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Grimy and gritty, City Warriors unfolds like Wang Lung Wei’s take on a poliziotteschi with all the vile, sleazy, vicious edge that entails. Revenge, trafficking, corruption, plus a few murder sequences more akin to a slasher film.
- Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
- Dragon Ray Motion Pictures Ltd.
City Warriors: Directed by Lung-Wei Wang. With Dick Wei, Carina Lau, Yuen Chor, Philip Chan. A soldier from Mainland China arrives at Hong Kong to look for his estranged sister and finds out that she has been forced into prostitution by a criminal organization.
- (39)
- Action
- Lung-Wei Wang
- 1988-12-01
Jun 19, 2014 · What is the Poliziotteschi Genre? The term was coined by critics who took the word “poliziesco” (Italian for noir, hardboiled, cop movie) and derogatorily distorted into “polizziottesco,” which...
Poliziotteschi films are a subgenre of crime and action movies that emerged in Italy during the late 1960s. Characterized by their gritty realism, violent action sequences, and complex protagonists, these films reflect the social anxieties and political unrest of Italy during that time.
Sleazy meets boring in City Warriors! ★★★★ Added by Bubikoglu A criminal ring, using mostly mainland Chinese prostitutes to serve rich and influential underworld figures, finds themselves in hot water when one of their girls dies from a rough, drug-fuelled sex session with a Yakuza boss.
City Warriors is a 1988 action movie directed by Lung-Wei Wang (aka Johnny Wang) and starring Dick Wei (reuniting them both ever since Hong Kong Godfather). In typical brutal 80s Hong Kong fashion, the movie is violent, gory, and excessively over-the-top with plenty of red throughout.
A soldier from Mainland China arrives at Hong Kong to look for his estranged sister and finds out that she has been forced into prostitution by a criminal organization.
