVD copy.
Why have I not subscribed sooner. Love watching these over meals.
Have you seen the 36 Chambers of Shaolin?
"Police Story 3 Super Cop" is my favourite. Amazing entertainment!!
One of my fave films of his! ~
Well if you are dipping into Hong Kong cinema, Mr. Harper, that's a rabbit hole. So maybe we can see Police Story or The Killer in the years ahead?
Yeah, Wong Jing... He made lots of these kind of broad-slaptick schlock films. He was banging Chingmy Yau at the time, so that's why she appeared in all his movies back then.
You need to check out Wong Jing's "High Risk" with Jet Li. It's two hours of character assassination of Jackie Chan, based on Wong and Jackie's feud while making City Hunter.
HKL was SO missed when they went down. I hoped they were doing well with the addition of Film Asia which had titles like Bang Rajan, Itchi the Killer (COUGH!!) etc. But it seemed there just wasn't enough demand for it. I managed to get a half of 70% of their releases before they went bust but was extremely lost without them for quality conversions.
I like this review. You make some valid points & your editing is of workaholic showmanship as usual! What's your favourite JC film may I ask?
Mine is Druken Master without a doubt. Not the second one which is like the Mario is Missing of fighting films, but the original. "I thought you were meant to be a teacher? You'd break a GORILA in half"! Ha Ha! Such a classic!
Holy shit dude! Didn't expect to see this!!! Nice
I love this movie I use to watch is as a kid when it aired on TV
if you seen it. the protector(1985) would be fascinating considering all the set drama and different versions of that movie. And it has jackie cussing. I also have a soft spot for battle creek brawl. The fights are really slow but if the movie was done a lil better(like giving chan more control with the action) it could have been a good early display of Chans ability. But that did not happen. And I love operation condor. When there is a big budget Hong Kong film. It's all on the screen.
Great review man!
Come 2018, there's a French adaptation of City Hunter-a cocktail of the manga, the original anime, and the French version (rechristened as Nicky Larson)
The Hong Kong version you mention is the VCD, is the Full movie cut in two CDs. I know this because i have the Pokemon 2000 movie on VCD from HK.
Like Under Seige but good. Yeah I love this one. It's so crazy and over-the-top but so entertaining. I can understand Jackie's disappointment in it but I think it holds up a lot better than many let on. The action alone makes it worth checking out and I never minded the use of gunplay or even Jackie killing people. It's kind of like a Jackie Chan film, crossed with the violence of a John Woo film and the over-the-top humour of an anime. And it's awesome.
Fantastic as always, I have this movie on a $5.00 "Jackie Chan 8-Pack", which also includes "Crime Story" and the first 2 "Police Story" movies. I haven't watched it yet, but I'm gonna sometime, this movie looks like a blast. I've first heard of this movie through, of course, the "Street Fighter 2" spoof, it was awesome.
The US needs more Jackie Chan movies on Bluray. I’m hoping Criterion does a full-blown set of his best movies, considering they put Police Story 1 and 2 on a set, but the original uncut HK releases are few and far between.
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God, I forgot all about that one henchman that looked like Bill Bailey. I had the UK VHS release, with the Wong Jing interview and extra outtakes, and I don't recall it having the dance number. Good research into Jing. He's made some right shoddy stuff. Have you seen Naked Weapon, with Maggie Q?
LiamTheGreat That video version did not have that dance number; it had been cut out beforehand (not by the BBFC, so presumably the version the UK distributor got had it cut out on receipt - according to some other Bey Logan commentaries sometimes Hong Kong films did have bits removed in preparation for international releases before being sent to the countries in question, presumably because of the likelihood of those scenes either not going down too well or because they did not think that people in those countries would be able to understand the scene. I recall Bey saying that in some earlier international prints of “Project A” the Mah Jongg scene was completely cut before being sent to the West because Hong Kong did not think that people in that part of the world would be familiar enough with the game).
LiamTheGreat haha Bill Bailey! Yeah it does look like him, the best scene with him is a the pool and he is standing there with Gary Daniels looking totally confused.
@Oliver Harper song in background ?
Holy fuck i can't believe they made a live action of it
Interesting pick for a retrospective, Oliver. The film certainly looks bonkers
I eagerly await the day you look back on Aliens and maybe even Drop Dead Fred
I don't think I ever realized Rocky was supposed to be Kaori's cousin until I re-watched this in English. Now I'm uncomfortable watching the scenes where he's trying to sleep with her.
And the movie SO true to the City hunter anime :) ALways hungry , never able to get anything to eat :)
I gotta find Future Cops now.
