Average Rating: 3.1/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 4
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Release Date: Jan 16, 1993 Wide
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This 1992 film is a live-action version of a popular Japanese comic book and animated series, transformed into a vehicle for international action hero Jackie Chan. Ryu Saeba (Chan), a womanizing private detective, is hired to find the runaway daughter of a wealthy businessman. Ryu's pursuit of the girl leads him to a cruise ship. Through coincidence, and a plot device borrowed from Die Hard, the ocean liner is hijacked, leaving Ryu to contend with the hostage takers as well as the elusive
Jan 16, 1993 Wide
Jul 11, 2000
Tai Seng
All Critics (9) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (5) | DVD (15)
Garbage--fetid and painful.
The fact that Jackie Chan never made a City Hunter II or reprised the Ryu Saeba character should tell you something.
...if you like the strip and the anime, you'll probably like the movie as well. Everyone else, beware.
Bad Jackie Chan movie. It's not his style of fighting. He tries to do an anime adaptation but there's nothing for him to do.
Very entertaining and lots of funny as the plot is similar to Under Siege. Jackie Chan was perfectly cast as Ryu Saeda, the lecherous and lethal adpated on the Manga / Anime in this live-action film. Despite all this City Hunter still manages to be crammed with action scenes, except of course in this film rather than
September 6, 2006
Super Reviewer
Cheesy camp, no surprise coming from Jing Wong, Hong Kong's indisputable king of hackness. That said, this is just a big sack of dumb but fun moments. You just can't say no to a movie with Jackie Chan dressed as Chun Li from Street Fighter.Jackie might consider this his worst film (well, maybe the Rush Hour films these
October 18, 2007
Super Reviewer
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