Madam City Hunter
AKA: Lady Hunter, Born to Fight 6
1992
Director: Johnnie Kong
Producer: Yuen Woo-Ping
Action director: Yuen Woo-Ping
Stars: Cynthia Khan, Anthony Wong, Sheila Chan, Tommy Wong
Cynthia Khan plays a cop who is sent on "vacation" after being implicated in a murder case, and so spends her days trying to find out more about her mysterious stepmother, who may have a connection to a powerful gang.
Like most low-budget action movies produced during this period, the script and expostion are pretty bad, and the acting is just lousy in parts. The movie really drags during the middle, where lame comedy replaces fisticuffs, but the bookend action sequences are spectacular stuff. Even Anthony Wong looks impressive busting out kung-fu moves (even though he was obviously doubled for some of the more acrobatic stuff), and of course, Cynthia shines during the action bits. One notable sequence has Cynthia fighting a guy on bamboo scaffolding, which is much more powerful than a similar scene in Rush Hour 2. More casual or "arty" viewers may be bored silly by Madam City Hunter, but action fans will find a lot to like in here.
RATING: 7
Note: I am not sure if this movie really has any relation to City Hunter. The logos for the movie are similar, and City Hunter's theme plays in the film, but no characters from City Hunter make an appearance here.
A review of the DVD for this movie can be found here
This DVD is available for purchase at www.hkflix.com
