City Hunter was a movie that managed to surprise me in a positive way at almost every turn. The film is crazy like a good old fashion cartoon. It's based on a manga which only helped to introduce interesting characters. While watching it I simply laughed my head off.The movie combines the best aspects of Jackie's physical performance and comedy with some excellent cartoonish laughs. Also the homage fight to Bruce Lee's "Game of Death" was as up-lifting as it was surprising. The Street Fighter brawl was also a definite high point.While I sustain that "Who Am I?" is Jackie's definitive master-piece and his greatest serious film, City Hunter is a cartoony experience without comparison and for me is now Jackie's ultimate comedy-film.
... View MoreI saw this on late night TV with a couple of friends, and all three of us were screaming with laughter all the way through it, much to the dismay of the lady of the house. I'm not usually a huge fan of Jackie Chan, but this film was just so funny that it instantly became one of my favourite films ever, and probably my favourite comedy. The stunts were funny and impressed me, the cheesiness was brilliant, and there were a couple of totally classic scenes (particularly the Street Fighter scene). It's hard to explain what makes a film funny, there's something about a girl attacking a huge, built, martial arts guy with a ponytail, and getting punched in the stomach which has you moaning and laughing at the same time, like some Trey Parker/Matt Stone humour, though without ever really resorting to cheap laughs through it (except with the cheesiness, which really adds to it). Loved it, just loved it, a must see.
... View MoreOh my god!I bought 'City Hunter' accidentally in a three DVD pack, also containing the brilliant 'Story of Ricky-Oh'. 'City Hunter' is by far the dumbest movie I ever saw. The 'comedy' in it is so bad, it almost makes you cry. Hence, you don't give a flying f**k about the characters and I really didn't care if one of 'em died or not. The stupid jokes, the bad acting and the absence of a good story take the life out of all the action sequences. One funny scene however: Jackie Chan dressed up as one of the female 'Mortal Kombat' fighters, after he fell through an arcade game and is transformed in almost all of the characters, complete with rapid, repeated moves! Overall, this movie is a bore to sit through! Skip it if you can, bring a lot of popcorn if they make you watch it!
... View MoreI bought a 3 DVD box named "Manga in motion" which contained the movies "Story Of Ricky", "Dragon From Russia" and "City Hunter". I watched the two other movies and thought that they were OK, so I didn't expect very much from this movie, I thought it may as well be "OK". The movie starts with a very stupid scene and goes worse and much, much more worse all the time. The humor is very stupid (even for a hong kong movie), and so is the over-acting. I just had to fight to watch the first 30 minutes of the movie. Then, in the end comes the Street fighter scene. I can honestly say that I have never seen anything as stupid and retarded as that scene. That scene almost made me stop watching the movie, but I fought until the end. The movie is without a doubt Jackie Chan's worst movie, and don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Chan. But this kind of a movie is something that I think they shouldn't have done. 2/10 *** WORST JACKIE CHAN MOVIE EVER ***
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