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เมืองหน้าขนใครจะทำให้มันเกลี้ยง | 妖獸都市 | THE WICKED CITY-1992 | จากนนทนันท์ฯ

The Wicked City เป็นภาพยนตร์นิยายวิทยาศาสตร์ปี 1992 ที่กำกับโดย Peter Mak และผลิตโดย Tsui Hark เป็นภาพยนตร์คนแสดงที่ดัดแปลงมาจากอนิเมะญี่ปุ่นในชื่อเดียวกัน ซึ่งสร้างจากนวนิยายเรื่องแรกของซีรีส์ในชื่อเดียวกันโดยฮิเดยูกิ คิคุจิ นำแสดงโดย Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Yuen Woo-ping, Roy Cheung, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michelle Reis)
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วันที่ออกฉาย: 20 พฤศจิกายน 2535 (เขตบริหารพิเศษฮ่องกง)
ผู้กำกับ: ปีเตอร์ มัค, ไท คิต มัค

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.[2] ) 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.

-Plot-
The story takes place in Hong Kong in a conflict between worlds of Humans and “Rapters” (“Reptoids” in some dubbed versions) before the handover. A special police unit in the city are investigating a mysterious drug named “Happiness”. Taki, one of the policemen, meets his old lover Windy, who is a rapter and now a mistress of a powerful old rapter named Daishu. Taki and other special police members track down and fight Daishu, but later find that he hoped to coexist with humans. The son of Daishu, Shudo, is the mastermind. In the end Shudo is defeated, but Daishu and Taki’s friends die, too. Windy leaves alone.

The film begins with the sun setting in Tokyo. Unknown to most people, there is the demonic “Rapter World” in conflict with human world. Rapters shift their shapes and infiltrate human world. Taki (or “Leung”, played by Leon Lai) is a sales of a Hong Kong import/export company, but that is only his cover. He reveals his real occupation when he hunts down a seductive spider-like rapter in Tokyo. Ken saved his life when Taki ran out of bullets. Taki belongs to the Anti-Rapter Special Police. One day he is transferred back to Hong Kong. The 1997 transfer of Hong Kong is near, Anti-Rapter Special Police Headquarter transferred many agents from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom. This is a chaotic period when Hong Kong is most vulnerable to rapters. That’s why Taki is sent to Hong Kong to help.

Directed by
Peter Mak
Written by
Tsui Hark
Roy Szeto
Story by
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Based on
Wicked City
Produced by
Tsui Hark
Starring
Jacky Cheung
Leon Lai
Michelle Reis
Tatsuya Nakadai
Cinematography
Joe Chan
Music by
Richard Yuen
Production
company
Film Workshop
Release date
27 November 1992 (Hong Kong)
Running time
96 minutes
Country
Hong Kong
Language
Cantonese
Box office
$10,778,465