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Good movie, bad video transfer...
I cannot give an objective review of the movie because of the quality of the VHS where I've seen Fallen Angels. It is sad to note that very seldom quality Chinese films are widely released for sale, and if so, a poor video transfer is expected. I wasn't able to appreciate the cinematography and direction of Fallen Angels because the video transfer was so poor and English subtitles were too small. There are some words which I cannot read because the white-colored subtitles blend on a white background in the movie.

I can understand a few of the dialogues but it is crucial that I get every word in this movie for the main reason that it is a Wong-Kar Wai film. I've seen most of WKW movies such as Ashes of Time, In the Mood For Love, Happy Together, Days of Being Wild, and this. And for me, this movie is the darkest one of all. Where in the world would you see a mute giving a dead pig a good massage? There were a lot of funny parts but unfortunately I wasn't able to fully appreciate the movie due to the fact that the VHS transfer was poor.

I've read the reviews on Ashes of Time, and most reviews commented about the poor video transfer on the DVD. Fallen Angels cost $$, who would like to buy a single DVD at this amount without even providing supplementary features. Add to that, we are not assured of a quality video transfer and a stereo or dolby digital surround sound. Because of this fact, I have to praise Criterion for doing a commendable DVD tranfer of In The Mood For Love, which for me is one of the best Chinese movies I've ever seen. Because of this movie, I've been looking for WKW movies, but unfortunately, none can be found in the Philippines, and if so, of poor quality.

I guess that's my only setback, otherwise, the movie is good, dark, comic and illogical. Perfect for WKW fans.

Film of the Month
Is Wong Kar-Wai the world's most exciting film-maker? Fallen Angels, his fifth feature and the follow-up to Chungking Express, constitutes strong evidence in his favor. With enough manic energy to fuel ten ordinary films, Wong has created a sublime, freewheeling, melancholy action-romance which switches and subverts genres in the blink of an eye. One second it's an all-guns-blazing John Woo homage, the nexts it's a goofball slapstick, the next it's a hymn to lost or hoped for love.

Plotwise the film is just as unsettled, with numerous plots and characters careening through the neon-blurred Hong Kong night. Singer Leon Lai is Killer, a gun-for-hire who has an unconsummatable crush on Agent, the partner he has never met (played by former Miss HK Michelle Reis). In the same orbit circulates ex-con Ho (Chungking's Takeshi Kanashiro), a mute who earns his living by breaking into places of business by night and forcing his services upon unwitting 'customers'. Wong sets these characters up and then cuts them loose, allowing them to be propelled through the film by the kineticism of their own thoughts, schemes and dreams.

Cinematographer Chris Doyle and editor/production designer William Chang help Wong create a film that looks, feels and moves like no other; quite literally reconfiguring cinematic time and space with spastic yet graceful narrative structure, rule-breaking, arrhythmic editing, forced perspectives and smeared action scenes. It's a dizzying, disorienting experience, shot almost entirely hand-held with a wide-angle lens and often in extreme close-up. Strip away the flash, however, and Wong's vision remains compelling; it's easy to relate to his dreamers, loners and misfits, wandering rainy streets and haunting dark bars looking for people with which they can connect and places where they can belong. Funny, stylish, sensual and ultimately very moving, Fallen Angels leaves you in no doubt that, yes, Wong Kar-Wai is the world's most exciting film-maker.

Compulsive, Obsessive, Redemptive.
"Fallen Angels" is really the third episode of Wong's earlier two-part film "Chungking Express". It harks back to the first noirish segment of that film, after the bouncy second episode stolen by pop star Faye Wong, but is even darker and more obscure. The characters all seem in extremis, on the edge of dissolution, junkies of one sort or another -- except possibly the hitman ('assasin'), cool, detached, in control. This darkness is expressed in the chaotic home movie ambience (of course, carefully contrived); some is even shot as literal, really bad, home-video-within-a-movie.

