City Hunter (城市獵人; Sing si lip yan) is a 1993 martial arts-action film based on the Japanese manga, City Hunter. It was directed by Wong Jing, produced by Paragon Films and filmed by Golden Way Films Co. Ltd. The film starred an international cast that included Hong Kong super star Jackie Chan as Ryo Saeba.
After City Hunter's release, Chan not only disowned the film, but attacked Wong personally in the press. In his subsequent movie High Risk, W...
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City Hunter (城市獵人; Sing si lip yan) is a 1993 martial arts-action film based on the Japanese manga, City Hunter. It was directed by Wong Jing, produced by Paragon Films and filmed by Golden Way Films Co. Ltd. The film starred an international cast that included Hong Kong super star Jackie Chan as Ryo Saeba.
After City Hunter's release, Chan not only disowned the film, but attacked Wong personally in the press. In his subsequent movie High Risk, Wong struck back by modeling a character after Chan, insinuating that Chan was actually a boozing womanizer and a fraud who didn't really do his own stunts after all. The film offended Chan greatly and started a feud between him and one of the film's stars, Jet Li — a feud that would not end until Jet Li publicly apologized for his involvement. The two have since become friends, and later made The Forbidden Kingdom, marking their first film together as lead actors.
The film begins with the City Hunter, Ryo (Jackie Chan) in voiceover, explaining...
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