City Hunter
Short description
City Hunter follows a private detective whose weakness for attractive women regularly gets in the way of his work. A newspaper magnate hires him to track down his missing daughter, and the search leads aboard a luxury cruise ship. The ship turns out to be the target of a group of armed criminals, leaving the detective, his jealous partner Kaori, a secret agent named Saeko and a gambler called Kotetsu to deal with the situation while also hunting for food. The film is an adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name and was made as a Hong Kong and Japanese co-production.
Wong Jing directed and wrote the screenplay, with Chua Lam and Raymond Chow Man-Wai producing. It is the tenth of the thirty-seven films Wong Jing has directed, coming after Casino Tycoon II and before Fight Back to School 3, both from the early 1990s. Jackie Chan plays the lead, Ryo Saeba, heading a cast that also includes Joey Wong, Kumiko Goto, Chingmy Yau, Richard Norton and Gary Daniels.
The film runs 99 minutes and mixes action and adventure with comedy and romance. It grossed around 15 million US dollars worldwide. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.6 out of 10 based on 473 votes, which suggests a generally positive but not overwhelming response from viewers.
What's left behind the scenes
- One of the main characters in the game 'Street Fighter II' is named E. Honda. Since Jackie was a representative of the Mitsubishi Motor Corporation, it was decided to change the character's name to E. Honde solely to avoid mentioning the name of a competing company.
- While falling during a skateboarding scene, Jackie Chan injured his knee joint and leg lift, and suffered a sprain of the ligaments in his right shoulder joint.
- Due to time constraints and other commitments Richard Norton had during the final fight, he was doubled by one of Jackie Chan's stuntmen.
- The scene with the skateboarding children was filmed in the Tai Chi Gardens in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. The scenes with Jackie Chan on the skateboard were filmed on the streets of the Admiralty district.
- Scenes filmed on Golden Harvest sets include the suitcase collision, the liner's cabins and corridors, and the Street Fighter game room. Scenes filmed at Shaw Brothers studios include the full interiors of the casino and the nightclub.
- Jackie Chan's role was chosen by his Japanese fans. Jackie conducted a survey asking them which character they would like to see him play, and Rui Saeba topped the list.
- Filming the final fight between Jackie Chan and Richard Norton took 6 weeks.
- By the time filming ended, director Jing Won and Jackie had fallen out due to disagreements over the film's direction. To spite Jackie, Jing Won filmed 'Risk' (1995), in which he mocked Chan, his family, and his lifestyle.
- The Hong Kong version of the film has a runtime of 105 minutes, while the American version is 95 minutes.
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