Though there does not seem to be a direct plot link between "Chungking" and "Fallen Angels" the same way there was between the two segments of "Chungking Express" (where Cop 223 turned down a suggestion of a date with Faye only hours before she fell in love with Cop 663, and Faye and 663 make brief background appearances in segment one), there are many connections. Some locations seem to be the same, and although the fast food joint Midnight Express so central to "Chunking Express" does not play the same role here, the restaurant and its proprietor do enter near the end. The mute ex-con (prisoner #223) of Fallen Angels and Cop #223 of CKE are both played by the same actor (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and both named He Qiwu [per subtitles; IMDB has He Zhiwu, closer to the soundtrack]. He Qiwu of Fallen Angels was made mute by a can of expired pineapple, while CKE's Cop #223 was obsessed with about-to-expire pineapple cans. At one point the Mute dances briefly in Midnight Express with the same moves used by Faye, as she danced her way through her work at the restaurant in CKE. Where Faye invaded Cop #663's apartment in Chungking Express to simply be in his space, and later to bring to it light and life, the Agent's obsession is darker as she invades the hitman's anonymous rooms to sweep up and carry away her partner's detritus to her own room (in the hotel the Mute's father manages), where she examines it for clues to his personal life and habits.

As these complexities might indicate, "Fallen Angels" repays repeated viewing -- in the sense that your understanding of the film will deepen, as will its emotional impact, not in the sense of a film student obsessing with technicalities. There is just too much in the film to completely take it in on first viewing, which is not to say that the first viewing won't be a sock in the gut, a magnificent swirling collage of images, sounds and quirky characters.

WKW often makes music an integral part of his films, and the choice here is superb -- poignant and evocative, multilingual and multicontinental, each thematic piece fitting exactly mood and character -- and is perhaps what sticks most lingeringly in the mind. (I only wish it were credited, or there were a soundtrack album!)

The first time I saw "Fallen Angels" I thought it ended on a melancholy, even depressing, note. It seemed as if the characters were not about to make any transition, not even to escape, as they do in the each episode of "Chungking Express". If there is redemption here, it is in very small ways, and maybe that is what Wong is saying -- we can only hope for momentary hope, not a better tomorrow but a brief respite before tomorrow. Life goes on, maybe, a little longer, and we must find what solace we can, while we can, in someone to hold for a night or just a motorcycle ride. Several viewings later, though, the film becomes transformative, and if not optimistic, redemptive and even joyful Yes, it seems to say, that *is* all there is ... but that ain't bad.

(A note re those who had problems with the transfer or subtitles: I've been bitten by horrible transfers of other Asian films, but I viewed a recent copy of the US DVD release, and it seems just fine. An older VHS was not so good but acceptable. I don't recall any problems with the subtitles, and bad ones frequently drive me to frothing rage.)

not crazy about it
Wasn't feeling the chemistry between them.

...nothing more important than feelings...
i have to admit that my concept/experience/knowledge about movies is so so little that i wouldn't dare to write a review on films like Fallen Angels. however, what's important is my feeling towards this film. whether one sees this contention as subjective or not (or even objective) is what i don't care at all.

as always, Wong Kar-Wai's film is a kind of "love it" or "hate it" type of movie. and because of the commercial implications by using Hong Kong best actors/actress and pop idols in all his movies, 'art' film critics might cynically condemn his non-independent filmmaking spirit while the mainstream would see Wong's film as 'crap' due to his use of motion, colour, plots, narratives, etc.

but for me, it is the naturalness of his characters' interaction/exchange that i really love. though, Fallen Angels is more constructed/composed in terms of continuity and narration compared to Chungking Express, Fallen Angels' visual imagery is absolutely fabulous if one is really into some kind of abstract painting by Mark Rothko or Jason Pollock; or, in terms of music, if one is into drones and abstract atmospheric music, one will find Fallen Angels lovely forever. well, what's central to Wong's films is the investigation of human relationship.

