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Bookmark this pageThe Wicked City (1992)
Director: Mai Tai Kit
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Special-effects hi-jinks from Tsui Hark's Film Workshop framed as a cross between Blade Runner and Japanese manga. Pop stars Jackie Cheung and Leon Lai, special-unit cops of the future, are assigned to hunt down and rub out shape-shifting monsters masquerading as humans. They are let down by dodgy visual effects (the climax, involving a 747 and IM Pei's Bank of China Tower, is particularly weak) and by the sheer monotony of the pacing.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Mai Tai Kit
Producer: Raymond Lee
Cast: Jackie Cheung, Leon Lai, Michelle Li, Yuen Wo Ping full cast
Duration: 90 mins
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