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Yiu sau dou si (The Wicked City) (1992)

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Release Date: Aug 21, 1992 Wide

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Peter Mak Tai-kit spins this exuberant, visually dense adaptation from the popular similarly named Japanese anime. The film is set in a world where shape-shifting alien creatures known as Raptors have infiltrated human society. To deal with this problem, Hong Kong has fashioned a secret government task force aptly known as the Anti-Raptor Bureau, recruiting young talent with telekinetic abilities such as Taki (Leon Lai Ming) and Ken (Jacky Cheung Hok-yau). The bureau's current interest is in

Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.

Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Tai Kit Mak

In Theaters: Aug 21, 1992 Wide

Cast

Jacky Cheung
Ken
Leon Lai
Taki
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yuen Tai Chung
Michelle Reis
Gaye

Critic Reviews for Yiu sau dou si (The Wicked City)

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Seek this one out. A Hong Kong style Men in Black, with monsters instead of aliens, and more sex. Very cool stuff.

July 16, 2003 Comment

Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

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This Hong Kong sci-fi movie faithfully re-creates some scenes from the similarly titled Japanese animated film and also draws inspiration from Alien Nation and Blade Runner. The special effects and make-ups look average.

February 20, 2007

Dean McKenna

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This is a WTF sort of movie where you will feel like you are high on drugs through a good majority of the movie.

November 3, 2007

Samantha Myers

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