I never understood why they would dub over jakie chans dialogue but they would use his music with out messing with it. They did that to him a few times.
I doubt all those actresses retired on their own.
City Hunter '' the anime '' is really cool, funny and full of action, one of the best animes ever,,,,
that's why they made movies out of it ^__-
enjoy it
Wonderful movie
Future Cops! wow...completely forgot about that!
You should hear the german dub version . Its like adult talking forced as 6 year old kids. Its hilarously funny tho.
This movie has cult status .
i love this movie
Not a fan of this movie. I love Jackie Chan but I love the City Hunter franchise even more. This film was nothing like the source material and left out some great supporting characters like Umibozo
great movie
People say this is a Jackie Chan film, but in reality, I think this movie is not a Jackie Chan Film. It is a film of those 3 girl characters.
I like Jackie's first strike and rumble in Bronx but this film isn't what I expect...and street fighter needs remake lol
great stuff! thanks for doing City hunter Oliver . I'd like to hear your thoughts on Kung Fury ua-cam.com/video/bS5P_LAqiVg/v-deo.html
Marriage=retirement lol
trustobey1016 This was standard in Asia, especially if they were marrying a rich man. They were expected to give up their careers and start making babies. I remember Michelle Yeoh retired when she married and after she divorced the dude she subsequently un-retired. I think things are starting to change though.
Shin Seiki Evan Interesting I never knew that's how things worked out there.
trustobey1016 ya man Asia women are trained , man comes first over there I know I'm half Asian
trustobey1016 social climbing is a big part of it all until they don’t have to care about finances anymore. They aren’t into acting for the passion of the art (or else they would keep at it after marriage.)
Have you seen the short film Kung Fury?
It would appear that this movie got Street Fighter right better than Street Fighter the movie did.
watched this in German and still was verry funny
Cary On Under Siege is how my brother always described it.
The sexism and homophobia is dumb as hell, but I have a soft spot for this film. It's the one Hong Kong film that works better with the origin English dubb, because it heightens the stupidity of the film and somehow it makes more sense
I want mine in a bun
Die Hard on a boat = Under Siege
For a film made by an apparent sexist Chinese Roger Corman, this doesn't look that bad. That street fighter seen is so bizarre.
Jack Park It is very amusing in places. When I first saw that Street Fighter II scene I just howled with laughter so much that I was crying! It was just brilliant!
Could you retrospect, "Tom and Jerry: the Movie?"
okay video and movie tho. 2 stars. #37.
His name is Ryo, Saeba Ryo...not Ryu like from Street Fighter.
So... like Ryo from Art of Fighting & The King of Fighters?
Never liked Wong jing as a director i thought he was sleezy only film i liked was god of Gamblers with chow yun Fat
I think this movie is better tan The Legend of the drunken Master and I dont undestand why The Legend of the Drunken Master is so loved, but the original Drunken Master beats up both movies.
Juan Luis Vargas Pareja I don't know if I'd call Legend of Drunken Master loved. Drunken Master II is loved, but Legend of Drunken Master is an terrible version of it.
Really, you had an issue the way the women were portrayed in the film? You do know women can be portrayed as sexy and still be strong characters, correct? I don't get the need to desexualize women in order to make them strong characters. In fact all the women in the movie are shown to be strong as the men, at least in their martial arts skill and their ability to use firearms. The subbing about gay people I will give to you. I've only seen this movie dubbed though.
do you watch movies in their original language or the dubbed version? I can't stand the dubbed versions
Not one of Jackie better films. But it was fun.
Jackie chan is chinese not Japanese city hunter is Japanese anime and and
manga.
i have city hunter in a jackie chan collection that comes with rumble in the bronx, mr nice guy, first strike and others but city hunter sucked all the others are good but city hunter i hated terrible i found it goofy
I love 90s/80s Jackie chan but city hunter sucked. It has nothing to do with the comic outside the characters names and was way, way too silly. Chan balancing reality with comedy made the stunts more impressive and fun as well. This was just...Chans Ace ventura?
The redeeming quality was the awesome street fighter scene (closest to a good live action film adaptation) though
I miss when chinese made good movies
"Offensive content" oh boohoo. The world is a better place without political correctness. Stop crying about it.
@Steven Lornie
Shut up.
it does have really bad english dub , just as bad as the anime dub
Asian women stop acting after they get married because they have more morals and values to not be put in the compromising positions that the occupation of actress puts them in. Duh. Not everywhere is as decadent and hedonistic as hellish America.
Stupid father hand over lai brothers. JC is better in Ed Honda down to t. No probes late and 15 30 45 75 and next ...
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