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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2023A once mild-mannered and successful insurance salesman is turned into an unstable murderous vigilante after seeing his pregnant wife tragically die due to an incident involving a rude and heartless Taxi driver. Now every cabbie in Hong Kong is a potential victim if they are caught acting in an unprofessional manner.
Anthony Wong teams up once again with director Herman Yau who gave us the CAT III nasties THE UNTOLD STORY and EBOLA SYNDROME, but 1993's TAXI HUNTER is far more restrained compared to those two notoriously gruesome films. It's still a pretty violent film at times but nothing over the top or graphic. Anthony Wong in the lead as the grieving widower turned violent justice-giver is typically great as usual and it was nice to see him in role where you can sympathize with his cause rather than despise him. The film is mostly shot at night adding heavily to the atmosphere with the gritty neon-lit streets of urbanised Hong Kong setting the backdrop for where certain unpleasant taxi drivers ply their unfair trade. Despite not being an all-out action film there's still a couple of decent action sequences to enjoy, particularly the car chase sequence at the end which was well shot and choreographed. The film did feel a bit underdeveloped and rushed at times but it's an interesting premise that's wrapped up in 90 minutes of watchable entertainment and plays out like a cross between FALLING DOWN (1993) and a role-reversed TAXI DRIVER (1976).
Hitting blu-ray for the first time courtesy of 88 Films is another solid release with a very good transfer featuring the original Cantonese audio accompanied by English subtitles. Fantastic Sean Longmore artwork is once again employed which also features on the included poster along with the original Hong Kong theatrical artwork on the reverse side. 88 Films have once again used the thinner slimline case for this release just like with their recent Blu-ray of MAGIC COP so this appears to be the way forward now for their Asian titles which does break up the uniformity of them on the shelves which is a bit of a shame, but if you're getting short of shelf space this may come as a welcome relief.
A once mild-mannered and successful insurance salesman is turned into an unstable murderous vigilante after seeing his pregnant wife tragically die due to an incident involving a rude and heartless Taxi driver. Now every cabbie in Hong Kong is a potential victim if they are caught acting in an unprofessional manner.A fatal fare awaits Hong Kong's mean-spirited cabbies
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2023
Anthony Wong teams up once again with director Herman Yau who gave us the CAT III nasties THE UNTOLD STORY and EBOLA SYNDROME, but 1993's TAXI HUNTER is far more restrained compared to those two notoriously gruesome films. It's still a pretty violent film at times but nothing over the top or graphic. Anthony Wong in the lead as the grieving widower turned violent justice-giver is typically great as usual and it was nice to see him in role where you can sympathize with his cause rather than despise him. The film is mostly shot at night adding heavily to the atmosphere with the gritty neon-lit streets of urbanised Hong Kong setting the backdrop for where certain unpleasant taxi drivers ply their unfair trade. Despite not being an all-out action film there's still a couple of decent action sequences to enjoy, particularly the car chase sequence at the end which was well shot and choreographed. The film did feel a bit underdeveloped and rushed at times but it's an interesting premise that's wrapped up in 90 minutes of watchable entertainment and plays out like a cross between FALLING DOWN (1993) and a role-reversed TAXI DRIVER (1976).
Hitting blu-ray for the first time courtesy of 88 Films is another solid release with a very good transfer featuring the original Cantonese audio accompanied by English subtitles. Fantastic Sean Longmore artwork is once again employed which also features on the included poster along with the original Hong Kong theatrical artwork on the reverse side. 88 Films have once again used the thinner slimline case for this release just like with their recent Blu-ray of MAGIC COP so this appears to be the way forward now for their Asian titles which does break up the uniformity of them on the shelves which is a bit of a shame, but if you're getting short of shelf space this may come as a welcome relief.Images in this review
