1993 · action-comedy · manga · jackie-chan
City Hunter
Directed by Wong Jing1h 39m1993
A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
Our read: City Hunter (1993) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive action-comedy · manga · jackie-chan entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured action-comedy / manga, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- funny
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How City Hunter feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want cartoonish Jackie Chan chaos, stunts, and leering Hong Kong comedy.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if juvenile sex gags and manic slapstick will grate on you.
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