if anyone could feel or sense the isolation of living in a cosmopolitan society (i mean isolation is not a new concept), let me elaborate a bit. if one has a habit or like to talks to oneself in an imaginary public sector, then one will find Fallen Angels so heartbreaking due to its prominent use of voice-over. its use of voice-over view point reveal and investigate the human psyche and isolation which will deeply resonate any individuals' feeling of hope and lost if being an individual means isolation.

whether Wong's film is a critique of a post-colonial space is out of my interest, what's vital to me is that Fallen Angels gives me a sense of joy, resonance, isolation, sadness, happiness, reflection, narcissism and cosmopolitan myth all at the same time. because of this, what's great about Fallen Angels, unlike other 'art' films or 'good' commercial movies, is that it invokes/stimulates our personal meditation on life, particularly our everyday life. and this meditation is done through a manner in which we are just like walking on the street and 'accidentally' find ourselves mucking around with and sharing our private stories with the not so 'strange' strangers... ... Read more

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goofy and entertaining
While this can't hold a candle to the anime on which it is based (in fact I recommend you see the anime first, since it makes the plot a lot easier to follow), it's still an exciting, fun, undeniably entertaining sci-fi/action/monster movie with cheap but generally effective special effects. Thank god for Asian cinema - an American director wouldn't have taken the storyline seriously, even if there was one with the balls to attempt it.

Wicked City
The comic book action is what makes the backbone of this movie that is based on the manga. The plot involves a woman from another dimension and a human policeman from earth who are trying to keep the peace between their races by preventing an assasination and staying alive in the process. There are subplots involving policeman's partner being part human and part preturnatual beastie keeping his evil wild side in check while helping him and the woman out; the love story between the policeman and the woman; and all of the characters questioning where their loyalties lie. I highly recommend this movie to anime and manga fans.

The quality of DVD is not good
1.It's a cut version. Carman Lee is not killed by Jacky Chen.
2.Picture and sound quality is very poor.
3.The audio tracks is only Cantonese without Mandarin.

Don't even waste your time
This is by far the worst transition of a decent story to film. It by no means holds true to the spirit of the anime. It only accomplishes mass amounts of "sucktitude" as it butchers everything that made the anime slick and enjoyable. Save your cash.

ODing ON DELIRIUM
Maximum velocity adrenaline fuels the 1994 Hong Kong live-action rehab of the anime watershed. It's got enough juice to jack up half a dozen movies. And it's so frantic and rampant, you'd have to stop midway to catch your breath. Set in a Hong Kong strangleheld by an economic cartel of alien shapeshifters, it follows two alienbusters, played by Jackie Cheung and Leon Lai, as they get to the bottom of a bodycount of junky wormfood. The gunhappy set pieces will , of course, unhinge your jaws. And this is packed with more ideas than Roland Emmerich and Jan De Bont's combined past/present/future ouevre. But director Mak Kit Tai doesn't have a clue what to do with them. Much like Emmerich and De Bont, really. So. When in doubt,overcompensate. Mak then revs everything up to a hyperbolic bluster where one alien hatchetman becomes a killer clock and another disguises itself as punch and still another morphs into a horny pinball machine, a carnivorous elevator and a Giger-like motorcycle-woman. Amazing on paper but it all plays a losing round of catch-up with the hit-and-miss (but mostly miss) special effects. When it gets to the climactic , and laughable, airborne duel between two aliens mounting hijacked 747s, exhilaration becomes exasperation and you're never sure if you're gasping in awe or just starting to gag. Camp delirium cranked up to 11, without a doubt. But I'd stick with the anime. ... Read more

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goofy and entertaining
While this can't hold a candle to the anime on which it is based (in fact I recommend you see the anime first, since it makes the plot a lot easier to follow), it's still an exciting, fun, undeniably entertaining sci-fi/action/monster movie with cheap but generally effective special effects. Thank god for Asian cinema - an American director wouldn't have taken the storyline seriously, even if there was one with the balls to attempt it.

