I've watched about half of season 1 and read some of the volumes of the manga in Japanese. So, I'm pretty aware of the City Hunter series.
Watching this movie was jarring. I was watching it in Japanese so they're calling them Ryo and Kaori when they're obviously NOT Japanese. They couldn't hire Asian actors? I feel like at first glace the French actors who play Ryo and Kaori are sufficient. But nothing about Ryo's actor really struck me as being as badass as the anime version.
I found the comedy very cringy and at times out of place with what you'd find in City Hunter. Maybe some of the gags were French specific humor? Either way I didn't care for it. For example, children getting knocked out by signs, a man finding out he was actually hitting on a little boy in the bathroom, being struck suddenly by a car or random object from out of no where. Not my kind of humor.
While being perverted is part of Ryo's character, it was played up way too much along with the adult humor. It would have been fine if they could have balanced it out a lot better but it just felt like one stupid adult joke to the next.
This felt more like a full on comedy than an action film with a mix of comedy. There hardly was any action in the film. This isn't City Hunter, and I feel like the other reviews raving about how excellent this movie is are probably paid reviews. Avoid this mess. Just watch the anime again.
Watching this movie was jarring. I was watching it in Japanese so they're calling them Ryo and Kaori when they're obviously NOT Japanese. They couldn't hire Asian actors? I feel like at first glace the French actors who play Ryo and Kaori are sufficient. But nothing about Ryo's actor really struck me as being as badass as the anime version.
I found the comedy very cringy and at times out of place with what you'd find in City Hunter. Maybe some of the gags were French specific humor? Either way I didn't care for it. For example, children getting knocked out by signs, a man finding out he was actually hitting on a little boy in the bathroom, being struck suddenly by a car or random object from out of no where. Not my kind of humor.
While being perverted is part of Ryo's character, it was played up way too much along with the adult humor. It would have been fine if they could have balanced it out a lot better but it just felt like one stupid adult joke to the next.
This felt more like a full on comedy than an action film with a mix of comedy. There hardly was any action in the film. This isn't City Hunter, and I feel like the other reviews raving about how excellent this movie is are probably paid reviews. Avoid this mess. Just watch the anime again.