Sing si lip yan (1993)

Director:

Jing Wong

Writers:

Tsukasa Hôjô (comic)
Jing Wong (writer)

Release Date:

16 January 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Extremely silly comedy about a self-indulgent private investigator who winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.

Plot Keywords:

Cruise | Remake | Kung Fu | Detective | Arcade

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Ryu Saeba
Joey Wang	...	Kaori Makimura / Carrie
Chingmy Yau	...	Saeko Nogami / Anna
Richard Norton	...	Col. MacDonald
Michael Wong	...	Hideyuki Makimura
Gary Daniels	...	MacDonald's Main Henchman
Kumiko Goto	...	Shizuko Imamura / Kyoko
Leon Lai	...	Kôtetsu / Gundam
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Abbott	...	Mike
Eric Kot	...	DJ Soft
Peter Lai	...	Creep in White Suit
Jan Lamb	...	DJ Hard (as Jan Lam)
Lynne Langdon	...	Casino Waitress (as Lynne Frances)
Vincent La Porte
Ken Lo	...	Chen Ta-Wen (as Wai-kwong Lo)
Hoi Mang	...	Henchman ("Room service")
Kenzo Ogiwara
Louis Roth
Lap-Man Sin	...	Rocky
Carol Wan	...	Saeko's Friend

Also Known As:

Cheng shi lie ren (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
City Hunter (Hong Kong: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and some sexual content.

Runtime:

105 min | Hong Kong:95 min | Spain:94 min (DVD edition)

Country:

Hong Kong | Japan

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Spain:18 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Germany:12 (re-rating) | Germany:18 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Golden Way Films Ltd.

Trivia:

During the fight in the cinema, extracts from Bruce Lee's "Game of Death" can be seen on the screen.

Goofs:

Continuity: When eavesdropping on Colonel MacDonald's plan, Shizuko accidentally turns on the shower and makes her white dress wet. But the dress is completely dry when one of Colonel MacDonald's thug gets in to Shizuko's room.

Quotes:

Ryô Saeba: How do I get to the casino from here?
Hideyuki Makimura: Take the elevator.
Ryô Saeba: No, I mean by stealth.
Hideyuki Makimura: Take the elevator and don't tell anyone.

Movie Connections:

References Game of Death (1978)

Jackie Chan As A Comic-Strip Private Eye

Jackie Chan plays a womanizing private eye known as City Hunter in this Wong Jing directed movie. The movie is played for surreal laughs part of the time. But with Wong Jing at the helm of this comic strip of a movie, that is no surprise. When you watch this movie, you realize that Jackie Chan knows how to pick stories and direct himself better than anyone else.

I saw this movie on the Media Arts DVD released in April, 1999. The Japanese manufactured DVD has subtitles in 8 languages, including English and Spanish. The aspect ratio is 2.35 and the image quality is very fine.