Wicked City
The comic book action is what makes the backbone of this movie that is based on the manga. The plot involves a woman from another dimension and a human policeman from earth who are trying to keep the peace between their races by preventing an assasination and staying alive in the process. There are subplots involving policeman's partner being part human and part preturnatual beastie keeping his evil wild side in check while helping him and the woman out; the love story between the policeman and the woman; and all of the characters questioning where their loyalties lie. I highly recommend this movie to anime and manga fans.

The quality of DVD is not good
1.It's a cut version. Carman Lee is not killed by Jacky Chen.
2.Picture and sound quality is very poor.
3.The audio tracks is only Cantonese without Mandarin.

Don't even waste your time
This is by far the worst transition of a decent story to film. It by no means holds true to the spirit of the anime. It only accomplishes mass amounts of "sucktitude" as it butchers everything that made the anime slick and enjoyable. Save your cash.

ODing ON DELIRIUM
Maximum velocity adrenaline fuels the 1994 Hong Kong live-action rehab of the anime watershed. It's got enough juice to jack up half a dozen movies. And it's so frantic and rampant, you'd have to stop midway to catch your breath. Set in a Hong Kong strangleheld by an economic cartel of alien shapeshifters, it follows two alienbusters, played by Jackie Cheung and Leon Lai, as they get to the bottom of a bodycount of junky wormfood. The gunhappy set pieces will , of course, unhinge your jaws. And this is packed with more ideas than Roland Emmerich and Jan De Bont's combined past/present/future ouevre. But director Mak Kit Tai doesn't have a clue what to do with them. Much like Emmerich and De Bont, really. So. When in doubt,overcompensate. Mak then revs everything up to a hyperbolic bluster where one alien hatchetman becomes a killer clock and another disguises itself as punch and still another morphs into a horny pinball machine, a carnivorous elevator and a Giger-like motorcycle-woman. Amazing on paper but it all plays a losing round of catch-up with the hit-and-miss (but mostly miss) special effects. When it gets to the climactic , and laughable, airborne duel between two aliens mounting hijacked 747s, exhilaration becomes exasperation and you're never sure if you're gasping in awe or just starting to gag. Camp delirium cranked up to 11, without a doubt. But I'd stick with the anime. ... Read more

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Jackie Chan at his best
i've seen many anime in my childhood. city hunter is very popular in japan and i managed to watch a few episodes in korea. i always wandered what would it be like if an anime show was converted to a movie starring real people. to my luck, city hunter starred the legendary dragon (Jackie Chan). he's not japanese and a little old but that doesn't matter. this movie is full of anime style physical and verbal humor. i can't remember a moment i wasn't laughing. and also the action sequences are awesome. jackie chan is awesome on skateboard (wheels on meals). fight scenes are cool too using his trademark agility and stunning techniques (but no jumping off walls in this movie). jackie chan used a stunt double about 3 times but only for simple things (i don't know why). i can't describe how well the action and comedy are, you just have to see the moive, it's really that good. if you like anime and you like jackie chan, then this movie is perfect for you.

Too absurd even by the Chan standard
Even a bad Jackie Chan movie turns out to be better than most of the action/comedies available, but City Hunter is an exception.

The action is hard to follow, and the humor too childish. By example, while fighting at the game room, he turns into characthers of the "Street fighter" video game, turning even into Chun Li (with make up, dress and everything) and making some of the moves as in the videogame.

It is uncomfortable to enjoy the movie when it turns so stupid. There is a good scene in which Chan, fighting inside a movie theatre, imitates the movements of Bruce Lee on the screen. But thhat scene alone is not worth the experience of "City Hunter"

this is a must see for the anime fans
This is a completely different kind of jackie chan movie. I did not see the anime of city hunter but from what i saw in the movie i bet they tried hard to keep to the series with the kind of antics the people in the movie do. I am writing this review without finishing watching the movie, but so far the movie is excellent. The voice is not Jackie Chan's though. Its some one else just like what they did with Gorgeous.

ONE THING I MUST WARN YOU ALL THOUGH IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE COVER SAYS WIDESCREEN THE MOVIE IS FULL SCREEN.

