The Wicked City

Name: The Wicked City
Released: 1993
Rating: 34.43
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Jacky Cheung, Roy Cheung, Leon Lai, Carman Lee

1993

Sci-fi

Action

1h 27m

Taki is assigned to go after Daishu, a businessman who is suspected by the police to be selling the drug "happiness", a drug from the Rapter's world that causes people to "evaporate" if they stop taking it. Actually it is another group of Rapters that are selling the happiness. The second group attacks Daishu's group, and eventually Taki, Daishu, and Daishu's daughter join forces to fight the evil Rapters. Lots of psychic powers, shape changing and general weirdness. (imdb)

Directed by:

Tai Kit Mak

Written by:

Hideyuki Kikuchi Roy Szeto

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Starring:

Jacky Cheung Carman Lee

Tatsuya Nakadai

Leon Lai

Roy Cheung

Genres:

Sci-fi, Action

AKA:

Yiu sau dou si

Country:

Hong Kong

Languages:

English, Cantonese

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The Wicked City

1993

Sci-fi

Action

1h 27m

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BeeDub

Rated 29 Apr 2022

While most live-action anime adaptations are terrible in a pretty straightforward way, this one is just balls-to-the-wall insane - it's like they took five different scripts, put them in a blender, and tried to make a movie from the pieces. There are some memorable moments of craziness, but it's a confusing, unpleasant experience overall.

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Antagon

Rated 16 Mar 2018

Perfect cult/midnight movie contender, if only it were better known. This 1992 live action adaptation based on the Wicked City novel series is quite a doozy. Expect a no-holds-barred barrage of absurd and bizarre scenarios, cheesy dialogue that would make most 80s buddy cop flicks (which, to be fair, it kind of is) blush and just an overall lack of narrative cohesion. Get a few of your best friends, grab some cold beverages and have fun with it. It has to be seen to be believed.

Rated 16 Mar 2018

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