RuriGokou

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.

The main girl (not the actress playing her) needed a good smack. I waited the entire film, but nothing. Probably because the dad wasn't there. Kit's personality was just insufferable. She didn't come off as strong or bright. Just entitled, selfish and bratty. Even when Kit's father had to leave to find work, she still kept the same sort of personality. No growth. No change. I thought having to take in boarders would have at least been a shock to her 10 year old ego? Are real 10 year old girls THIS annoying?

I know this movie is for kids, but it felt a little TOO clean and safe. I'm not so sure how accurate of the times it portrayed. I'd guess not so accurate if some children can just walk into a "hobo jungle" (which looked more like a summer camp) and be safe. Kind of makes me want to pick up a book and read about the era though.

The costumes were nice, stylish, cute. Made me wish for the times when the men dressed like men and women dressed like women. In today's age, people can't even define what those are anymore!

I feel like I lost brain cells watching this cliche ridden film. The dialogue is horrible. I couldn't help but just complain and make jokes to myself about it. I'm just going to end here because I'm making a big deal about a stupid movie for dumb kids.

I haven't read the books but I want to. But I have seen the David Lynch version and watching this update really made Lynch's version easier to understand what was going on in that movie. Anyway, I would say this movie looks and sounds great. I usually dread watching any modern movies past 2016 because of the anti-white, wokeness and diversity being shoved more and more into them. But this movie actually seemed to be trying to tell a tale. Sadly just the visuals look really good, but for a 2 and a half hour movie, nothing really seemed to happen. A lot of stuff seemed interesting that was introduced and I really wanted to know more, but it wasn't elaborated on. I guess I'll just have to read the books now!