I bought this movie in best buy for 9.99 and was hoping for the widescreen like it says on the box. this is not a two sided dvd where one side is wide and the other normal. The DVD itself does not say if it is widescreen or full screen. it just say the movie name on it.

I hope this is a screw up on the part of 20th Century Fox where some dum guy mixed a full screen DVD in the widescreen box, but if it isn't then they SUCK real bad. STOP FALSE ADVERTISING to make movie off of Jackie Chan's name. But i didn't find a full screen dvd for sale even online. This is the only reason i give the DVD a 3 out of 5.

Worst. Jackie. Ever.
I have probably seen a dozen Jackie Chan movies and loved them all, City Hunter was the first movie of his to dissapoint me. The stunts are almost nonexistant and pretty lame when they do appear. The fight scenes are also dissapointing.

The worst part of the movie would have to be the rap video sequence. It was the most god awful thing that I have seen in my life.

The best part of the movie was when Jackie and his opponents are fighting in a video arcade and they all get transformed into different street fighter 2 characters. That part is actually really cool and if you are an old school fan of street fighter I would recommend renting this DVD just to see that. Other than that this is a movie to pass on.

STICK WITH HK IMPORTS "ALWAYS"
Why American production make HK movies look so cheap? First of all, they cut off so much scene, second of all ruin it by making look act so dumb by English Dubb. ALWAYS stick with ORIGINAL LICENSED HK RELEASE. Be careful with cheap imports, boots, and bulls though. ... Read more

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Bullets = Three, Love = Zero?
Wow.

Typical Hong Kong fare transplanted from overseas onto American soil is generally virtuoso gunplay punctuated by splashes of blood, mayhem, and explosions. This is not to say that these films are bad; rather, it is only to say that -- after several releases -- most films tend to blend together in plot, substance, acting, and theme.

In my opinion, BULLETS OF LOVE has only a single shortcoming: it is poorly titled. Certainly, the title is symbolic, and the meaning will be known by the end of the film ... but couldn't they come up with something better?

Leon Lai plays Sam, a detective in self exile from the police force after the assassination of his fiance, Ann (Asaka Seto in a wonderful breakthrough-style performance). However, after the assassin she-beast guns down Ann in cold blood, she realizes her attraction to Sam. Two years and several plastic surgeries later, she slithers her way into Sam's life in the personae of You, a freelance photographer. The two of them find redemption from their past lives and past mistakes. However, once the assassin's boss is released from prison, both Sam and You are forced to revisit their pasts, discover You's secret, and set their respective worlds right again.

While the packaging boasts that BULLETS is an action thriller, the film spends a tremendous amount of time and energy exploring these two characters and the people who populate their mutual existence. More than many other Hong Kong thrillers, BULLETS takes ample time for the leads to find one another and to surrender to their feelings of love. This relationship -- despite the forced dramatic situation -- is given a strong backbone of realism, and much credit should be given to Lai and Seto's performances. Together, they create a chemistry that is palpable; come the film's bloody conclusion, the viewer has grown to care deeply for them.

A truly great find and a welcome surprise, BULLETS starts slow -- setting up a relatively elaborate situation -- but it paces nicely to a bullseye up through the climax.

FIVE AND A HALF STARS
An excellent film with considerably more plot and character development than some Hong Kong productions. Asaka Seto steals the show. Her performance has depth and subtlety, and if you don't care much about such things just enjoy the fact that she's totally hot! There is plenty of action, bullets, blood and even a few quick martial arts sequences, but in addition, this flick also features a suspenseful, well written and well directed story. Very few flaws overall and very much worth the price. Plenty of websites have good plot summaries if you need more, but fans of H.K. Cinema will not be disappointed, and if you're not a fan yet this one's a great way to get acquainted!

