The Wicked City (1992)

Original title

妖獸都市

Directed by

Peter Mak

Genre

science fiction film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1990s Hong Kong, demon-like creatures live among humans. A special police force works to maintain the uneasy peace between the two groups. One officer gets entangled with a mysterious woman who is not fully human.

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What happens

The Wicked City (Chinese: 妖獸都市; Cantonese Yale: Yíu sau dōu síh) is a 1992 science fiction film directed by Peter Mak and produced by Tsui Hark. It is a live-action film adaptation of the Japanese anime of the same name, which in turn is based on the first novel of the series of the same name by Hideyuki Kikuchi. The film stars Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Yuen Woo-ping, Roy Cheung, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michelle Reis, and Carman Lee. Michelle Reis said that Tsui Hark actually directed many scenes himself. It tells fictional story of conflicts and relationship between demon-like creatures and humans in 1990s' Hong Kong. The film was one of the most popular Tsui Hark productions in the USA and Europe, and still plays in festivals and midnight screenings around the USA and Europe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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