I have watched Jackie Chan’s “City Hunter” a long time ago, but I haven’t seen Hojo’s original “City Hunter” manga or animation.
The impression of “City Hunter” is that of sharp marksmanship, and there are erotic lovers everywhere.
Recently I accidentally saw the French version of “City Hunter”, and I feel that it has a special flavor.
The French version of “City Hunter” has bold, humorous and absurd passages, and the shaping of the characters and the story is clear and methodical.
The overall performance, which is brisk and full of laughter, made me enjoy this movie quite a bit.
The “Cupid’s perfume” of the story is a bottle of “Cupid’s perfume” that is claimed to make everyone fall in love with him/her.
Plot description The protagonist Nicky Larson (Philippe Lacheau) was commissioned to track down the whereabouts of this magical perfume.
This in turn triggered a series of hilarious investigations between him and his assistant Laura (Élodie Fontan).
I like the jokes of the plot design in each section.
The natural and continuous choreography is enough to show the strong strength of this French comedian.
In past works such as “Alibi com”, “Marry Me, Dude”, or “Au Pair”, Philippe Lacheau has always had the image of a sneer.
In this “City Hunter”, he also gave a very good interpretation of Nicky Larson, and at the same time made people feel his love for the original comics.
He is not only funny in the film, but also shows a strong body and martial arts skills from time to time.
Philippe Lacheau’s martial arts style using daily necessities as a fighting weapon, coupled with exaggerated comedy action, made me inevitably have the illusion of seeing Jackie Chan or the classic Hong Kong movies of the past.
He has mastered the rhythm of comedy movies and satisfies audiences’ imaginations of original or comedy movies.
“City Hunter”, with a large number of cartoonish scenes, also adds the core of this work, which is derived from Japanese manga. It creates an adaptation of French humor.
“City Hunter” may seem absurd and surreal at first glance, but in fact it has a basic and creative setting.
The film revolves around character stories derived from a setting.
Even the story of “City Hunter” was pulled from Japan to France.
Whether it is the character setting of Nicky Larson, the classic revolver used, or the things that Laura’s elder brother has experienced in the past are clearly restored in this work, and they are reproduced in an orderly manner, with great care.
As for the plot, even though “City Hunter” does not have the bizarre twists and turns of ordinary detective thriller movies, the single linear narrative connects Nicky Larson and Laura to “Cupid’s perfume” and to “love” or “sex”. Value conflict.
The story also more or less brought out the French attitude towards sex.
In addition, they are more open, but they know how to joke about “human organs” in film art, and they are layered and admirable.
It is worth mentioning that the classification of this “City Hunter” as a coaching level is really confusing.
In the plot, the pictures are boldly and directly exposed, and with proper arrangement, it will not make people feel sick and uncomfortable.
However, putting the organs close to the picture in this way may have more room for discussion on the grading standards.
On the whole, “City Hunter is full of a lot of sex jokes, but the appearance after the design and packaging is logical and interesting.”
The shaping of roles such as Nicky Larson or Laura, also under the natural and serious and funny interpretation of these energetic actors, has a wonderful and amazing performance.
This is perhaps the most enjoyable and relaxing and uncompressive film among the many works that have recently seen Japanese animation works adapted from live-action movies.
It also mastered the spirit of the “City Hunter” original story and the soul of the detective story, as well as the imaginative and absurd comedy elements of Japanese manga.
The French version of “City Hunter” respected the original work and added its own creative performance. It is worth recommending.
Finally, I really want to ask: Do French nurses really wear garter socks?