Asaka Seto is superb in this surprisingly good movie
Bullets of Love is a Hong Kong action movie that has many very tender moments and even a few funny moments. Hong Kong action star/singer Leon Lai plays a Hong Kong detective who, along with his prosecutor fiance (Asaka Seto), fights a nasty Hong Kong gang. When the gang has Leon's fiance killed, he retires from the police force and tries to live a quiet life with his family in a fishing village. One day Leon spots a woman who is a dead ringer for his dead fiance, and he falls in love with deadly consequences (that's three "deads" in one sentence--not bad, eh?--Hey, it's a Hong Kong film. You gotta expect this kind of violence in a review). Bullets of Love has the action and tongue-in-cheek humor you'd expect from a movie of this genre, but Japanese TV actress Asaka Seto is so effective at being both brutal and tender she is able to play different characters with the same face. The result is startling. She fully adds an extra dimension to this very effective film. This DVD version is in Cantonese and English with English subtitles, and includes a "making of" documentary. ... Read more

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goofy and entertaining
While this can't hold a candle to the anime on which it is based (in fact I recommend you see the anime first, since it makes the plot a lot easier to follow), it's still an exciting, fun, undeniably entertaining sci-fi/action/monster movie with cheap but generally effective special effects. Thank god for Asian cinema - an American director wouldn't have taken the storyline seriously, even if there was one with the balls to attempt it.

Wicked City
The comic book action is what makes the backbone of this movie that is based on the manga. The plot involves a woman from another dimension and a human policeman from earth who are trying to keep the peace between their races by preventing an assasination and staying alive in the process. There are subplots involving policeman's partner being part human and part preturnatual beastie keeping his evil wild side in check while helping him and the woman out; the love story between the policeman and the woman; and all of the characters questioning where their loyalties lie. I highly recommend this movie to anime and manga fans.

The quality of DVD is not good
1.It's a cut version. Carman Lee is not killed by Jacky Chen.
2.Picture and sound quality is very poor.
3.The audio tracks is only Cantonese without Mandarin.

Don't even waste your time
This is by far the worst transition of a decent story to film. It by no means holds true to the spirit of the anime. It only accomplishes mass amounts of "sucktitude" as it butchers everything that made the anime slick and enjoyable. Save your cash.

ODing ON DELIRIUM
Maximum velocity adrenaline fuels the 1994 Hong Kong live-action rehab of the anime watershed. It's got enough juice to jack up half a dozen movies. And it's so frantic and rampant, you'd have to stop midway to catch your breath. Set in a Hong Kong strangleheld by an economic cartel of alien shapeshifters, it follows two alienbusters, played by Jackie Cheung and Leon Lai, as they get to the bottom of a bodycount of junky wormfood. The gunhappy set pieces will , of course, unhinge your jaws. And this is packed with more ideas than Roland Emmerich and Jan De Bont's combined past/present/future ouevre. But director Mak Kit Tai doesn't have a clue what to do with them. Much like Emmerich and De Bont, really. So. When in doubt,overcompensate. Mak then revs everything up to a hyperbolic bluster where one alien hatchetman becomes a killer clock and another disguises itself as punch and still another morphs into a horny pinball machine, a carnivorous elevator and a Giger-like motorcycle-woman. Amazing on paper but it all plays a losing round of catch-up with the hit-and-miss (but mostly miss) special effects. When it gets to the climactic , and laughable, airborne duel between two aliens mounting hijacked 747s, exhilaration becomes exasperation and you're never sure if you're gasping in awe or just starting to gag. Camp delirium cranked up to 11, without a doubt. But I'd stick with the anime. ... Read more

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A Romance Movie that "Touch" my heart
Sometimes the person whom we think that will married is not the person that really whom we should spend our left life to him.We can see it such as when we catch the other hand but we really not feel the other feelings.But sometimes when we unexpectedly meet someone whom is really the opposite site from our social class or behaviour life,maybe this one is really person whom could change our life for ever................
Wu Chien Lien (whom play leading actress in this movie) expresses the role that she played in this movie so well through her face and character,her performance is so natural.She can make audiences believe in the relationship that happened with her and him(the leading character),although this relationship happened between the people whom much different,one citizen.....one criminal.one wealthy......one jobless,one well educated.......one known life in jail much than city's life.Although they are much different,they can changed each other life by their believe in destiny,believe fate and believe in their relationship which their trusted each other.They believe that they can change each other destimy by their fate.A romantic movie that worth for learned to feel in our heart that maybe we also don't know what is the thing that our heart really want along our lifes. ... Read more

