While searching for the daughter of a Japanese publishing magnate, private investigator Ryu Saeba and his assistant Kaori are caught up in the middle of a cruise liner highjacking. It's up to Ryu to save the day…but can he do it on an empty stomach? Follows the antics of private eye Ryu Saeba. While searching for the runaway daughter of a publishing tycoon, Ryu by coincidence ends up on a cruise ship hijacked by ruthless American criminals to take the passengers hostage. Assisted by his jealous female assistant, the runaway, two female undercover cops, and a male gambler, Ryu must foil the nefarious plot. Combines broad humor focusing on Ryu's lechery and hunger with action sequences. Version: Cantonese, English subtitles (by SBS).<br/><br/>In City Hunter, Jackie goes away from his usual up-standing good-guy characters, to a seedy private eye, more interested in women and food than anything else. He is asked to find the run-away daughter of a media mogul. He just happens to end up on a cruise-ship, which is of course, hijacked by terrorists (white guys, naturally) - now its up to Jackie, and the legion of good guys he meets, to save the day.<br/><br/>'City Hunter' is Jackie Chan in a live-action cartoon. Jackie gets hit with giant mallets (in true Warner Bros style), tries to upstage Bruce Lee, begs bad guys for food, dresses up in drag, and even does the Moonwalk. The Moonwalk! Supported by an eclectic range of good guys, Jackie takes on the nefarious white evil guys. Awesome.<br/><br/>Plot? What plot? This movie is all about awesomeness, and how awesome Jackie Chan is. 'City Hunter' is so awesome. Some pretty cool, and very funny fights with Gary Daniels and Richard Norton. Richard Norton is also awesome.<br/><br/>8/10 - My favourite movie. If you don't have a sense of awesomeness, then you probably won't like it. Loosely based on a Manga,City Hunter is by no means Jackie's best on an artistic level. However,it might very well be his most sheerly entertaining.<br/><br/>Although the plot is similar to Under Siege,the similarities end there. City Hunter is played almost entirely for laughs and manages to be consistently funny throughout while having more inventive ideas in 20 minutes than all three Austin Powers movies put together. Director Wong Jing {the same Wong Jing who made Naked Killer and God Of Gamblers!}absolutely crams the film with sight gags and slapstick,all filmed in a bright cartoon-like manner. One sequence involving Jackie being chased around a ship while hunting for food is an absolute masterpiece of silent-movie style comedy. Many of the best gags are very quick,such as Jackie crawling out of a bag hardly bigger than his head. Some are extremely sexist though,such as the woman holding a gun and falling forward because of the combined weight of the gun and her large breasts {this happens more than once}.<br/><br/>Despite all this City Hunter still manages to be crammed with action scenes,except of course in this film rather than simply staging a fight in a cinema we have Jackie taking guidance from an on-screen Bruce Lee! A Streetfighter sequence where the characters morph in to various game combatants has to be seen to be believed and the end showdown between Jackie and Richard Norton,although not one of his best in terms of martial arts technique,is easily his funniest.<br/><br/>Add some great characters,a terrific score,and for the male viewers,some gorgeous Hong Kong 'babes',and you have 90 minutes of sheer,non-stop FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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