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Movie Information

1988

R (18+)

Cantonese with English Subtitles

96 Minutes

CITY WAR

Cast & Crew
Chow Yun Fat
Ti Lung
Tien Niu
Sun Chung (Director)

DVD

The Movie
 

City cops Ken and Ting imprisoned Ted, a notorious drug dealer ten years ago. Upon his release, Ted orders the death of Ting.

Ken finally takes revenge when his family is captured by Ted's men and are crudely murdered. 

With the help of a mediator named Dick, who is still in love with the drug lord's girlfriend, Ken sets out in hot pursuit of Ted to uphold justice.

The Extras

 

Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - Close Captioned - Cantonese & Mandarin Audio - Chinese, English, Japanese, Bahasa, Thai, Korean & Vietnamese Subtitles - Previews - Trailer - Star Files - Scene Access

 
My Thoughts Movie Ratings

I'm a big fan of Chow Yun Fat, but the more movies of his that I see, the more a lot of them are pretty much the same.  City War has it's good moments, some descent action, and excellent acting, but it's just way too predictable.  Seen it all before!
James **1/2
Melissa N/A
Overall: **1/2

Copyright © 1999 [James Brennan]. All rights reserved.
Revised: March 12, 2001 .

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