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Jackie Chan at his best
i've seen many anime in my childhood. city hunter is very popular in japan and i managed to watch a few episodes in korea. i always wandered what would it be like if an anime show was converted to a movie starring real people. to my luck, city hunter starred the legendary dragon (Jackie Chan). he's not japanese and a little old but that doesn't matter. this movie is full of anime style physical and verbal humor. i can't remember a moment i wasn't laughing. and also the action sequences are awesome. jackie chan is awesome on skateboard (wheels on meals). fight scenes are cool too using his trademark agility and stunning techniques (but no jumping off walls in this movie). jackie chan used a stunt double about 3 times but only for simple things (i don't know why). i can't describe how well the action and comedy are, you just have to see the moive, it's really that good. if you like anime and you like jackie chan, then this movie is perfect for you.

Too absurd even by the Chan standard
Even a bad Jackie Chan movie turns out to be better than most of the action/comedies available, but City Hunter is an exception.

The action is hard to follow, and the humor too childish. By example, while fighting at the game room, he turns into characthers of the "Street fighter" video game, turning even into Chun Li (with make up, dress and everything) and making some of the moves as in the videogame.

It is uncomfortable to enjoy the movie when it turns so stupid. There is a good scene in which Chan, fighting inside a movie theatre, imitates the movements of Bruce Lee on the screen. But thhat scene alone is not worth the experience of "City Hunter"

this is a must see for the anime fans
This is a completely different kind of jackie chan movie. I did not see the anime of city hunter but from what i saw in the movie i bet they tried hard to keep to the series with the kind of antics the people in the movie do. I am writing this review without finishing watching the movie, but so far the movie is excellent. The voice is not Jackie Chan's though. Its some one else just like what they did with Gorgeous.

ONE THING I MUST WARN YOU ALL THOUGH IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE COVER SAYS WIDESCREEN THE MOVIE IS FULL SCREEN.

I bought this movie in best buy for 9.99 and was hoping for the widescreen like it says on the box. this is not a two sided dvd where one side is wide and the other normal. The DVD itself does not say if it is widescreen or full screen. it just say the movie name on it.

I hope this is a screw up on the part of 20th Century Fox where some dum guy mixed a full screen DVD in the widescreen box, but if it isn't then they SUCK real bad. STOP FALSE ADVERTISING to make movie off of Jackie Chan's name. But i didn't find a full screen dvd for sale even online. This is the only reason i give the DVD a 3 out of 5.

Worst. Jackie. Ever.
I have probably seen a dozen Jackie Chan movies and loved them all, City Hunter was the first movie of his to dissapoint me. The stunts are almost nonexistant and pretty lame when they do appear. The fight scenes are also dissapointing.

The worst part of the movie would have to be the rap video sequence. It was the most god awful thing that I have seen in my life.

The best part of the movie was when Jackie and his opponents are fighting in a video arcade and they all get transformed into different street fighter 2 characters. That part is actually really cool and if you are an old school fan of street fighter I would recommend renting this DVD just to see that. Other than that this is a movie to pass on.

STICK WITH HK IMPORTS "ALWAYS"
Why American production make HK movies look so cheap? First of all, they cut off so much scene, second of all ruin it by making look act so dumb by English Dubb. ALWAYS stick with ORIGINAL LICENSED HK RELEASE. Be careful with cheap imports, boots, and bulls though. ... Read more

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its action, romance and comedy all rolled into one
leon lai and kent cheung shows off their great moves in this movie. vivian chow is as sweet as every. if your a person that enjoys action, romance and comedy this is th emovie for you!!!! ... Read more